Perky Preschool

  Every member must SHIELD and PROTECT the family. And as the child grows, certain values and beliefs within the family are what they use as an anchor in the process of development and change.    To gain more conceptual understanding of their personal history, they created a family shield also known as a "Coat of Arms" in collaboration with Art. They thought about a symbol... an animal... a word... an activity  to represent their family.  .  Each child worked carefully, planning the colors, words and figures which showed their pride in their work that would represent their own family. Seeing the result, each shield gave us a snapshot of the values and the essence of each individual families Evidently,  it is precious to these young learners to be the voice at school about their families.  Their eyes sparkled as they hold the beautiful,colorful piece of family shield.  They also started working on the Family Tree that will show  the relat...

"Why are all people different?" -Tamaki- I think that this is one of the most difficult question a child can ask.  Even I couldn't find the correct or the exact answers to this. However, 'Guess the Baby' experiment shows that we, somehow all look alike at some stage in our lives - when we are babies.  We looked at the strip of papers and the names written. We found out that a lot of the guesses where wrong and mixed up. We asked some teachers and students and they had a difficult time guessing the babies.  "They all look alike!" was the common response that we heard. But, if we look closely and pay attention, we can see that, the same baby is still there. So today, we have revealed the names of the babies!  Look at their photos... THEN and NOW Tamaki "The shape of the face looks the same."   Ciel Not one person guessed Ciel.  Well, Ciel didn't even recognize his own photo!  Koh "He still looks the same."  Daisy "Her smile and...

What an exciting week it has been for the Perky Preschoolers!  A wonderful time to delve into learning about life, change and growth.  We started off the week with 'hanami' together with some of the Preschool moms.  Appreciating the time to be out there under the warmth of the beautiful sun surrounded by the the colorful sakura flowers children running after the birds, thee bees, and the butterflies It was such an amazing feeling! Being present, being in the moment.  Back in the classroom, they continued with the "See, Think and Wonder" chart from their hanami experience. As we continue to learn about how all living things go through the process of change, we have been fortunate to be visited by Ms. Faye's friend Tamami and her lovely daughters Aira and Rina.  They explained to us the process of the chicken's development.  They brought with them "Henrita", the hen, who gave away her 12 eggs for the Preschooler's safe-keeping.  The preschoolers ge...