Perky Preschool

Student Led Conference: Empowerment and Ownership The preschoolers becoming in charge is a way to create opportunities for reflection, engagement and agency.  As we were getting ready for the Student Led Conference, the preschoolers planned with Ms. Faye the work samples, activities and the areas that they wanted to share to their parents.    They practiced together with their friends on how to go through the conference.    During the Student Led Conference, they shared their portfolio, which they organized in their UOI notebook and in Seesaw.  They shared their strengths, weakness and what their learning goals are. They communicated their progress and learning processes to their parents.  They challenged each other.  They taught them different strategies they used at school which may be very different on how the parents learned it before.  What made it really special was that they shared the night with their parents in celebration of the won...

BOOK AND CULTURE WEEK March 7 -11, 2022 Differences and other cultures are meant to be celebrated,  it is a reflection of everyone's beautiful stories  and unique human spirit!  - Ms. Faye -  This week, the Preschool together with the whole DSKI community celebrated Book and Culture Week. This school event is an opportunity for the preschoolers to find out more about traditions and special events in connection to our year long unit on ' How we express ourselves'. Cultural Booths Cultural Booths were prepared by the parents in the hallway which gives students glimpses about different countries. Each booth was presented in in different forms to showcase each country's own unique cultures.   Bonjour!  Caroline came to classroom and shared a special tradition from France called 'La Chandeluer'. A day dedicated eating crêpes! As you may have guessed, all the students experienced flipping the crêpe! Over the years, the reason for the celebration changes. But fami...

Unit of Inquiry In our year long unit on "How we express ourself", the class made our own play of  The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle . The preschoolers went through the production process from choosing the story, the characters they want to be, the instruments to play, song, movements, and the costumes (of course with the help of the parents too!). Preschoolers watched the video together and celebrated how they have grown and changed to be risk-takers!  Enjoy the final presentation of the Perky Preschoolers as they performed the play, of The Very Hungry Caterpillar! 

  The FAMILY TREE helps the Preschoolers understand the relationship of each members of their family. This representation helps them understand the roles of the mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousins play in their life history.  The Preschoolers continued to inquire about the personal histories of their family. They worked on their own Family Tree and have started SORTING OUT information that they have gathered from the interview with their parents, discussions and their own knowledge about the members of their family.          They have also made a visual representation of who lives in our home.  Before the Golden week, they did a series mapping exercise.  The place where they have lived or where they have travelled. The place where mom and dad are from The place where both their grandparents are from. The Preschoolers gained basic information about what a map is for, importance of a m...