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.

Comments

Changes

"Why are all people different?" -Tamaki- I think that this is one of the most difficult question a child can ask. Even I couldn't find the correct or the exact answers to this. However, 'Guess the Baby' experiment shows that we, somehow all look alike at some stage in our lives - when we are babies. We looked at the strip of papers and the names written. We found out that a lot of the guesses where wrong and mixed up. We asked some teachers and students and they had a difficult time guessing the babies. "They all look alike!" was the common response that we heard. But, if we look closely and pay attention, we can see that, the same baby is still there. So today, we have revealed the names of the babies! Look at their photos... THEN and NOW Tamaki "The shape of the face looks the same." Ciel Not one person guessed Ciel. Well, Ciel didn't even recognize his own photo! Koh "He still looks the same." Daisy "Her smile and

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, Preschooolers are full of ENERGY!

DEFINING HISTORY

Personal History "Making your own story" - Perky Preschool - SEE THINK WONDER As a provocation for our new unit on "personal histories allow us to reflect on and celebrate growth and change", we did a ' See Think Wonder' Thinking Routine activity. In groups, the students looked at photos related to the unit and wrote down things that they see, what they thought and wonderings that they may have. This thinking routine was then used as a springboard to unlock our unit vocabulary words such as: personal, history, events, and change. TIMELINE The students also completed a simple timeline that shows the past, present and future. As we inquire further in the unit, they will be able to gain more detailed knowledge about their personal history. NUMERACY / LITERACY This week we also started with our math and reading stations. During the different station activities, each group will get a chance to explore different concepts and activities that will help strengt

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