The expert was once a beginner

PICTURE WALK

"We don't have to be readers, YET, to know and understand what's in the book. For now, we can use pictures and what we already know to get information."

- Perky Preschool -

As a starting point in the Perky Preschool's journey to becoming RESEARCHERS, they used unit books to help them learn about different roles and responsibilities of people in the community.

They did an activity called the Picture Walk.

Picture walks help the preschoolers connect the visual images in the book to their own experiences and activate prior knowledge. This sets the purposed for reading and they are able guess and get information about the topic and about what might be happening in the book. As they look, they make connections, set the purpose and comprehension is increased.

During this activity, the preschoolers talked about what, who, where, when, and why questions related to the pictures.

They talked.

And yes,

they do talk a lot!

And they learn from one another.

RESEARCHERS

This week, they completed their 'research papers' about different community helpers. From the books they looked at and the videos they watched, they drew and wrote information about the following:

(Community Helper)

What they do?

What they wear?

What they use?

What transportation they ride on?

In this activity, the preschoolers practiced one of the ATLs -

self-management skill.

We can all agree that it is not easy to sit, focus and finish a task in one sitting. But, these preschoolers have proven that they are responsible for their own learning.

Now, see what they have done!

This exercise prepares them for the actual individual research that they are going to do next week.

They have also decided on a particular job that they would research and become experts on.

This is just the start, they will soon think of ways to share their learning to everyone in the DSKI community and actions they can take!

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