Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 2
Pre–KG : Collaboration and The Arts
This was our first full week back at school and what an exciting and busy one it was !
The Pre–Kindergarten children welcomed not only friends from K1 and K2 into their classroom, but also their new classmate ! Together they showed that in spite of their young age, they are very capable of sharing toys and playing collaboratively.
There was a lot of collaboration in EY this week, especially between Pre–KG and K1, with shared exploration time, morning circle, art activities, story time, concert experience and even a trip to the Fashion museum together !
The Pre–Kindergarten children also continued exploring colours and shapes by sorting vehicles of certain colours onto corresponding colour mats and creating collages with their images of choice ( dinosaurs and donuts ! ) .
Art always plays a big role in the Pre–Kindergarten classroom and while the word art is often connected to painting , sculpture and creative handmade items, „ the Arts“ has a much broader meaning.
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Art typically refers to the creative output of an individual/ group or the abstract quality of human creativity while „the arts“ is a broader term encompassing the collective disciplines of visual arts, performing arts and literary arts. So „Art“ can be a painting, while „ the arts“ would be painting, music, dance, theatre and other forms of creative experience all together.
So the Pre–Kindergarten children are very lucky to experience a variety of arts.
They have weekly music lessons and got to play several drums in order to understand better what would be going on at the big drum and xylophone concert on Wednesday.
DSKI had the great honor to be the venue of the first concert by the Christian Benning Percussion Group on their Japan tour and what a wonderful and unique experience it was!
The group played a variety of pieces with lots of energy and gusto and the whole school community was absolutely mesmerized and thrilled.
A big thank you to this fantastic ensemble and the organizers !
After having learnt about the charming world of books and illustrations by Ms.Wakiko Sato, the Pre–Kindergarten children on Friday then went with K1 on their first excursion to the local Fashion Museum to visit the exhibition.
They were very excited about the colourful displays, did a great job naming all the animals featured on the big art piece which was part of a nebuta and happily climbed on the bed that is part of a story and was featured on the poster.
As a big fan of museum exhibitions and the Fashion Museum, I am always very happy to see the engagement of the children and the wonder at the new things they see. Please do not shy away from taking your young child to a museum, maybe a short visit at first, but they usually enjoy the experience.
And the Pre– Kindergarten children displayed amazing patience and interest when listening to 30 minutes of a drum concert !
You never know where your child’s interest in „The Arts“ lies, so we thrive to foster their curiosity and give them many meaningful experiences.
Have a lovely weekend and please enjoy the picture book exhibition with your family!
Kind regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Anita Ursula Mönch
DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher
Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch
German Saturday School homeroom
