Book and Culture Week

This week, DSKI celebrated Book and Culture Week with the Theme:

"Weaving Diversity Through Reading and Culturally Responsive Learning."

Preschoolers enjoy reading during our D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) time.

They enjoyed the stories read to them by the Preschooler parent volunteers.

Darya reading a Russian Book about animals.

Eva reading a Japanese Book about whale sharks.

Oxana reading a Moldovian fairytale about the Snowdrops.

.. and the Preschoolers made their own crafts.

Celebrating our love for books and our own culture from the Perky Preschoolers!

Enjoy the Spring Break!!!

Comments

Night of the Student Led Conference

Preschoolers practice for their upcoming Student Led Conference (SLC) by engaging in mock sessions with peers and teachers. These practices help the students build confidence as they learn to talk about their artwork, classroom routines, and personal growth. Using the checklist prompted by visuals like portfolios and photo displays, preschoolers explain their learning journey in simple, meaningful ways. Practicing ahead of the actual conference allows them to feel prepared and proud to share with their families. It fosters communication skills, independence, and a strong sense of ownership over their learning — all foundational for future academic and social success. During the actual Student Led Conference, preschoolers experienced a range of emotions. Some felt nervous facing their parents, while others were visibly tired or overwhelmed by the attention. A few needed gentle support to stay engaged. On the other hand, many confidently shared their work, explained clas...

Field Trip

FIELD TRIP Children who experience a holistic development during their younger school years grow up to become global citizens. Taking the students out of the classroom is important because it provides a balance between indoor and outdoor activities. It prepares them for what it is like in the real world. As part of our unit on How The World Works which focuses on the science of living things, the preschoolers went out on a field trip to Rokkosan Pasture. In here, the students were immersed and had access to a different environment, the farm habitat together with the animals who live there. They experienced interactive learning by feeding and getting up close with these friendly and hungry goats. They observed how the animals shared space and played inside their homes. They were able to make connections on how they, as preschoolers socially interact with one another inside the classroom. The parents who joined the trip also became the teachers a...

A place and time

We can steer ourselves to the direction we choose, It works, if it's the right place, and the right time. - Ms. Faye - We explored the world together in the Preschool class! We traveled to different places - cities, countries, continents and oceans in Google Earth . We enjoyed the ride from these places and ended up in our school DSK International . Intelligent conversations emerged from this activity and questions just kept on coming! "Why are the countries separated? Why can't it only be one big country?" "How long it will take us to come to Japan if we ride a boat from Germany?" "Why do people travel?" "What happens, when the sun is on the other side of the earth?" And I am proud to say that, at that moment, the Preschoolers' INQUIRY begins. From Google Earth, we moved on to familiarizing ourselves and discovering the differences and similarities between a GLOBE and MAP. I was surprised that some of the students know the dir...

Perky Preschool

Search This Blog