What we’re studying in November:
Hawaii / St. Damien / leprosy / oceans / coral reefs / sea turtles / dolphins / whales / octopi / volcanoes / hurricanes / coffee / King Kamehameha / Captain Cook / Princess Liliuokalani / Pearl Harbor / hula / lei making / stargazing and light pollution
What we’re reading:
A is for Aloha: A Hawai’i Alphabet by U’ilani Goldsberry
Seeing More Stars by Joseph Otterman
Hurricanes by Gail Gibbons
My First Book of Weather by Patricia Wynne and Donald Silver
My First Book about Our Amazing Earth by Patricia Wynne and Donald Silver
Volcanoes by Gail Gibbons
National Geographic Kids: Volcanoes!
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by Karina Hamalaien
DK Eyewitness: Volcano & Earthquake
The Sea Book by Charlotte Milner
DK’s Smithsonian: Ocean!
Dover’s My First Book about the Oceans
DK’s Anthology of Aquatic Life
National Geographic Kids: Dolphins
Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons
Whales by Gail Gibbons
National Geographic Pre-Reader: Whales
Alice Mongoose and Alistair Rat in Hawaii by Mary Pfaff
Hawaiian Legends for Little Ones Series
The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka’uilani of Hawai’i by Fay Stanley
The History of Pearl Harbor: A WWII Book for New Readers by Susan B. Katz
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating
selections of Women on Waves: A Cultural History of Surfing by Jim Kempton
Fr. Damien and the Bells by Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan
Damien of Moloka’i: Builder of Community by Barbara Yoffee
2 Kings 5
Jesus cleanses the leper (Matthew 8:1–4, Mark 1:40–45 and Luke 5:12–16)
What we’re watching:
Kalo to Poi
What Happened to SPAM?
How to Make Plumeria Leis
Kaua’i Coffee Plantation Tour
Preserving Ancient Plants
Kumu Hula
Dance with Your Heart
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
Kilauea: Hawai’i on Fire
Planet Earth Season 1 Episode 9: “Shallow Seas”
Planet Earth Season 1 Episode 9: “Ocean Deep”
What we’re doing:
The Ultimate Hawai’i Activity Book
Hawai’i Travel Activity Book
Dover’s Story of Hawai’i Coloring Book
What we’re tasting:
spam musubi
shoyu
saimin
poi
kalua pork
plate lunch
haupia
Where we’re going:*
The Big Island: Kanaloa Octopus Farm, Volcanoes National Park, coffee plantation, Puako Petroglyph Reserve,
Kaua’i: Limahuli Garden, Kaua’i Coffee Plantation Train Tour, Waimea Canyon
Maui: Haleakala National Park, Molokini Crater, Hana lava tube and bamboo forest, Aquarium (I used to work here!), I’ao Valley, Komoda’s Donuts
Oahu: ‘Iolani Palace tour, Pearl Harbor tour
Moloka’i: Fr. Damien Pilgrimage Hike to Kalaupapa leper colony
Printables Library:
None needed! The activity books listed are fabulously rich.
*Okay, so we aren’t actually going to all of these places. but I did grow up in Hawaii, and I have visited many of these places and can’t wait to share them and the culture of my childhood with my own kids.
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