Learning From Each Other

Let the children teach us something new about things that we (think) already know...

- Ms. Faye -

Sorting Out

Moving forward in our unit, the Preschoolers started putting ideas to answer big questions.

The 3 Key Concepts: change, perspective and connection help the students be guided towards deeper understanding of the central idea. They brainstormed ideas about their knowledge of the 3 key concepts.

As a class, we came up with a definition for each:

Change: From one thing to another; not the same

Perspective: What we think might be different from what others think

Connection: Things that are the same as others; Like a line - one point is connected to the other point.

After, they answered the prompt questions. They provided personal examples for each key concepts. They will continue adding on to this visual tool until as they continue with the sorting out stage of the Inquiry Cycle.

As inquirers who ask questions, group discussions and collaboration is a common scenario inside the Perky Preschool classroom. They always communicate and share ideas to everyone and learn from each other.

This allows them to be open-minded to other student's ideas. This gives them the opportunity to reflect and develop as they formulate their own ideas upon hearing from many different perspectives.

Literacy Integration

From the timeline of their developmental milestones, they wrote their biography. They went through the Writing Process of: planning, drafting, editing, rewriting, and soon they will be publishing!

Numeracy Integration

They manifest themselves as communicators across all subject areas. They discuss, agree and disagree with others - together come up with one answer to questions given to them.

"As a teacher, I often step back, watch and let them explore things and learn with each other. It is a beautiful sight to see how each students, grow and develop, not only with ideas but relationships with others." - Ms. Faye

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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