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Growth

This week we continue inquiring about our personal histories.  How much have we changed from when we were born to present. We posted the baby photos of all the preschoolers side by side with their current photos.  The students and teachers at school will guess, using the photos and looking for similarities who the preschoolers are.  We will then use these experiment to find out more about the concept of 'change' and 'development' in our unit.  We have also started collecting the pot flower that show the different milestones we have accomplished growing up.  They will talk about their personal stories to all the students in class.  We identified land and water forms and they realized that the water area is so much bigger than the land area!  As part of their history, we also have looked at the map and located the country they were born. From this, we looked at the bigger land area which is the continents that make up the land forms.  We identified the continents: Asia, A
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Timeline

Is it really important to know about our childhood?  That's a question that came up during our Tuning In Activity for our unit on Where we are in place and time. The preschoolers created their timeline from when they were born up to the present.  Ofcourse, they couldn't remember anything that happened when the were babies. However, something inside them told them that same as other babies, they drank milk, they stayed in a crib, enjoyed the time with mom and dad, and they ate baby food!  Each year, from 0-5 or 6, they wrote and drew one important event that happened to them. These may actually based on a child's imagination - which we truly encourage and support.  Now, it is our part as parents and adults to help them clarify and confirm these developmental milestones that they have perceived.  They enjoyed listening and looking at other students stories and they compared theirs from them.  They manifested interest in everyone's history.  One thing that they looked into

Happy Day

In this new unit on,  where we are in place and time, '' Histories", preschoolers will inquire about the central idea, p ersonal histories allow us to reflect on and celebrate growth and change. They will be look into:  personal histories (connection) important events that lead to change (perspective) personal change from birth to present (change) Hence, what a good way to start the unit with a memorable event that happened this week - DSKI Halloween!  They came to school dressed in costume and posed for a photo with a big smile on their faces!  The memories of this week's event were documented in their daily journal which they started for this unit.  They recorded about some of their everyday experiences and journey in preschool . It is as simple as how they feel that day, the reason why, what they enjoyed doing, and something they learned that day. This will give them an opportunity later on to reflect and celebrate changes as they read back their journal.     As par

Working Together

Working Together As preschool ended the first unit on how we organize ourselves, which focused on roles and responsibility, they worked collaboration. Understanding that each members of the family, school, and outside community should work together as a team to make everything easier.  It should not be a competition, it is not being the best in a group,  but making sure that everyone is happy and doing their part to do the work.  In a group, there will people who will not agree but we should talk about it and make a choice that is good for everyone.  Through this activity they worked together and gave their part to do the work. By taking turns, assigning roles, making sure that you do your part, giving your best effort,  asking for help when needed and sharing your ideas, are only some strategies to make any work easier and productive.  But see the faces of these proud young inquirers after presenting their work to the class!  We had some risk-takers and communicators up in front.