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"Let us save in our children's MEMORY BANK, treasures that cannot be taken away from them. Be in their past, present and future"

- Ms. Faye -

Not all of us here are from Japan, or from Kobe. Some of us are from different countries, but we are all here in this classroom. We are right here. 

Why do people travel or move to different places?


Their responses were astounding!

"Our parents want to take us to an adventure"
"Because of war. Some wants to be alive." 
"To be with their family."
"Because they want be with the one they love and get married."
"To work."
"To study." 

They created a space where we can realize that indeed, there is a purpose why people are at the same place at the right time. It gives us opportunity to look at change in different perspectives. 

During this inquiry, the word 'LINK' came out. 
This extended the conversation to why we are all connected to the past, when mommy was pregnant, and they are also connected to their grandparents and other relatives


Rose explained, "We are linked to our mommy's tummy (pointing at her belly button) with a long string and we eat from that." 

Jinn explained, "Dad's seeds had the 'race' to mom."


They realized that this was the same and also happened to their parents, their  grandmother and grandfather....



To understand the 'link', we looked at a Family Tree. A visual representation of the links or the relationship between the members of the family - history of their family. 

We will continue finding out more about their family history in the weeks to come. 

NUMERACY

In connection to the unit, they understood that they are both parts of mom and dad. 
So we inquired about FRACTIONS, specifically identifying and visualizing 1/2 or half.

 




They challenged themselves showing halves using many 2D shapes. 

Setsubun
Setsubun literally means "seasonal division" and is a festival held on the day before the beginning of spring. This is according to the Japanese lunar calendar.


We are looking forward to SPRING!

 

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