{"id":8578,"date":"2022-10-30T18:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T04:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2022-10-30T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T04:38:18","slug":"pidf-fall-festivities-with-munchkins-and-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/pidf-fall-festivities-with-munchkins-and-pumpkins\/","title":{"rendered":"PIDF Fall festivities with munchkins and pumpkins!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stretching from the Leeward to Windward side, PIDF keiki and their \u02bbohana were found Fallin\u2019 in love with Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s subtle, yet changing seasons. The multi-generational education preschool programs Ka Pa\u02bbalana and T\u016bt\u016b and Me explored their communities’ Fall festivities. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m grateful that I am able to experience and recreate memories with my baby that her big sister and I enjoyed with Ka Pa\u2019alana three years ago. We\u2019ve been attending for six years now and there\u2019s a reason we always come back, they\u2019re such an amazing program,\u201d said Grace, Ka Pa\u02bbalana parent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The keiki and their \u02bbohana went on huaka\u02bbi (field trips) to Aloun Farms in Kapolei and Waim\u0101nalo Country Farms. The programs enjoyed a variety of activities offered at the farms including hay rides through pala\u02bbai (pumpkin), corn, or sunflower fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo come together as one big preschool \u2018ohana and return to in-person field trips has been a blessing for our families after being virtual for so long,\u201d said Jess Reyes, Ka Pa\u02bbalana program Assistant. \u201cThere\u2019s something truly special about seeing a smile face-to-face, exploring new environments, and making fun memories together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some keiki visited a small petting zoo, where they heard the different noises and observed the animals that they may have never seen before like goats, lamas, and pigs. They even got to feed animals hay, who ate straight out of the kids\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Visiting the farms is a great way for keiki to explore how their Fall time favorite pala\u02bbai are grown and where they come from. Each \u02bbohana picked out their own local-grown pumpkin to take home and do with it as they please, like carve, paint, or eat!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy baby\u2019s first Huaka\u2019i and Ka Pa\u2019alana never disappoints. Charlotte especially enjoyed looking for pumpkins and meeting new friends. Forever grateful!,\u201d said Grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the year the program curriculum guides keiki to observe particular things and notice them when they\u2019re out on field trips. In class at Ka Pa\u02bbalana, the students just learned about round shapes and are asked to observe the things in their lives that are round, like pumpkins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PIDF early education programs, Ka Pa\u02bbalana and T\u016bt\u016b and Me preschool, ventured to Aloun Farms and Waim\u0101nalo Country Farms to celebrate Fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":8579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,20,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ka-paalana","category-news","category-tutu-and-me"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8609,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions\/8609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}