Papa Kukui Hula Hālau 12 Week Fall Series (3 & 4 year olds)
September 12, 2024, @ 3:30 pm - December 19, 2024, @ 4:00 pm HST
Thursdays, 3:30-4:00 pm
September 12 – December 19, 2024
*no class on November 7, 14 & 28
Price: $195 plus tax
This series is perfect for preschool aged keiki (kids), and those learning to navigate a more structured class setting. This half hour class incorporates storytelling and hula implements to engage your keikiʻs attention. Families are warmly welcome to attend class, as we take regular hug breaks!
Young children seem magnetically drawn to Kumu Mālia. She’s full of laughter and magically engages their attention and imagination. She has produced her own album of Hawaiian songs for children called “Keiki Hula Love”, many of which the children learn and perform in her series.
Participation in this hula hālau (school) is one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Children will learn both hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula ʻauwana (modern hula), with the basic steps as well as oli (Hawaiian chants). Children will learn a true appreciation for nature, as well as how to make flower lei. Some classes may learn to use implements, such as the ipu (gourd drum).
The clusters of white flowers – Papa Kukui – adorning kukui trees well represent our tiny 3-4 year keiki. The kukui nuts, also known as candle nuts, when burned provided an herbal remedy for keiki and a light source to ancient Hawaiians. Likewise, the flower of the candle nut tree, the Papa Kukui, eventually develops into a source of light – just as these little ones will provide light in the future.
Kumu Mālia imparts a genuine enthusiasm for learning as well as a deep appreciation of nature.
Kindly let your instructor know of any injuries or contra-indications. Your enrollment is a commitment to all 12 weeks and no credits are refunded for missed classes.
*Please reserve your child’s spot under your child’s own name, not under the parent’s name.
Kuma Hulu Mālia Helelā
Mālia is an authentic Kumu Hula: a recognized hula teacher, officially having graduated after 17 years training from her teacher, Pulu’elo Park. Fluent in Hawaiian, Kumu Mālia frequently composes her own original oli (sacred chants). Kumu Mālia has an affinity for teaching young children. For the last decade she has developed lessons specific to infants, toddlers and preschool aged keiki (kids). She also enjoys sharing classic hula and songs with the elderly. In keeping with her tradition, she is an observant and reverent student of nature and keeper of the land – the ‘aina.
Kumu Mālia Ko’i’ulaokawaolehua Helelā strives to live a life of grace. Her hālau (hula school), which meets at Still & Moving Center, is Na Hula Ola Aloha. Completing her uniki (studies) under Kumu Hula Puluelo Park in 2002, she now teaches hula and oli (traditional Hawaiian chant) to a wide range of students, from infants and toddlers to kūpuna (elders). Mālia studied oli under Kumu Hula Keola Lake. She continues to look to the beauty and grace of the Hawaiian environment for grounding and inspiration.
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