Pre-Kindergarten 2021/22/23: November 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 14 Sports Day and more !

Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 14

Sports Day and more !

The week started with our exciting Sports Day where the whole DSKI school community came together to celebrate sportsmanship, movement and friendship.

The EY children had practiced various games over the last weeks and while dancing to the Körperteilblues they showed that they also had good knowledge of the German language.

Körperteilblues

It was heartwarming to see how much the children tried their best, but in the process they never forgot to help their friends – no obstacle was too hard and the teamwork was fabulous!

Everyone cheered for everyone and the whole day was a joyful experience which ended with every child getting a medal.

Great job, Pre–Kindergarten children and friends from K1 and K2!

Thank you to Mr. Brabant for the wonderful preparation, to the EY teacher for their team effort, to the PTA for the yummy fruit snacks and to all the the lovely parents and families for showing their support !

On Tuesday, we had the next delightful event, because we celebrated a double birthday in our Pre–Kindergarten class ! Heartfelt congratulations to our two birthday boys, we were so happy to celebrate with you !

The whole class enjoyed the cheerful atmosphere and the plentiful and delicious fruits provided by the parents. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag und vielen Dank für die leckeren Früchte ! Wir haben uns gefreut mit den Geburtstagskindern feiern zu können !

Throughout the week the children deepened not only their friendship, but also their knowledge on two different units.

They revised colours and shapes through a variety of activities like matching objects to puzzle pieces or creating collages with shapes! We saw some amazing robot and racing cars !

There is a cute shape song that could be shown on a rainy day ! 😉

The Shape Song

Some children used fine motor skills, glue and many triangles to create a beautiful autumn tree.

Mr. Lubin also taught the children to make amazing scratch art with toothpicks, templates and magic paper ! What a surprise to see all the shining colours!

We ended the week with stretching exercises in class and the children could imitate the movements of the teachers well.

The goal was to become the shape of a gingerbread man which then was the shape of our craft activity. The children drew faces and squiggles and decorated the little men with colourful circles.

We will hang these charming gingerbread men ornaments on our school Christmas tree which will be displayed in the hallway next week.

What a fabulous week of active learning !

Ich wünsche euch und Ihnen ein schönes Wochenende!

Kind regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch German Saturday School homeroom teacher

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 13 The wonderful world of Eric Carle

Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 13

The wonderful world of Eric Carle

Eric Carle is one of the most beloved authors of children‘s books in the world.

His books with a combination of charming illustrations, easy rhymes, interesting stories and colourful creativity catch children‘s interest and imagination.

Eric Carle’s parents immigrated from the south of Germany to the USA and he grew up in both countries. Being a big fan of his books, it was always my wish to meet him, but unfortunately he has already passed away.

What is left is his wonderful legacy and children everywhere growing up with very hungry caterpillars, brown bears and stories of papas getting the moon !

Eric Carle‘s books are colourful and meaningful, making them great sources for teaching all the units in our Pre–Kindergarten classroom.

After learning about the world of colours, the children are discovering the vast variety of animals on earth.

They are learning new names and love to match our toy Schleich animals to the corresponding pictures in the book. Of course we also read the stories, so the children not only hone their eye– hand coordination and their listening skills, but also their vocabulary skills.

We have one story with felt pieces and I have created cards of most of Eric Carle‘s books, so the activity of combining the parts and comparing the result with the book adds another depth to learning. It also fosters their love of books, reading and therefore literacy.

It is often assumed that literacy starts late in Kindergarten or even in first grade and means to teach young children how to read and write.

But actually developing language and literacy skills begins at birth with some arguing that it starts even in the womb, because babies already hear language spoken then.

In our daily interactions we use language: we talk with each other, we read books together, we sing songs, we play and role play and therefore we help our children develop skills to become successful readers.

Playing on a daily basis is an essential tool for children to express themselves, discover the meaning (and power !) of words and learn how to convey their feelings and later tell stories.

Reading to your child should be a daily routine as it fosters bonding, love for language and love for books.

The Pre-Kindergarten children go to the library every Monday to borrow a new book and they love it. Kindly read with your child at home and expand their private library. When ordering through our Scholastic school program, you are supporting our DSKI library program as well.

One of Eric Carle’s books has one guess what food animals like and food is also a topic we will dive into more. This week we handed out to the Pre–Kindergarten children the sweet potatoes which we harvested at the Peace and Nature Farm and we watched the K1 students make something delicious with the sweet potatoes purée. What a beautiful purple colour and what a delicious taste ! Thank you, K1 !

This week the Pre–Kindergarten children together with their friends from K1 and K2 also showed a lot of energy while practicing for Sports Day which will be held next Monday !