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Who we are The central idea, Understanding personal cultures, beliefs and traditions help us celebrate similarities and differences , an inquiry about beliefs, values, human relationships including, families, friends, communities, and different cultures. In this unit, the students will inquire about different traditions, cultures and events, how cultures and traditions are passed on and preserved and the reasons for celebration.    Their knowledge and understanding will be strengthened as the students look at the different lenses on the key concepts; connection, perspective and causation. As a Tuning In activity, they looked at different pictures of celebrations around the world. They used 2 colored post its to write down thoughts (in blue) and questions (in pink). It was amazing how the preschoolers take on the tasks and already started coming up with wonderful questions related to our current unit.  We are excited to start next week with more learning engagements that will lead us to

Just like yesterday,  We have written our stories today,  The next chapter begins tomorrow. The preschoolers have concluded the unit on Personal Histories. They shared their presentation to the parents during the Publishing Party.  It was amazing how these young inquirers have developed in becoming good communicators.  They confidently read their autobiography entitled, 'My Story' to the parents. This book tells their stories from birth to present.  It also shares snippets of milestones and changes that happened to them through the years.  Some students also had the time to write a letter to their future self.  In this letter, they wrote their hopes and dreams about the future where  they imagined they would be living in, what they would be doing or people that they will be with in the future.  This letter, a child's play of imagination helps build perspectives and creative thinking. It gives them an opportunity to think and be aware of the people, places or situations arou

What should I do with the knowledge I have learned in this unit? As this unit on 'Personal Histories' is about to end, the preschoolers are sorting out all the information they have gathered.  They have organized their learning through the many works that they have done throughout the inquiry.  Next week, they will share with the everyone their PERSONAL HISTORIES in the story they are writing.  The different timelines they created will show the IMPORTANT EVENTS  that happened to them. These are also evidences of the  PERSONAL CHANGES that occurred from birth to present. The family tree that they created and the stories behind the different members of the family are also part of their stories and who they are.   Through this, we are hoping that they preschoolers will be able to understand that many factors affected their values, personalities and whatever they are right now.     Integrating Art competences in the unit, preschoolers created a self-portrait. They looked at their f