Pre-KG 2021/ 22 Blog 30 Let’s face it - the Pre-KG children are good at many things!

Pre-KG 2021/ 22 Blog 30 

Let’s face it - the Pre-KG children are good at many things! 

Throughout the school year the Pre-KG children are learning so many new things and we can witness their steady progress. 

Based on our holistic approach to teaching children in Pre-KG, the children are constantly supported in their mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing.

First shy and hesitant, the children start to socialise, they become more confident communicators, take risks, care for others and are openminded when taking turns or letting other children have a go. They eat their bentos without fuss, ask many questions, inquire about solutions and learn to play by rules- showing that they have become principled as well.

Teachers are very lucky to be part of this wonderful process and it is a joy to see the children grow.

In every learning journey (for adults as well!) it is important not to get discouraged and try again and again until we get better at something.

So when some of the Pre-KG children faced difficulties with positioning parts of the face last week, we offered other approaches this time.

Play dough is one of the favourite tools in this class (every year it is different) to understand new learning concepts, so we used it for creating more faces. It was a lot of fun and just the feel of the smooth and squishy play dough is enough for some of the children to feel calm and focused.

Cutting is one of the fine motor skills that many parents are reluctant to teach and it does take a lot of practice. As some of our children do not come to class every day, we have fewer children on Tuesdays and Thursdays which enables us to watch the children better improve their cutting skills.

Some of them managed the task of cutting parts of the face from a worksheet and glue them on nicely and we loved the joy shown on their faces when they succeeded.

To enhance the children’s knowledge in an active way, we always include songs. Head, shoulders, knees and toes is an oldie, but very useful song. 

Ms.Miho also integrated this song in her P.E.lesson and the children again had so much fun !

Head, Shoulders, Knees

Please try it with your child at home as well !

When a child starts in Pre-KG, I give out a Booklet with songs that the class sings throughout the year. 

One of the songs is “This is the way I wash my face” etc., which I adapted to the old tune of ‘Here we go round the Mulberry Bush “.

The song not only gives opportunities for singing along and individual replies (What did you eat this morning ? How did you come to school ? ), but for lots of gestures and motions like washing the face or combing the hair.

The children love to do the movements, so we ended the week and the “face” study with singing the song and making different faces using our new mirrors.

I am quite sure that everyone can find their nose or eyes by now and if not just sing along to our songs.

This week the class also had the chance to celebrate Emma’s 3.birthday together, singing, making a colourful card and dancing with balloons. 

Thank you so much to Emma’s parents for all the nice and thoughtful gifts, everyone was so thrilled !

All the best for your 3. Birthday, Emma, we are so happy to have had the chance to celebrate with you !

Yours, 

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher