WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
INCORPORATING HAWAIIAN VALUES
LEARNING.
THIS WEEK AS "LIVING 808"
FOCUSES ON EARLY LEARNING, WE
OLELO HAWAI'I AND FOR THAT WE
ARE TALKING WITH KAHO'OKAHI
KANUHA AT THAT TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GIVE OUR VIEWERS WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN INTRODUCED
OUR MISSION IS
FOR THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LIVE.
PRIMARILY OUR RESOURCES ARE PUT
INTO FUNDING AND RUNNING 12
HAWAI'I PRESCHOOLS ACROSS THE
ISLANDS OF MAUI, OAHU AND KAUA'I
AND THESE PRESCHOOLS ARE
CONDUCTED ONLY IN HAWAIIAN
LANGUAGE.
WHAT TIPS DO YOU HAVE FOR
PARENTS WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE TRYING
TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING AND
TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU?
IT'S TOUGH.
WE JUST ASKED THEM BASICALLY TO
DO THE SAME THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
ASKED THEM IS TO USE AS MANY
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE WORDS AS
POSSIBLE.
EVEN THROUGH THIS SEGMENT, WE'RE
SEEING KEIKI, WHATEVER THE
DIFFERENT TERMS YOU USE
THOSE ARE NORMALIZED JUST
THROUGH THE USE.
MAKUA HAVE THAT KIND OF ABILITY,
WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN NORMALIZED
THROUGHOUT THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHILE YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT
SENTENCE PATTERNS ON-LINE, WE DO
HAVE ACCESS TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
DICTIONARIES WHETHER IT BE IN
PRINT.
NORMALIZING AND INCREASING THE
USE OF HAWAIIAN VOCABULARY IS
REALLY BENEFICIAL.
IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS TO
DIVE DEEP INTO THIS, WHAT TYPE
OF RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR
THEM TO TRY TO INCORPORATE IT
INTO THEIR OWN HOMES.
THERE ARE MANY HAWAIIAN
LANGUAGE RESOURCES ON-LINE.
ONE IS A HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
LEARNING APP THAT CAN BE
ACCESSED AND USED FROM OUR
PHONE.
THERE'S A HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
WEBSITE AND THERE YOU WILL FIND
LINKS TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
BOOKS.
YOU'LL FIND LINKS TO CLIPPINGS
OR RECORDINGS OF NATIVE SPEAKERS
SO YOU CAN USE THESE RESOURCES
TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IS HEARD IN
THE HOUSE HOLD.
DICTIONARIES ARE ON-LINE.
YOUTUBE IS VALUABLE.
YOU CAN FIND RESOURCES ON
YOUTUBE THAT INCLUDE MUSIC,
BOOKS, EVEN SOME CARTOONS.
MAUI COLLEGE HAS A WEBSITE THAT
PROVIDES STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN
REPRINTED AND RECORDED AND SO --
THERE'S MANY MANY MORE.
IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT LOOKING
FOR THEM.
THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
ARE THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GOING OUT
AND FINDING THEM.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE BEING ORDERED TO
STAY AT HOME, IF YOU HAVE AN
OUTSIDE AREA IN YOUR HOUSE THAT
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR KEIKI AROUND,
WALK THEM AROUND AND ASK THEM
SIMPLE QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT IS
THIS AND JUST PROMPT THEM TO USE
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
ASK THEM WHEN YOU FIND
SOMETHING, WHAT COLOR IS IT?
WHAT SHAPE IS IT?
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS THING
AND JUST KIND OF GIVE THESE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER.
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH, TRY TRY
TRY AND EVENTUALLY THE PRODUCT
THAT WE'RE SEARCHING FOR WILL
START TO COME TO FRUITION.
PRACTICE BY DOING AND
NORMALIZATION.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
EVERYONE CAN INCORPORATE INTO
HOME TO CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE
THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.
MAHALO.
AND THIS IS GREAT FOR
EVERYONE RIGHT NOW.