Ko te whawhai he mea kē ki te pai noa iho, engari hei tautoko hoki i a koe ki te ako i mea hou. Nā reira i whakapatuhia e PPT ngā kōrero tino whakahirahira hei whakamātau i ngā pūkenga nui ahakoa kei te ngenetanga te tino mārama. He pai ki ngā tamariki kōhanga reo me ngā kura tuatahi, ko ēnei kōrero ngā kōriki akoranga matihiko e. Tēnā whakaaetia mai ka whakamātau ai ngā kōrero nei i tō tamariki. Haere tonu atu ki te kite i ngā painga nui o te whawhai hei ako, pēhea ka tuku ngā kōrero nei i ngā tamariki ki te whakamana i ngā pūkenga nui, he aha ngā take ka pai ki te whakamahi, ā, pēhea ka tautoko i te whakapakari i te akomanga.
Ki te ako me te whakapakari tamariki, kāore i te hiahia whai mātauranga hei āwhina i a rātou, kāore i tēnei ka taea e rātou te whai. Nō te whakaaro ki ngā mahi wāwhanga me te mātauranga, ka hihiko ngā tamariki ki te paihere i ngā tāonga nei, nō reira ka ako he kaihokohoko hou hoki i te wā e paihere ana! Ki te whakamahi tamariki i ngā tāonga mā te hunga tamariki ka kite i ngā pūmanawa hou! Ka tae atu ngā tamariki ki te kite i ō rātou pūmanawa me te haere tonu ki te rangahau mō ngā pūmanawa e kore nei i te mōhio mai rā! Ka nui te whakahirahira, ka whiwhi hoki rātou i te manaaki ki a rātou anō hei akona.
Ko te whakaaro mā te whakaaro he tino utu pai mō ngā tamariki kia āhei ai ki te whakangungu i ngā pūkenga hou me ngā māramatanga. O PPT ngā kōriki akoranga matihiko tēnā me āwhina i ngā tamariki kia mārama ki te ako i raro i te whakaaro me te pūmau i a rātau tuawheako. He nui ngā pai o tēnei momo ako. Me whakamana ia ngā tamariki kia hanga, ka awhina rātau ki te mōhio i te mea e ai ki te whakatika i ngā take, ka whakapapa rātau ki te mōhio i a rātau hoa, me te whakarite i a rātau mana motuhake. He pai rawa hoki he momo ako nui ake, ā, ko te nui o te waiata, ko te nui hoki o te waehanga o ngā tamariki e maumahara ana i te mea i ākona rātau. Ka mutu, ka noho ngā tamariki pai anō me te whai i runga i ngā mahi hou, ina he mea kua noho hei whakaaro rātau te ako!
Kei te whai take tonu te kōwhitiwhiti tamariki i te whakapakari i ngā pūkenga o te tamariki, ka taea e ia te mātakitaki i a ia ka rongoa. Ka tukua e te PPT ēnei momo kōwhitiwhiti, i roto i ngā hanga whakaaro nui, hei āwhina i ngā tamariki ki te whakapakari i ngā pūkenga, pērā i te whakarite ringa-kanohi, i ngā pūkenga matotoru, pūkengatanga matotoru nui, me te whakapakari reo. Ko ēnei pūkenga nui nei he take mō te ako i muri iho, koia nei he nui te noho pai ki te kura me te ao. Hei tauira, kei te nui te whakamahere i te whakariterite ringa-kanohi i waenganui i te wā e tuhia ana e ngā tamariki rānei, ki te wā e paikiri ana i ngā mahi kapa rānei.
Ki te kāore rātou e taea ana whakapai i te mātauranga, he wāhanga tētahi atu pūkōrero pūngao ka awhina ngā tamariki ki te ako atu, nā reira ka hīnati te ako. He mea nui ā-matihaki ēnei pūkōrero, he whakarite i te wairua, me te pai rawa ki te whakamahi. Nā tēnei ka puta te hiahia ki ngā tamariki kia whakaaro me te ako i te wā e mahi ana rātou. Nā runga i ngā pūkōrero mātauranga itiiti i tuku mai i te PPT, ka hāngai ngā tamariki ki te ara matihaki o te ako me te hanga i te aroha moana ki te mātauranga e noho nei mō te ao katoa. Ki te whakaae ngā tamariki ki te whakamātau i a rātou e ngāwari ana i ngā mahi, ka kitea e rātou ngā take hou hei whai!
Te whakapakari i te akomanga he wāhanga nui o te maruaroa o te hunga tamariki. Ki te whakamahi i ngā kōrero mō te ako i te wā e whai ake, ka ako ngā tamariki i ngā pūkenga hinengaro, ina ko te whakamahara, te whakawhanaunga, te whakaaro me te whakatikanga i ngā mana whakahē. Nā ēnei kōrero e rua ngā take; nā reira ka tautoko i ngā tamariki ki te whakapakari i ngā pūkenga hou, ā, ka whakarite anō i te whakaaro matatini me te whakaaro motuhake. Ka taea e ngā mātua me ngā kaiako o PPT te whakamahi i ngā kōrero mō te ako i te wā e whai ake hei tautoko i te whakapakari hinengaro o ngā tamariki, he hanga tūturu mo te whakatere ki te kura me te ako mō te ao katoa.
he kāinga hanga tāonga ako i te wā e whakangungutia, e hanga nei me te whakapakari i raro i te hunga rauemi hou. Ko ia he mahi tūhono hoki ki ngā whare wānanga, ki ngā mātāwhaki, ki ngā kura akoranga, ko ētahi atu ko ngā pūkenga rangahau whenua, hei hanga i ngā rauemi "edutainment" tērā.
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