Ms. Faye's Perky Preschool Blog

Unit Of Inquiry A Letter To Your Future Self Throughout the unit, the preschoolers have gained knowledge and understanding about their personal histories. With this, they have learned about their families (immediate and extended families) and some of the family stories. This made them understand their past and why things are the way it is in the present.    For their ACTION, they wrote a letter to their future self.  In the letter, they identified one IMPORTANT things that they value and would like to remind themselves in the future.        (You may find their individual letter in their SEESAW) NUMERACY GARAGE SALE What would be a fun way to teach about money?  Ms. Faye had 'GARAGE SALE ' this week!  Some cool items sold were: popsicle sticks 3¥,  masks 5¥, pencils 10¥, empty candy containers 7¥, notebooks 22¥ and many more..     The preschoolers were given 25¥ each to buy items from Ms. Faye's Garage Sale! They were able to add the coins (1, 5 and 10 ¥) and paid the exact

Literacy: Writer's Workshop The preschoolers wrote a personal narrative to tell a story about the important milestones and events that happened in their life.  Following the Writer's Workshop, they planned, wrote a draft, edited and wrote the final story.      Here is the finished book ready for publishing! Unit of Inquiry (UOI) Celebrations, Cultures, Values, and Beliefs The Preschoolers explored different celebrations. During the picture walk, they signed up their names on the ones that they celebrate with their family.    We even played charade and acted out words that are connected to our topic!  The preschoolers had so much fun!  The preschoolers had so much fun!  COAT OF ARMS ... The shield of our family... ... The symbol of things that we value in our family... The Preschoolers initially created a word cloud of ideas. These words are to what they believe are things that are important in their family. They then chose the top five and drew a symbol that will represent it. 

  The FAMILY TREE helps the Preschoolers understand the relationship of each members of their family. This representation helps them understand the roles of the mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousins play in their life history.  The Preschoolers continued to inquire about the personal histories of their family. They worked on their own Family Tree and have started SORTING OUT information that they have gathered from the interview with their parents, discussions and their own knowledge about the members of their family.          They have also made a visual representation of who lives in our home.  Before the Golden week, they did a series mapping exercise.  The place where they have lived or where they have travelled. The place where mom and dad are from The place where both their grandparents are from. The Preschoolers gained basic information about what a map is for, importance of a map and what you can find in a map (written red and gre