Pēpi steps: Two mothers on creating taonga with te reo Māori
Pēpi steps: Two mothers on creating taonga with te reo Māori Essays Celebrating a new series of the beloved Reo Pēpi bilingual board books, we have essays from Kitty Brown (Ngāi Tahu) who creates the books with her cousin Kirsten Parkinson, and Helen Steemson, a Pākehā mum determined to share te reo with her Māori son. Kitty Brown Recently, my two-year-old spoke her first words in te reo Māori. I was elated. However, not long afterward her cognitive development surpassed my reo skills...
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