Practicing Kilo to Create, Imagine, Experience, and Animate Your Hawai’i: An Event for Parents and Educators Who Want to Use Place-Based Resources to Create Bridges Between School and Home
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 AM Hawaii / 12:30-2:00 PM Pacific / 2:30-4:00 PM Central / 3:30-5:00 PM Eastern
Venue: Online Via Zoom
Cost: $40 (Includes a "My Rainforest Diorama Kit", which will be mailed to registered participants in advance of the live workshop)
(Scholarships available! Please inquire here.)
Deadline to Register: Registration extended to 5pm on June 9, 2021 for participants in the state of Hawaii. Shipment of materials to the continental US or international participants is not guaranteed for registration received after June 4, 2021.
This Hands-on workshop is ideal for children grades K to 8 and educators who work with elementary and middle school age children. The workshop focuses on connecting keiki, families, and educators to place-based resources that bridge the process of building, creating, and imagining Hawaiʻi through their own experiences. The diorama making and animation activities give children two ways for self-directed learning at home this Summer or in schools. Participants will learn about some of Hawaiʻi’s most amazing and endemic forest species by imagining and creating their very own rainforest diorama. Additionally, participants will learn about the symbiotic relationships shared between our endemic manu (birds) and kumulāʻau (trees). In the second part of the workshop, participants will learn how to take their kilo practice and create a pixel animation using a free digital application, Piskel. Please note: Children grades K to 2 will need extra assistance with their dioramas and technical assistance for the animation portion of the workshop.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Marion Ano is the owner of Kilo Books Hawaiʻi. Her company’s mission aims to strengthen family bonds through the practice of Kilo. When she’s not working on her next Kilo book, Marion is teaching coding and design at the University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu.
To learn more about Kilo Books Hawaii, please visit kilobookshawaii.com.