Perky Preschool

Preschool The Animal Exhibit The preschoolers celebrated their inquiry on the idea that, all living things go through a process of change through the Animal Exhibit.  As COMMUNICATORS, they presented their works to the school community.        Pointing out the different animal body parts and its use for survival.    Read the fictional story they wrote about the animal. Through their research, they were able to gather information and became experts on a specific animal.   They explained how the animals change and grow through a life cycle.    They also showed how energy is transferred from one living thing to the next through a food chain visual presentation.  Finally, everyone was so excited to be a part of their journey in Preschool.  Parents came and celebrated with the preschoolers!        Preschoolers' chosen animals: Eda - Seal Shunki - Bear   Taichi - Shark Rino - Cat Rose - Labrador   Sophi...

  The END becomes the BEGINNING.. When we begin by TAKING ACTION. It started with sorting photos of things according to many different groups: transportation, animals, plants, materials, people, nature and things. It narrowed down to three groups:  plants, animals, and people, nature and transportation, materials, things  But as we identified what they all have in common, we called them:  the living and non-living things.  They knew that all living things need food, water, air and love.  Then, the challenge of making the compost box to make healthy soil for food was given to the preschoolers!  They courageously accepted it!    With the help of the Healthy Urban Gardening (HUG) Project Parent Volunteers, the students built the cardboard compost boxes.  They helped cut the cardboard boxes, put it together with tape, made 4 legs, lids,  and added peat moss and charcoal. They carried the boxes next to the planter ready for the othe...