UH childcare centers go online with songs, books and more
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Honolulu Community College
Children from Kapi‘olani CC’s Alani Children’s Center have storytime.
Children from Leeward CC’s The Children’s Center do the Hokey Pokey online.
It’s circle time (online) for Kapi‘olani CC’s Alani Children’s Center.
Link to video and sound (details below): https://bit.ly/3b9ZadA
WHO: 83 children from three University of Hawai‘i childcare centers and their families and 12 early childhood education (ECE) students from Honolulu Community College.
WHERE: Keiki Hau‘oli Children’s Center (Honolulu CC), Alani Children’s Center (Kapi‘olani CC) and The Children’s Center (Leeward CC)
WHAT: ECE faculty, students and childcare center staff are providing online learning through singalongs, reading books, parenting resources and more. ECE students are continuing their practicum online instead of at the centers.
HOW: Virtually through Zoom, email, etc.
WHY: The centers that serve UH students, faculty and staff were closed for the semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VIDEO (with sound): (1 minute, 42 seconds)
Children, families and instructors from The Children’s Center at Leeward CC do the Hokey Pokey (14 seconds)
“You put your leg in, you put your leg out, you put your leg in and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about.”
Children, families and instructors from Alani Children’s Center (Kapi‘olani CC) hold up appropriate colored objects as teacher Rodena Akiu reads Brown Bear. (44 seconds)
“So when I read the story and I get to that color, you can hold up the thing that you found in your home of that color. Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? Whereʻs your brown thing? Do you have something brown? Oh look at all those brown. I see a crayon. I see a bear. I see...oh. Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? I see a – what color?-- red bird looking at me. Hold up your red things.”
Children, families and instructors from Alani Children’s Center (Kapi‘olani CC) have “circle time” via Zoom (led by teacher Rodena Akiu). (5 seconds)
(Grandson Laʻakea rings chimes) “Thank you La‘a.”
Children, families and instructors from Alani Children’s Center (Kapi‘olani CC). Rodena Akiu holds up butterfly, caterpillar, chrysalis, eggs on leaf (35 seconds)
“Butterfly and I didnʻt get to share with you. And what about -- caterpillar! And what about -- chrysalis! Look guys and what are those things? Eggs, right!