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Family the heart of a community





"With great power comes great responsibilities."  - Spider Man

UNIT OF INQUIRY (UOI)
What are roles and responsibilities?

This week is about FINDING OUT and understanding that everyone has many different ROLES or "HATS" to wear. 
One is a child, a brother, a student, a friend, and a lot more depending on the hat he/she is wearing. 

Along with the role comes the responsibilities. 

But, what exactly is the difference between a ROLE and RESPONSIBILITIES?


This photo explains the difference of the two. 

Talking about hats, Ms. Faye gave each preschoolers their own colorful; 
Reader's and Thinker's (invisible) hats! 

Family: The heart of the community

A COMMUNITY is composed of people, places, trees, living and non-living things, buildings and different things working together.

A FAMILY is a group of people living together in a house. They love and care for each other and do things together. 

mama + papa = baby, brother or sister

- Perky Preschool -

The preschoolers talked about the members of their own family. They identified every member and understood that families are different from one another. However, every member has to share different responsibilities at home so that the house will run smoothly. 

 

 



FAMILY STICK PUPPETS 

These stick puppets will change the entire classroom next week as it will be used by the preschoolers to show their creativity in creating their own story. 

It aims to give opportunities to students to explain the roles and responsibilities of every member of the family at home. 

 



NUMERACY
Using counters on Ten Frames as concrete manipulative examples in counting helps the preschoolers develop strong math concepts through visual stimulation. 

These also helps them form understanding of the place value. 

 

Given one ten frame, they were challenged to show Ms. Faye 15 counters. You could hear the panic when they answered, "We don't have enough counters Ms. Faye!." 


But then, the 'AHA' moment kicked in when they realized that they could put together their frames to make 15! 

Thinker's hat on right? 

So together we continued showing and counting numbers 10-20. 

 



All the preschoolers working collaboratively with each other.

SHOW AND TELL

Today for SHOW and TELL I brought......






It was a great week of learning in the Preschool classroom! 
Next week we will continue finding out more about our families and how important our roles and responsibilities are in our community. 
 

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