On Saturday (7/30/11) the KELP Kids entered the 2nd Annual Hanalei Bay International Sandcastle / Art Competition and were awarded third place in the under 12 division! Way to go KELP'ers! The keiki worked together to come up with a concept and built a beautiful Puff the Magic Dragon - all on their own! We are so proud of them. Below are some pix from that sandy, creative day.
We had a fun graduation ceremony today for our fabulous KELP Kids! They have progressed and learned so much this year, we are so proud of them! Everyone have a great summer and we can't wait to see you in the fall!
The KELP Keiki displayed their spring semester artwork at Uncle Jack's Place today! Wow! What amazing young artists! Teacher Emily has been working with them on composition, color use, depth and perspective. Here are some pix of their work.
The K.E.L.P. kids have been having an amazing year so far! While they focus much of their days on explorative learning and academics they throw some amazing parties sprinkled in too :-). 2010 Christmas party was so special, celebrating many different traditions.
Recently the kids designed and acted out their very own Cirque du Soleil, quite amazing!
K.E.L.P. continues to be committed to a holistic approach to learning!!
p.s. Spring Session is open for new students to join us for the Spring Session. Please drop us an email at [email protected] for more information.
What a great day! K.E.L.P. kids were so fortunate to go out on a boat and explore their underwater neighborhood, biology in their backyard! They became little investigators of the reef. Terry had an underwater camera and captured both video and stills. The children took turns with the camera which they loved. They were able to document the creatures of the reef as Terry pointed out the sea life and the health of the reef in general. He said the reef was really starting to come back to health! good news!
Once back in the classroom teacher Emily and Terry were able to guide the students in exploring more ocean biology. They were able to touch and feel coral, shells, and sea creatures. Our teachers were able to take their field exploration into the classroom for more Q and A.
This was a wonderful way to learn about their environment, the importance of the oceans health and their responsibility in helping to protect the reefs.
Aloha!
We are preparing for another amazing year of KELP with teacher Emily. This year we will continue our successful and creative learning program for homeschoolers with our emphasis on K-1 core curriculum. Teacher Emily has many amazing and fun projects for the keiki this year that will weave in the basics of reading and writing and math for their learning level through use of personal journals, stories, research, art science and biology projects.
Fall Schedule: We will be starting on wednesday August 18th, 2010.
Wednesday- 2pm-5pm
Thursday- 10am-2pm
Friday- 10am-2pm
We have limited enrollment and a few spaces are still left! We invite you to contact us with more information regarding our program.
EMAIL: [email protected]
See our CALENDAR of activities for the start of the new session. This calendar gets updated each week so that families can see what we have done, what we are working on and what is on the horizon!
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY!!: The last week in August, we plan on focusing on marine biology and go with our Fun Friday snorkeling trip with a Save our Seas marine biologist. He will teach along teacher Emily on Wed. and Thursday and then he offered to take all of us on his SOS boat in Hanalei (holds 30) just out to the reef in front of princeville/summers break in the bay. He says the kids can safely snorkel as a group, or just lean over the boat w their face in if they would rather. He will scuba underneath us filming us and the fish. Then he will let the kids help him edit the video and send us home w copies!!!
K.E.L.P kids celebrated the end of a successful year of experiential learning with teacher Emily! In honor of everyone's dedication and hard work, K.E.L.P went to the wonderful Na Aina Kai Gardens in Kilauea. Everyone had an amazing time exploring these incredible gardens filled with fun and learning opportunities! After exploring the maze, the fish, the many trees and plants we ended with pure fun at the kids garden and water pond. The day was a perfect way to celebrate a wonderful program and end our Spring Session with a bang!
Please stay tuned for more information for our Fall Session...
Teacher Emily arranged for the students to go to the Kilauea Lighthouse for a field trip! They loved the adventure and learning about the native bird species that have made their habitat on the cliffs above the stormy sea. They also learned about the biology and migration of the humpback whale even getting to touch real baleen! Unfortunately that day was particularly windy with lots of white caps in the ocean so we couldn't make out the tell tale splash of the whales. Heres some images to share...
Some recent KELP kids' art!