July 1 - 5 Theme: Independence/America’s Birthday
Featured Activity
Character badge book activity July 2 at 10:00 a.m.
Character / Ka Hāmeʻe Badge Activity and Book Discussion
Join in for a live activity
complete the hāmeʻe activity
share about favorite characters
chat about favorite books
We will complete the activity together to earn the badge. If you have a badge book, you may complete the activity there. If you do not have a badge book, donʻt worry! We have the activity available online for you, too.
Books of the Week
Recommended for grades Pre-K - 2
How Starling Got His Speckles
by Keely Parrack
Recommended for grades 3 - 5
Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken?
by Dan Gutman
Movies of the Week
Blueback (PG)
When Abby meets a beautiful blue grouper while on a dive, she develops a special connection with the fish. After she names him Blueback, the unlikely duo spends as much time together as possible. Abby learns that the fish may be in danger and decides to take on the local poachers herself. The narrative is based on the novel of the same name by Tim Winton.
Under the Sea (G)
Jim Carrey narrates this IMAX adventure that showcases some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, New Guinea and Indonesia. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Howard Hall ("Deep Sea").
Hawaiian Word of the Week
ea - independence
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Grounding in Hā: Aloha