Ka tere tonu te tangata ki te kī, “He awa tēnei.” Engari, ki te noho puku mō tētahi wā, ka rangona te rere o te wai, te manu, te hau i roto i ngā rau. Ka kitea te rerekētanga o ngā kōhatu, te paru, te marumaru me te ia. Ko te mātakitaki te tīmatanga o te reo.
Mā te kaumātua, te matua, te kaiako rānei e hīkoi tahi me ngā tamariki, ka taea te whakawhiti kupu me ngā kōrero o te wāhi. Me mōhio tonu, ehara ngā kōrero katoa i te kōrero mā te katoa; me whai mana te iwi me te hapū ki ō rātou mātauranga me ō rātou ingoa.
Whakarongo i mua i te whakamārama
Tonoa ngā tamariki kia tū, kia whakarongo. He aha ngā oro tata? He aha ngā oro tawhiti? Mā te kore e whakahoro i te whakautu ka whai wā rātou ki te hanga kupu.
Whakaingoatia ngā mea e kitea ana
Kōrerotia: te awa, te manga, te kōhatu, te one, te rau, te manu, te ia. Whakamahia ngā kupumahi pērā i te rere, te mānu, te totohu, te kōpikopiko.
Kia mōhio ki te ingoa o te wāhi
He kōrero kei roto i te ingoa Māori. Kaua e hanga whakamārama ki te kore e mōhio. Rapua ngā puna tika, ā, pātai atu ki te mana whenua mēnā e tika ana.
Ko te haumaru te tikanga tuatahi
Me noho ngā tamariki ki te taha o te pakeke, kia tawhiti i te ia kaha me te tahataha pahekeheke. Tirohia te huarere, te waipuke me te kounga o te wai. Kaua e kuhu ki te wai ki te kore he mahere haumaru.
Kaua e tango noa
Ka taea te tiro ki te kōhatu me te rau, kātahi ka waiho ki tōna wāhi. Me horoi ngā hu kia kore ai e kawe riha, ā, me whakahoki ngā para katoa.
Tuhia he mahara
Ka hoki ki te kāinga, tuhia, tāngia rānei tētahi mea i kitea. Ka taea te hanga rerenga: “I kite au i…”, “I rongo au i…”, “I whakaaro au…”.
He hononga, ehara i te haerenga kotahi
Ki te hoki anō i tētahi atu marama, ka kitea te rerekētanga o te wai, ngā manu me ngā tipu. Ka tipu te mōhio nā te hoki mai.
Mā te haere pōturi ki te taha o te awa, ka ako te tamaiti ehara te taiao i te papamuri. He whanaunga, he puna kōrero, he kawenga hoki.
