Sense of Self – Growing Pono Schools

Life Skills Lessons and Activities

Lessons + Resources

Files

Grades

Description

Aha Weave – Working Together

4 – 12

Weaving strands to strengthen intent

Are We Smiling Yet?

4 – 12

Genuine? Fake? Smiles cause…

Bowl of Light

4-12

Keeping your inner light shining bright

Connecting with Mana

6-8

Understanding the energy in everything

Crushed

4-12

How it looks & how it feels to be bullied

Eat a Rainbow

5-6

Hawaiian food pyramid and health

Ekolu Mea Nui – Three Great Things

4-8

Tapping the power of hope, faith & love

Food – Mea ‘Ai

4-6

Fostering a healthier diet

Goalsetting – The SMART Way

6-8

Setting goals for school and life

Guts on the Table

9-12

Sharing stories & building communities

Ha- Breath of Life

4-8

Learning the power of your breath

Hawaiian Symbology

4-12

Creating meaningful representations

I Am From – Sharing Your History

4-12

Exploring Culture through storytelling

In Your Element

4-6

Linking passion & ability to excel

Kalo-ology

6-8

Using kalo (taro) to represent family

Multiple Intelligences

6-8

Smart in many ways

My Impression

4-12

Making Polynesian designs, shapes, and symbols

My Mixed Plate

4-8

Exploring roots & preferences

My Symbol – Ku‘u Hō‘ailona

6-8

Identifying relationships to nature

Paddling Progressions

6-8

Understanding the canoe to help set goals

Place to Place – A Paper Boat Journey

6-8

Learning about life’s journey

Power of the Word

6-8

Learning about the power of words

Promoting Pono – Preventing Huhu (Anger)

4-6

Examining injustice to promote pono

Skills & Interests Survey

6-12

Identifying skills, interests, and passions of a group

Soaring Like a Kite – Lele Ka Lupe

4-8

Setting & supporting goals

The Animal In Me – Creating Totems

4-6

Identifying your power animal; creating class connections

The Four Agreements

7-12

Helping others; helping yourself

The Many Pieces of Me

4-8

Sharing self through art

There! Fish!

6-8

Observing nature to learn lessons

Thinking Vs Feeling

6-12

Head or gut? Which to listen to…

Too Sweet-Sugar and Health

5-6

How much sugar do you drink?

Who I Am

4-8

Using the ipu to introduce self

Who’s Your Mountain, Land & Ocean?

4-6

Appreciating special people and places

Words To Live By

4-12

Word cards encouraging pono actions