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
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