Happy Spring Break! See you on the 5th of April! STEAM Week!
Unit of Inquiry - World Without the Sense of Sight We continued our inquiry into world without the sense of sight. Our teacher gave us a provocation where she asked us to read a book with a blindfold on. We were unable to do it! We started using our thinking skills to try and solve the problem. Some of our thoughts were: "Someone can read to you if you cannot see the words" "Maybe if the words were raised and bumpy you could feel the letters" What a wonderful idea! We made 3D bumpy letters of our names and then tried to guess the names we were feeling with blindfolds on. After that, we learned about a real system called "braille" that helps people read through the sense of touch. We also discussed other ways for people who were blind could get around Singapore, such as following the bumpy paths on the ground and listening to the sounds at the crosswalk so they knew when it was safe to walk.
We went for a walk around our school to see if we could find anything to help people get around without the sense of sight and we couldn't find much. This made us want to take action in case someone who was blind visited our campus, so we created a braille sign for our Kindergarten classroom.
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Trip to Hort Park We really enjoyed our trip to Hort Park this week! We had so much fun exploring, playing and interacting with the different sensory gardens, at the nature playground and other playground! We used our 4 senses (5 if you include when we tasted our snacks) to inquire into our surroundings and explore our environment! Unit of Inquiry - World Without Senses This week we dove into our final line of inquiry - world without senses. We tried to draw and build blocks without our sense of sight! It was quite tricky, and many of us found it uncomfortable to continue working without being able to see what we were doing. We continued extending this learning to the outdoors, when we played 'Marco Polo' and Duck Duck Goose with a blindfold on. Many of us used our sense of touch or sense of hearing to play, even if we couldn't see! Assembly This week we practiced our Viewing and Presenting literacy skills by presenting at the assembly! We walked the grades through a 5 Senses Mindfulness exercise. Everybody really enjoyed it! Well done, Kindergarten!
UOI - Using Multiple Senses This week we continued to explore the combination of our senses. By only hearing and smelling Easter eggs, we had to guess what was inside. It was so hard not to peek! We gave good guesses and came up with some very creative answers. Later, we shared our thoughts on things that use multiple senses. "Fried rice can be smelled and tasted" "Shakers can be heard and touched" Concept of Change In both Mandarin and homeroom classes, we have been exploring the concept of change. We read the book "Perfect Square" where a perfect square changes by being torn, crumpled, etc. and turns into something new! We all made our own Perfect Square changing pictures afterwards. Literacy - Acting it out This week we have been listening to a lot of stories. Our new favourite is "The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy" by Beatrice Alemagna. We enjoyed making connections to this story through our senses (fluffy, squishy) and acted it out! Growing Patterns We have been dipping in and out of repeating patterns over the last few weeks. Some of our friends have been making growing patterns out of materials and we didn't even know it! Once we identified that these are also types of patterns, we spent some time exploring growing patterns.
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AuthorWe are a class of 4, 5 and 6 year olds at an international school in Singapore! We learn by playing, inquiring and having fun. Our teacher is Ms Bustamante, and this is our learning journey! Archives
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