Te Reo Māori class #2

Matua Tenia read the story: Te Pāmu o Koro (Old MacDonald had a farm). Focus words: ngeru - cat; kurī - dog; poaka - pig; hipi - sheep; kau - cow

Then a NEW Activity and Waiata for the day... 

Activity: Māori Alphabet letters: a, e, i, o, u - practice pronunciation, then colour in

Waiata: "Tapa toru, tapa wha", ...

We reviewed the following activities and games...

1. Puzzles of the gods

2. Pukana

Te Reo Māori class #1

Today was our first day with Matua Tenia learning Te Reo Māori. We started our day with our usual karakia and then Matua Tenia taught the tamariki in Rooms 4 and 5 a 'greeting' waiata.

Tamariki learned:

• Te Reo Māori is the language of Aotearoa
• Te Ika a Māui - the fish of Māui (North Island)
• Te Waka o Māui - the boat of Māui (South Island)

They listened to Matua Tenia telling them the story of Māui. Leading on from that there was a discussion about Tai ao (the environment) and tamariki learned about Ranginui (Sky father), Papatūānuku (Earth mother) and their tamariki.

Our tamariki then played some games:

1. Building puzzles... 

2. Whano, whano... 

3. Pukana...