“Who are we?”
This was the question that kicked off our new unit of inquiry in Kindergarten.
“We are all people,” they said.
“We are children, too.”
“We are students in DSKI.”
The children have discovered that they are all similar in many ways. In the yellow team, they’ve connected this with a book called, “We Are All the Same, We Are All Different” This book is special because it’s written by children just like them!
To see how they are similar, the blue team and yellow team children looked at the mirror and pointed out the parts of their face. They saw that they all have a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, a nose, and a mouth! They drew their self-portrait, and they came up with wonderful artwork that shows their similarities!
On another day, we talked about the other parts of our body that we have. The Kindergarten children noticed that we don’t only have a face, we have a body, too! The children traced their body on a big sheet of paper with the help of a friend, and they used their creativity to decorate their work! In the yellow team, they also labeled their work to identify the parts that they’ve drawn.
To see how they are different, the children went on different fun challenges. In the blue team, they were challenged to measure their height and weight, and they noticed that everybody has a different size even though they are the same age! In the yellow team, they made handprints, footprints, and drew their families and interests — they measured their height with string too!
In our online classes, the children learned that they are special even if they are different from each other. In the yellow team, they discovered that they have different likes, hobbies, and skills through a show-and-tell session of their favourite artefacts. They also gathered a collection of artefacts that's all about them!
It was a fun week of learning about ourselves! We will include our photos once we go back to school. We can’t wait to learn more.
Your Kindergarten teachers,
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