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The First Week


"Please excuse the mess, 
Preschoolers are learning... "

This week marks the start of these fives and sixes in Preschool! 


We started the week with the Enrolment Party, wherein we celebrated the German tradition of  giving the school cone or the 'schultute'.
This is to encourage the young learners about the long academic road ahead.

Unit of Inquiry  

In line with our unit on How we organize ourselves, the preschoolers chose class jobs that they will do to make our preschool classroom run smoothly. 


They created a poster with a symbol to represent their job in the class. 


 

 

We also sat down together and created our Perky Preschool Promise. 
An agreement that we hold close to our hearts and promise to do throughout the school year. 


Literacy
We are proud to say that this week, we have already read 8 books! 
We have also started with the Jollyphonics and they have already put sounds together of 'a' and 's'. 


What an amazing sight to see that the preschoolers have been enjoying reading time!



Numeracy
We have also started with our numeracy lessons and they have been so excited to open their new math books and answer the first few pages.


What a wonderful first week it has been with the Perky Preschoolers! 


I can't wait to share more stories and experiences with this wonderful class!










 

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