Children learn through observing.

Children always learn from observing and I would like to give an example from my children centre called “Fetu Taiala” or shooting stars in English. My children learn a lot about Samoan cultures and I am very proud of that. They have learnt so much about the Fa’a Samoa values and language. The centre always based their month to month educational activities from children’s interesting. In the Samoa language week children expand their knowledge about the Fa’a Samoa by making Samoan food and resources and the next step was to get the children to experiences this so in that way they will expand their learning on how to make Samoan resources and food and where to get the resources from. The significant learning experiences for my children is that they can actually point out what is important in Samoan cultures.

 This picture show that children is learning about some of the resources that values in the Samoan culture. The children are holding a Tanoa, Pate a ipu ava, Fue and a shell these are all Taoga and value in Samoa culture.

The picture at the bottom show that children is clueing feathers into a Ietoga or traditional Samoa mat.

 

 

The photo below show one of the children is boring water into a pot full of ripe banana and this is a traditional Samoa food call suafa’i. I really like how this Samoan implement the culture and put them into action so the children can see it and learn from it. Therefore, children can learn about their culture and their mother tongue when they grow up in New Zealand. I know that my two boys has learnt a lot about the culture and now they speak fluently Samoa because  of the school. Even though I speak Samoan fluently I don’t speak Samoan all the time at home and when I had my children I used more English than Samoa but now they went to a Samoan early childhood they speak fluent Samoan now and I really admire that. So right now I speak Samoa all the time at home to communicate with my children because my children always uses their mother tongue.