How The World Works

PRESCHOOL ASSEMBLY

What a beautiful way to end our unit on celebration,

to start a new unit on growth,

and to connect it to our unit on imagination.

As we begin our new unit on how the world works, the preschool students went around the school premises to list down living things that they saw around them.

As their curiosity kicked in they got so excited and started thinking exactly what living things are.

At first, some characteristics they mentioned about living things were:

move

eat

drink

grow

drive cars

talk

take a bath

But what really is the difference between living and non-living things?

Back in the classroom, we revisited their list and narrowed down the characteristics of living things into these important traits:

they eat and drink (food and water)

they grow or change

they reproduce (make new living things)

They agreed that even if something is moving (like robots or cars) it doesn't mean that they are living things. Trees do not move but they eat, drink, grow, and reproduce.

The students will inquire about the central idea that all living things go through the process of change.

They also looked at different pictures and completed the 'See, Think, and Wonder' chart.

This activity was a springboard that provoked their thinking as to where the unit is heading to.

With the pictures as prompts, they wrote down information about their prior knowledge, thinking and some questions they have.

It surely was good evidence of how much these young learners have grown and developed as thinkers and inquirers.

The feedback and ideas they shared with each other were also wonderful to hear. We are all excited and eager to learn about science!

This will definitely be an amazing unit for all of us!

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