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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First Week in Preschool

The preschoolers started the school year with the Enrolment Party. The students together with their parents come to school all dressed-up and ready to attend their frist day in Primary School. They were entertained by the frist graders who did the short play about the School cone. Afterwhich, they received their school cone from the teacher. Together, the new preschoolers and Ms. Faye went to the vist their classroom and enjoyed their first read-a-loud! They did their first day of school work! I WONDER..... Since the start of the all inquiry is asking questions, we started the unit on 'How we organize ourselves' with a lot of provocations. Through these provocations, the preschoolers started forming questions and we gathered them and added in our wonder wall. "Why do policeman and fire fighters and ambulance work together eventhough they have their orn jobs? " "Why do kids have to go to school? " " Why do paople make books? " " As good ...

Our Family

Community is a place where people live together. Our Family Our School Our Community The preschoolers identified themselves as an important member or these groups. Roles are parts that everyone play. We have the Superheroes like Batman, Spiderman and other characters in movies. But what are the things that they do? Those are their responsibilities. Just like us, we all have our responsibilities. The Family Family is the smallest group in a community. Some families are big. Some families are small. But they live together in the same house and do things together and take care of each other. Using their puppets the preschoolers imagined and created a story of things that they did as a family. They had so much fun presenting in the class, changing their voices creating background sounds and simply telling their stories! We also played the Yes, No, Maybe corners where the students decided if they agreed or disagreed with the questions given to them about ...

A week of celebration

This was a week of celebration. We were able to watch the students performed their best during the Winter Concert at the MPR. They danced and sang the Christmas Songs with confidence and pride. At our Christmas Market, the preschoolers did their assigned responsibilities attentively. They sat at the table and encouraged everyone to have their pictures taken at our *Perky Picture Perfect* booth. A reason why ALL the preschoolers were on the nice list and got their presents from Santa! Big smiles with Santa after receiving their presents. and we are all ready for our Christmas Break! Enjoy our video, A celebration of growth and change!

Perky Preschool

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