Who We are: an inquiry to the nature of self

Who we are
... an inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures.

Preschool's new unit focuses on the transdiciplinary theme, 'Who we are'

In this unit, the students will look at the central idea,

'Our relationships with others build our character and personality.'

They will inquire about different personalities and characters, relationships with people and how characters and personalities affect our relationship (cause and effect.) 

Through the course of the inquiry, we will see how the students' social and thinking process will develop as they dig deeper into the concepts of form, connection and causation. 

As an IB learner, they will aim to grown and develop as caring, reflective, and open-minded individuals who value personal relationship and with others.

To start off the unit, our TUNING IN was a story about...

Bye-Bye Big Bad Bullybug

Using this story as a spring board, we focused on the character and described the appearance of the big bad bully bug.

We looked at the outside appearance or the physical traits of the character. 

The hair, eyes, size, body, hands, and feet.

They realized that they did not like the character because it was scary and mean to the baby bugs. 

So they created their own version of a big funny character.

Below are some finished works.

 

 

They will use these characters to understand the personalities and traits of a character. 

Next week, we will continue with our TUNING IN activities and we are excited to learn more about each other in our preschool classroom!!