Not all who wander are lost

"Not all who wander are lost"

J.R.R. Tolkien

WHO LIVES IN OUR HOME?

After learning about their personal history, the preschoolers moved into inquiring about their family's history. They created a simple visual representation of their home and those who lives in it.

It is necessary for them to understand the importance of these family members in their lives. Every member plays an important role in their developmental milestones from birth to present and the reason why they are where they are right now.

JAPAN

Everyone in the class had their own histories and stories and reasons why they are here in Japan and studying at DSKI. They aware of their differences and the Preschoolers have embraced their internationality and uniqueness.

By looking at the map and the globe, they developed their curiosity about land forms such as continents, countries and bodies of water.

Together, we were all excited exploring Google Earth!

We located the countries that our parents were originally from, where they have traveled, and where they are and we are at the moment - Rokko Island at DSKI!

This activity allowed them to visualize the distance of countries and places around the world. People travel across oceans and land for many different reasons.

A springboard to the example: How their parents meet and the rest is history...

FAMILY TREE

What is a Family Tree for the Preschoolers?

"Everyone in the whole family is connected."

"A family that lives in a tree."

"There are people in the family: grandparents, children, brothers, sisters, daddy, and mommy."

They created a creative representation of their own family tree and they will continue working on it next week. They will also inquire more about their grandparents and to understand themselves more.

CHANGE

Involving the whole DSKI community in their inquiry to the meaning of 'change'. The preschooler's baby photos and recent photos were posted on the hallway for people to guess.

Teachers and students couldn't help but notice how some Preschoolers look very similar from their baby photos !

Let see if you will be able to guess who the preschoolers are from the photos.

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ENERGY IN PRESCHOOL

FOOD CHAIN An order in which living things depend on each other for food. We have identified food as one of the things living things need to live. This is the same for both plants and animals. However, we are not as lucky as the plants - they can make their own food! The sun helps them make food through the process called ' photosynthesis'. And because of this special power, plants are called producers. They start the food chain and transfer energy to the consumers. We have learned about the different animal groups and the preschool used their knowledge to create their food chain. They chose one animal and using their knowledge about animals, they showed how animal get their food. Next week, we will continue with our inquiry answering the question: How do animals go through a process of change? SPORTS DAY PHOTOS JAVELIN THROW 500 METER RUN Oh definitely, Presch...

100th Day

100th Day of School Why do we celebrate The 100th Day of School? As the Enrollment Party at the beginning of the school year, 100th day of school is considered a big celebration and has been a tradition in Preschool. This marks a great milestone in the children's school life. It means that the students are halfway through the year! It is a celebration wherein they can highlight their progress and show how much they have learned through the year. For Numeracy, they showed their skills in: skip counting identifying numbers 1 -100 counting on to 100 pattern blocks For Literacy, they made a short story. We also made our 100 Days Smarter hat. We did not forget the movement part wherein we did, 10 different kinds of exercises 10 times each. Can you guess the total? Then the fun part of filling in the 100 chart with 100 collections they brought to school! Tamaki's 100 beans. Eisuke's 100 collections of gems, pencil...

Working Together

TAKING ACTION The students are keeping in mind the importance of plants to all living things. Plants - being the ONLY one that can make its own food, and Plants - being the ONLY one that gives us the air or oxygen to live. We have to do something to preserve the plants! They started bringing all sorts of seeds to plant at school. To watermelon seeds, onion stalks, flowers, grapes.. They chose a spot where the plants can get sunshine. They dug the soil. Put in the seeds. And watered them. They did everything that the plants need in order to grow. Students will take turns watering the plants daily. Hopefully these tiny seeds will show us some sprouts before the end of the school year in Preschool. HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES For the unit on How we express ourselves, the preschoolers used their imagination to create different art work on the ipad. They chose their own subject and used the different tools on the drawing...

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