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Who we are

 

The preschoolers have gained an understanding about what makes them who they are from the unit on personal histories. They looked into changes and growth and the different developmental milestones they have accomplished over the years. 



This week, the preschoolers started tuning in on the idea, understanding personal cultures, beliefs, and traditions helps us celebrate similarities and differences


We started breaking down the unit words we are using throughout this unit.

SIMILARITIES 
DIFFERENCES


They worked with a partner to complete a VENN diagram to record characteristics, traits, choices, and experiences. 


They asked each other 'small questions' and wrote their responses.

What are small questions? 
These are questions that they can easily answer with a yes or no response. 
They are specific and no need to think deeply and explain the answers more. 


It was a great exercise for the preschoolers on building skills on how to create more meaningful questions or we call them - BIG QUESTIONS


In this unit, we will continue to build an understanding of the theme 'WHO WE ARE'


As it will be a lot of collaboration among the students, together they will work on social interactions and will get to know more about each other. 


For NUMERACY, the preschoolers looked at shapes. 2D and 3D shapes.


They went around the school and hunted for concrete objects and examples of 3D shapes. 


 It was amazing to see how these little inquirers are getting better at working together.



















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