Where We Are in Place and Time- Week 10

What a busy week in Kindergarten!

We had two big events this week. The first was our field trip the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum. Our current central idea is, Where we are in place and time. Some of the leading questions that guide this inquiry are: Who am I? Where do I live? Who came before me? We took the children to this particular museum in order to provide them with a provocation that allowed them to view what Japan was like in the past. The children really enjoyed viewing all of the different Japanese houses, old onsens, general stores and old transportation systems. Back at school the children shared their favorite parts of the day. The children even began to reflect and inquire on how their home countries were different in the past with many of the children asking to see pictures of what their native countries looked like 100 years ago.

The students also enjoyed going to the Shibuya Community Center this week. The students were able to watch a performance put on by other schools from Tokyo. There were a lot of really exciting performances and all of the children seemed to have a great time. The children even had their own chance to perform. We had been practicing two songs for the last few weeks. The students bravely performed their rendition of the Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle in front of more than 100 other school children and their teachers. It was amazing. We hope to post of a video of it soon!

Have a great weekend!