Perky Preschool

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...

  Preschoolers started SORTING OUT all the information they have learned. They started answering questions and put together their ideas for their presentation.    Research and thinking skills are Approaches to Learning in this unit. They learned to think and to look at information in books and videos to complete and answer their inquiries.    They looked at several sources to ensure that the information is correct. Once they have finished sorting out the information about the animal, its life cycle and food chain, they started creating the output to showcase learning for the final project.   Preparing their animal habitat.   Can you guess what this is?   A busy week for the Perky Preschoolers!  Watch out for The Perky Farm Exhibition on March 12!

  100th Day in Preschool!  This week Perky Preschoolers celebrated their 110th day in school. A whole day filled with 100 related activities.   They brought 100 things and counted them one by one.   Counting 100 beans  100 toys   100 1 yen           UNIT OF INQUIRY Finally, we have revealed the names of the babies in the photos!  To understand the concept that all living things go through the process of change, they answered the questions: 1. How were you able to find out correctly who the baby was? Answers:  because of the same eyes same  face because of the smile features they looked very similar ...and the head is almost the same size. 2. Why did the others make the wrong guess?  Answers:  looks very different the hair changed They also started looking at the different life cycle of animals. Life cycle of a frog They inquired about Food Chain to understand factors affecting c...

What could be a fun way to learn about the life cycle of a plant?  This week, the preschoolers started observing how plants grow and change.  Day 1 Preschoolers put their seeds in a cup. Day 2 They saw a little sprout starting to come out and noticed that the skin was coming off. Day 3 The sprout was getting longer and longer.. Everyday they completed their observation notebook. They wrote the day, the date, how it looked like, and labeled the drawing. Lastly, they wrote down their observations.  Preschoolers also learned how to use the ruler and measure in centimeters!    They used magnifying lens to zoom in to the seeds and have a better look of the changes that was happening.   To develop their research skills, Preschoolers started looking at books related to the unit. They copied and wrote down information they found and draw things that  interest them.