Ms. Faye's Perky Preschool Blog

  FOOD CHAIN An order in which living things depend on each other for food. We have identified food as one of the things living things need to live.  This is the same for both plants and animals. However, we are not as lucky as the plants - they can make their own food!  The sun helps them make food through the process called ' photosynthesis'.   And because of this special power, plants are called producers. They start the food chain and transfer energy to the consumers. We have learned about the different animal groups and the preschool used their knowledge to create their food chain.    They chose one animal and using their knowledge about animals, they showed how animal get their food.  Next week, we will continue with our inquiry answering the question: How do animals go through a process of change? SPORTS DAY PHOTOS   JAVELIN THROW         500 METER RUN              Oh definitely, Preschooolers are full of ENERGY! 

  APPROACHES TO LEARNING (ATLs) Preschoolers develop sets of skills and strategies that aim to help them become self-regulated and life-long learners. They develop different ways that help them "learn how to learn". RESEARCH SKILLS The preschoolers went through the process of gathering information to support their inquiry about living things.  Each group focused on one animal group. They worked collaboratively with their group and used different strategies to ensure that each member did their part as a responsible member.   COMMUNICATION SKILLS After the research, they (synthesized) sorted out the information. They wrote down the important details to share.  Lastly, they took turns reading and explaining their presentation.    THINKING SKILLS As thinkers, they used their knowledge and critical thinking skills to answer questions. They confidently responded to each question from the class.    TAKING ACTION It is the goal of the IB to develop students who demostrate agency -  c

Communication is important to develop understanding. As we begin with the Finding out stage of our inquiry, the preschoolers gathered together to sort the different animal pictures. They were encouraged to talk about their sorting and explained how they decided to sort and why.  As these little inquirers are still expanding on their English vocabulary, they were supported with a variety of prompts. Together with the developing language skills, they are also still developing a deeper sense of thinking skills to build foundations for later problem-solving skills.  Asking a lot of open and leading questions as prompts helped support the inquiry.  At the end of the activity, the preschoolers came up with 6 animal groups: mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish Together with their group they used and schemed our class unit books.  They looked at resources to find information about the animal group they chose. They supported one another to understand the information from the b