Aloha Ho`ala Na Pua Families,

As a grant-funded program, Ho`ala Na Pua’s Evaluation Team, which is led by the University of Hawai`i’s School of Social Work, would like to collect some information from parents and caregivers about their experience here at Na Kamalei.  It is an opportunity for families to share their thoughts, reflections, and/or recommendations of the program.  This data helps to see where we need to go in the future of our program.

• There will be 3 Family Focus Groups conducted:  3/30, 4/20, and 5/4. 
• It will be held in the Na Kamalei Administration Office. 
• Healthy food and beverages will be provided.
•  Focus groups will be recorded and videotaped upon participation consent.

To participate, please contact Kanani Kilbey at kkilbey@nakamalei.org, or call 237-8500.

Mahalo a hui hou!

P.S.  Classes resume Monday, 3/26/12.  See you there!

We love servicing the families of Ko`olauloa in our early childhood education program.  More specifically, our early education program is a Family & Child Interaction Learning Program, or FCILP.  What makes us so unique is that we allow the families and caretakers to be the lead in their young child’s educational life, starting at a very early age!  By doing so, we emphasize the philosophy that a parent is a child’s 1^st and best teacher.

Enjoy these beautiful pictures.  If you are interested in learning more about our program, please call us at 237-8500.  You can also visit our website at www.nakamalei.org.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Aloha Ko`olauloa `Ohana!

Na Kamalei will be sharing a series of tips and evidence-based tools that help parents keep their children on the path of school success, while supporting them in their individual needs.

Even though our Na Kamalei families are participating in preschool-prepatory activities, it is never too early to implement healthy habits at home.                   Here is the second part of this series:

Some of the best rewards are free:

Rewarding your child’s good behavior doesn’t have to shrink your wallet.  In fact, it can be free!

The next time your child does something positive, offer a complimentary reward, like:

• A later bedtime
• A sleepover
• Extra time playing games
• The choice for dinner
• A trip to the playground

Source: R. Burke, Ph.D., and others, Common Sense Parenting: Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children, Boys Town Press.

*All articles taken from The Parent Institute©2012, www.parent-institute.com

Aloha Ko`olauloa `Ohana!

Na Kamalei will be sharing a series of tips and evidence-based tools that help parents keep their children on the path of school success, while supporting them in their individual needs.

Even though our Na Kamalei families are participating in preschool-prepatory activities, it is never too early to implement healthy habits at home.

Here is the first part of these series:

About Cursing

Cursing may be part of popular culture today, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay!

If you need provide guidance in your child’s “potty mouth”:

1. Be a good role model.  If he shouldn’t use four-letter words, neither should you.
2. Be clear.  “Cursing is not okay and will not be tolerated in our family.  Period.”
3. Define a consequence.  Decide on a fair consequence and enforce it every time.

Remember your child is only a toddler and is absorbing his/her environment.

Source: J. O’Donnell. “Are Your Kids Cursing? Here’s How to Stop It” About.com. http://tweenparenting.about.com/od/behaviordiscipline/a/TweenCursing.htm.

*All articles taken from The Parent Institute© 2012, www.parent-institute.com

Aloha Ko`olauloa Family!

Na Kamalei – K.E.E.P. is hosting an END-OF-THE-YEAR BOOK SALE, where all of our published books will be selling for $1.00.  Original selilng price per book is $10…that’s a 90% discount!  

These books accomplish 3 things:

• they educate people about the Ko`olauloa area
• they introduce Hawaiian language in a simple and welcoming way
• they reveal Hawaiian values that reflect native culture

These stories come from members of our community; book sales help to fund our Ho`ala Na Pua Family-Child Interaction Learning Program.  Great for the whole family!  $1 sale is for a limited time only.

Book orders can be submitted through email (nkpublishing@nakamalei.org) or phone 237-8500.  You can review books online through our website www.nakamalei.org. You can also see the attached pictures for more information on these story books.

Best wishes and Happy New Year everyone, a hui hou!

