He mahi hirikapo, arā, he hōhonu, he whānui te toro a te hinengaro ki te hanga māramatanga ki tētahi kaupapa. Ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka pakari haere anō tana āhei ki te whakaaro tūrehurehu.
A cognitive process where the mind can extend deeply and broadly in order to understand something. As a child grows, their ability to think abstractly expands.
tū - manner, sort
rehurehu - to be seen indistinctly
whakaaro waitara
E eke ana a Pita i ngā taumata o te whakaaro tūrehurehu.
Kikī ana te whaikōrero a te Māori i ngā whakaaro tūrehurehu.
Ki te kore e pakari te whakaaro tūrehurehu o te ākonga, he uaua tana wetewete i ngā take tuatini o roto i te tikanga ā-iwi.