Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

Manatu Fa‘avaeThe PrinciplesE fā manatu fa‘avae o le ta‘iala e ‘autū ‘i ai a‘oa‘oga o le fānau lāiti.There are four broad principles at the centre of the early childhood curriculum.Fa‘amanainaEmpowerment‘O lenei ta‘iala ‘ole‘ā fa‘aosofia ātili ai le fānau lāiti i lo lātou a‘oa‘oina.The early childhood curriculum empowers the child to learn and grow.‘Āto‘atoaga o le Atina‘eina o le Fānau LāitiHolistic Development‘O lenei ta‘iala e atagia mai ai le ‘ātoatoaga o le ola a‘oa‘oina o le fānau lāiti a‘o lātou tuputupu a‘e.The early childhood curriculum reflects the holistic way in which children learn and grow.‘Āiga ma Papaega o TagataFamily and Community‘O ‘āiga ma paepaega o tagata o se vāega tāua o le ōlaga o le tamaitiiti ‘i totonu o ā‘oga ‘āmata.The wider world of family and community is an integral part of the early childhood curriculum.Vā Fealoa‘iRelationships25E a‘oa‘oina ātili le tamaitiiti e ala i le feso‘ota‘iga ma tagata, nofoaga ma lona si‘osi‘omaga.Children learn through responsive and reciprocal relationships with people, places, and things.These four broad principles form the framework for all teaching and learning in the early childhoodcurriculum. For the teaching and learning of gagana Sāmoa in early childhood settings within theframework of the early childhood curriculum, the Samoan cultural values (see pages 17–18) providethe basis for the interweaving of settings and situations that reflect fa‘asāmoa in action.