Ho`ala Na Pua Christmas Pa`ina Flyer

Join us for food, fun, songs, and stories. 

Hope to see you there.  A hui hou!

Na Kamalei – K.E.E.P. is now accepting applications for the New Year.

Do you fit the following?

• 18 months – 4 y/o child(ren) with their Parents/Caregivers together

• Weekday mornings, 8:30 am – 11:30 am

Ho`ala Na Pua is a family & child interaction learning program that provides:

*Curriculum: Lei Aku, Lei Mai (Lei Given, Lei Received)

                   A Reciprocal Exchange of Knowledge -

                   A Hawaiian Family Learning Curriculum

*Literacy, Language, and Social/Emotional Development = School Ready!

*Punalu`u Discovery Garden

Aide Malie and Ho`ala Na Pua keiki in the Punalu`u Discovery Garden

`Apo I Ka Lama Ku

Grasp the Torth of Knowledge

For more information, please call us at 237-8500 and ask for Kawehi, Program Manager.

You can also email us at hnpmanager@nakamalei.org

Ko`olauloa has a lot of exciting events happening in the next two weeks.  There will be a Makahiki, Hawaiian Civic Club Convention, Halloween Extravaganza, and Read to Me presentation…all going on in our area.  Great stuff!

Please review the attached pictures and listings for more information.

We hope that you see something that can benefit you and your keiki.

Also, we will be at Turtle Bay Resort with our display of published books…come visit us!!

Na Kamalei – K.E.E.P. would like to wish you and your family a safe, fun, and enjoyable Halloween ahead of you.  A hui hou!

Officers Kim, Larosa, Omerod, and Vannasing from the Honolulu Police Department visited Na Kamalei – K.E.E.P.’s Ho`ala Na Pua (HNP) program this morning to share some helpful tips and advice about family safety in our community.  Since Halloween is coming up, officers urged our Ho`ala Na Pua families to please stay close to our young keiki and supervise them on their treat-or-treating routes.  Pedestrian safety is also important to note, both as a walker/jogger, and bicycler.  Officers said that if you are walking, it is recommended that you walk against traffic.  If you bike, you should cycle with traffic.  Officers also showed families inside of their police cars and some of the tools they carry in their tool belt.

Officers are here to protect and service our neighborhoods.  If you see any suspicious activity, please do not hesitate to let someone know as soon as possible, and contact 9-1-1.  Also, teaching your children how to call 9-1-1 during dire emergencies, even at an early age (like 3 or 4 years old), has been shown to save lives.

Also, Uncle Irwin Ah-Hoy came by to show HNP families how to husk coconut.  He mentioned that a younger coconut is a little harder to husk than the older, riper coconut, because the younger ones are more fragile and easier to breakthrough.  Keiki and caregivers tasted some of the coconut water.  Uncle Irwin also squeezed the husk and coconut shavings to make coconut milk.

Special thanks to our HPD Officers and Uncle Irwin Ah-Hoy for sharing their mana`o with our Ho`ala Na Pua families regarding family safety and preparing a cultural dish, like coconut. 

We had a great day at the Discovery Garden.  See you here again next Friday, a hui hou!

Aloun Farms Pumpkin Festival Public Picking 2017                      

91-1440 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, HI 96707

Saturdays &Sundays, October 15 – 16, 22 – 23, and 29 – 30, 2011        

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (all weekends)                                                           

Admission: $1 per person (ages 2 and under free)                                      

Free Parking

Aloun Farms Pumpkin Festival Public Picking

Pumpkins will be priced according to individual size. Cash only. No checks or credit cards. Spend the day in the county with your family! There are tractor pulled hayrides, pony rides, farm style food, picture booths, games and fun for everyone. Also available is picking your own Ewa Sweet Corn.

For driving directions visit http://alounfarms.com/contact.asp For more information visit http://alounfarms.com/public-pumpkin-picking-event.asp or call 677-9516                                                       

* Information provided by Celia Chang Takahashi, Oahu Coordinator, Good Beginnings Alliance

Aloha, a hui hou, and have a great weekend!