Perky Preschool

There are many ways for children to express themselves. Ways to show their creativity and make their imaginations come alive.  This week, the Preschoolers looked back at the whole school year in Preschool.  We have listed down all the different events we have celebrated throughout the year at DSKI. Enrolment Party, Oktoberfest, St. Martin, St. Nicolaus, Halloween Party, Christmas,  Easter, Book and Culture Week, STEM Week, Autumn and Spring Break, and more! Some of these celebrations are also practiced in their own family. These are traditions that have been passed on from one family to the next.  Why are these traditions or celebrations important?  What are ways people express the importance of these traditions and celebrations?  1. Through Music and Movements Music is important in every celebration. Some people may find it difficult to express their emotions verbally. They use music and movement to express their feelings of happiness, excitement...

Preschoolers started Tuning in with the new unit on How The World Works. They have unlocked the Central Idea "All Living Things go through a process of change."   and identified the words to gain a deeper understanding on the unit.  Words they came up with for our Chalk Talk Activity Living Things : with heart | breathe | needs air and water | grow | move | needs love | Process: goes round and round | first and then... Change : .. from one thing to another Using the Think, Puzzle, Explore  sheet they have discussed in small groups about the different animals. They wrote down their thinking and things that puzzle them.    Together as a class, we looked at the animals and sorted them according to animal groups. It was an interesting discussion and Preschoolers have proven how they have developed on becoming THINKERS and INQUIRERS.   ART INTEGRATION TO UOI Preschoolers explored PATTERNS inspired by Kandinsky Concentric Circles. Kandinsky Circles They explored...

UNIT OF INQUIRY  Who We Are Choices As preschoolers continue to inquire about the unit, they ask people around to FIND OUT the answers to their wonderings. Questions they asked are as follows: What is a PROBLEM? What are CONSEQUENCES? Why do we need to make good choices? Why do people make poor choices? What will happen if we continue to do poor choices?       The responses were written here. Next week, the Perky Preschoolers will talk about the responses and will go deeper in their understanding of the value of choices in one's self. UNIT How do we express ourselves ARTS  (LINES and COLORS) How do we express ourselves through visual arts? Perky Preschoolers started exploring lines and colours through water color painting. Using the crayon resist technique, they express themselves and created beautiful and colourful designs.         Please see their finished art works to be posted on their SEESAW.