Pre-KG 2026/ 27 Blog 2 The shape of our Pre-Kindergarten class / Tuning right into STEM

 Pre-KG 2026/ 27 Blog 2

The shape of our Pre-Kindergarten class / Tuning right into STEM

This week was the first full week back at school after the summer holidays !

Everyone settled nicely into the routines again or learnt them anew along with their friends.

It was heartwarming to see how gently the older children helped the younger and newer children navigate around classrooms and different settings.

We also had a new friend join our Pre-Kindergarten class. A heartfelt welcome to little Lina and her family, we are so happy to have you with us !

This school year our DSKI mission statement will center around STEM activities and there are plenty of ways for our youngest learners to get involved and make interesting discoveries. 

The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and is an umbrella term and teaching approach that groups these four related technical fields together.

You may think - wow, and two and three year old children can do that ? Yes, they certainly can and there are many activities that fall under the description of STEM.

So this week the Pre-Kindergarten children started their explorations by playing with the various rollercoaster toys in our class, where they let objects run along tracks or move them a certain way, hence learning concepts like gravity, momentum and acceleration. 

They also used different sizes of balls and various amounts of cars, stacked on each other to solve a physical challenge.

It was fascinating to witness how concentrated the children tried and learnt through trial and error and how much fun they had in the process.

In our first unit of "Colours and Shapes" obviously shapes play a big role and after fitting three shapes into a sorter, which needs good spatial awareness, the children used the shapes for making prints in playdough. 

They also enjoyed a cards to board shape matching activity where they needed to not only find the right shape, but the one in the correct colour.

An additional activity this week was gluing colourful squares onto a big rectangle which required good fine motor skills and eye to hand coordination.

The Pre-Kindergarten children all did an amazing job with these STEM activities and showed concentration, creativity and curiosity throughout the week.

Bravo, dear Pre-Kindergarten class!

Observing our bright inquirers, I feel that this will be a fabulous school year !

I am looking forward to seeing you all tonight at our DSKI school presentations by the PTA and School Board and then back in the classroom for our parents meeting !

With kind regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen, 

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher 

Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch      

German Saturday School homeroom teacher

Pre-KG 2026/ 27 Blog 1 Welcome to the Pre–Kindergarten / Willkommen im Pre–Kindergarten 2026/27

 Pre-KG 2026/ 27 Blog 1 

Welcome to the Pre–Kindergarten / Willkommen im Pre–Kindergarten! 

A big welcome and Herzlich Willkommen to all of our Pre–Kindergarten families in the school year 2026/27! 

I hope you all had a fantastic and relaxing summer vacation.

It was wonderful to be back at school and greet all our families at DSKI and in EY including Pre-Kindergarten!

I am honored and very happy to be the Pre–Kindergarten homeroom teacher again this school year as well as the Playgroup, EY GFL / German teacher and one of the German Saturday School teachers.

In the Pre–Kindergarten classroom I will first have the wonderful support of Ms.Harumi and later again of Ms.Nini and the rest of our fabulous and experienced EY team and specialists. 

I would like to welcome Ms.Julia as the new K2 homeroom teacher and EY coordinator and Mr.Lukas as the EY German support.

This year again there will be many shared moments throughout all of the EY classes, especially during Monday morning circle and outside discovery time, but also a stronger collaboration between Pre-Kindergarten and K1 including shared specialist classes like P.E., Library, Music and Art. Ms.Miho and Ms.Kotomi will be the K1 classroom teachers and all the children are already familiar with them!

Pre–Kindergarten class started with welcoming back two of our previous students and having a new friend join from Playgroup ! 

A heartfelt welcome to little Geoffery and his family, we are thrilled to have you with us!

The children seemed to be very happy to be back at school and enjoyed an exciting day with all their friends from EY. They even had their first P.E. lesson with Mr.Brabant who incorporated a fun game using colourful balloons.

As our first unit will focus on "Colour and Shapes", the children enjoyed first matching activities and the exploration of their own classroom and the K1 classroom.

It really was a fabulous and smooth start into the new school year!

The German language will also play a big part of the EY curriculum, therefore I will include some vocabulary and many songs as well as cultural activities which have always proved very popular with the children in the past.

Our first big event will be the Oktoberfest !

Nochmals ein herzliches Willkommen an alle unsere Schulfamilien an der DSKI! 

Ich freue mich auch in diesem Schuljahr wieder die Klassenlehrerin im Pre–Kindergarten zu sein und auch das Deutsch Programm im gesamten Kindergarten zu leiten.

Wir bieten ein vielfältiges Programm in einer sicheren und ansprechenden Umgebung und viele Impulse für all unsere Kinder um zu spielen, entdecken, lernen und glückliche Tage zu verbringen.

I am looking forward to an exciting, fun–filled and happy school year with many new discoveries! 

Yours sincerely, 

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher 

Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch

German Saturday School homeroom teacher

Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 34 Extended Family, Body Control and Summer Holidays !

 Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 34

Extended Family, Body Control and Happy Summer Holidays !

The Pre-Kindergarten class enjoyed a whirlwind of activities with friends and family right until the end of the school year !

The week started with a fabulous yoga session supported by the Indian Consulate and what a meaningful exercise time the Pre-Kindergarten children had with their friends from K1!

The lovely yoga teacher adjusted the movements to this very young age group and the children participated with concentration and joy ! Thank you so much for this opportunity !

Right afterwards we celebrated a birthday in class, with Kasane turning 3 years old. Her mother had baked a delicious sugar free banana cake which we all enjoyed, especially after the yoga session.

Happy, happy 3.birthday, dear Kasane-chan and thank you very much to her mum for the nice treat.

Later in the day, the Pre-Kindergarten children visited the K2 classroom art exhibition again and they really loved the garden of friendship.

Throughout the week, the children continued role playing with the dolls, did stretching exercises with Ms.Nini and talked exitedly about their classroom board where art work and photos of their families could be seen.

The children also happily packed their handmade gifts for their fathers (coasters with chosen recycled bottle caps) which they had made secretly and would present to their dads on the upcoming Father's Day.

This was also the week for the graduation of our Grade 6 students, final German lessons with K2 before they move upstairs to Pre-school 

.....and emotional farewells for teachers and friends who are moving away.

I get very teary during these occasions as many of the children already started in Pre-Kindergarten and now have become bigger and very independent students.

Then the final goodbye of the week was to my own Pre-Kindergarten class and looking at the children I am always in awe about how much progress they have made.

The best part of my job as a Pre-Kindergarten teacher is to witness the growth of these little children, not only physically, but emotionally and socially. The children are caring, confident and communicative and it is a great joy to see what nice friends they have made, also with their classmates from K1 and K2.

A lot of friendships at our school are formed as early as in Playgroup or in Pre-Kindergarten and my biggest wish is that you will always have the support of this wonderful extended family that includes the teachers !

A big thank you to my amazing Pre-Kindergarten team of Ms.Nini and Ms.Kotomi and the whole EY team for all their dedication to the class and their big smiles every day.

And my heartfelt gratitude goes to the parents of this Pre-Kindergarten class 2025/26 who did not have an official PTA representative and all have continuously helped me throughout the year with encouragement and kindness.❤

I truly appreciate everyone of you and this wonderful school year would not have been the same without your unwavering support. 

Vielen herzlichen Dank fuer Ihre Hilfe und Freundlichkeit waehrend dieses Schuljahres. Ich weiss Ihre Unterstuetzung sehr zu schaetzen. ❤

I wish you a fantastic summer break, full of love and laughter with your families and I am looking forward to seeing you all back next school year !

With kind regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen, 

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher 

Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch      

German Saturday School homeroom teacher