Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 31
Creativity and Collaboration in Pre-Kindergarten
The Pre-Kindergarten class at DSKI consists of 2 and 3 year old children and whereas we are not yet under the official IB PYP umbrella, the curriculum created by Ms.Anita 22 years ago on the foundation of the German Kindergarten play-based and inquiry-based learning, ticks all the right boxes and feeds right into the school's Primary Years Programme.
So what is the IB Primary Years Programme ?
It is an educational framework for 3 to 12 year old children and adopts an inquiry-based approach to learning. The PYP encourages students to boost their critical thinking, creativity and global awareness by promoting inquiry, collaboration, connections to nurture open-minded and knowledgeable learners.
The programme supports the child mentally, physically, socially and cognitively, just like we do in Pre-Kindergarten.
Creativity is a core related concept within the IB's transdisciplinary theme "How we express ourselves" and is embedded in the Thinking Skills Category of the ATLs (Approaches to learning).
While the Pre-Kindergarten children show lots of creativity throughout the year, it is always heartwarming to witness at the end of the school year how the children come together as a group, help each other, support each other's ideas and work collaboratively .
With our own combined Pre-KG / K1 Assembly and an EY Art Exhibition coming up, there were lots of opportunities to create !
The Pre-Kindergarten children will be performing some songs on the stage in the MPR and they diligently made their own stage props which they were very proud of !
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