I aplogize for not posting our last two lessons in here. I was part of our teacher's team that had travelled to New Zealand to observe and gather information on how their schools conducted and taught the Samoan Language. It was a very educational and awesome experience for me as a teacher, and I am excited to put into practice all that I have learned from this trip! Malo lava le nofo tapua'i ia te outou matua!
Our lesson on 09/13/2014 focused on learning colors. I had sent out a worksheet - ' Pepe felanulanua'i ' ( colorful butterfly ) for them to complete at home. This worksheet is to help them learn and memorize the following colors: moana, mumu, samasama, uliuli, moli, pa'epa'e, 'efu'efu, viole, piniki, 'ena'ena.
Our lesson on 09/20/2014 was learning about body parts. Each child was given a list and a worksheet to complete. They learned to sing " Ulu, tau'au, tulivae, tama'ivae " ( head, shoulders, knees and toes.. song) to incorporate new vocab. We will continue to expand our list of words of body parts as the semester continues.
Yesterday was a re-cap of our last two lessons, which is stated above. I also shared with the children my trip to New Zealand and talked to them about the Samoan children there. They were all ears! I showed them some pictures and video clips of Samoan children speaking and singing in Samoan, welcoming our group. I also brought back some goodies from my trip and shared with the class, explaining one of our traditions of bringing back 'Oso' for the 'fa'amuli' when one comes back from a trip ;) The children took a good liking to the concept Lol!
We started to learn the following song: ' Le pepe '. Please note that the words in video clip is not the correct spelling of words. I believe they spelled it out for pronounciation's sake but I did have the children write out the correct words to the song. Please sing along with your child and have fun!
