Adding mystery to children’s learning will stimulate their curiosity. EY2 students learn to recognize number words. To make the activity more fun, they also learned number words by solving the mystery hidden in the paper they were given. By using a sponge with coloured water, the hidden number words became visible. The activity made the
It was time for the babies to play a sensory game with wet flour. The babies had to grab the straws in the sticky wet flour and transfer them to the water. This gave them the experience of feeling the sticky texture of the wet flour. This activity was good for developing their problem solving
Design thinking is simply introduced to the children through learning project activities. This time, the EY2 level chose My Shop as their learning project activity in Semester 1. On the first day they were asked to take steps to empathise by going through the Look, Listen and Learn process and asking lots of questions. They
In English lesson, EY1 students learnt about how the clouds were formed in a simple way. They were also informed that the shape of the clouds could be different. In addition, the students were invited to learn about letters by forming some cotton ball into the shape of some letters. The cotton ball would represent as the
At the beginning of their learning project, the toddlers watched the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Through the story, the students were able to recall their knowledge of some rooms in the house and their characteristics. They were then given the opportunity to tell the class about their observations of the rooms in
Today, nursery students enthustiatically started the learning project activity. They looked excited when invited to watch a video about transportation and learn that cars have various types, shapes, colours, and sizes. Afterwards, they joined a game to classify some cars based on their size and they also had the opportunity to share their observations about
Playing and experiencing make children learn meaningfully because what they do allows the knowledge received to enter long-term memory. EY2 students are learning about boarding procedures. This time the students learned about checking in the ticket as one of the procedures for boarding a plane. They learned to be aware of the gate where the
After learning about how rain is made, the EY1 students had the opportunity to make a rain craft by following some steps of making, such as drawing lines, cutting paper, coloring with crayons, fingerprinting, and gluing. This activity aimed to develop the pupils’ fine motor skills as well as their subsequent teaching skills. ***
Siswa EY1 mengikuti kegiatan pertunjukan cerita sebagai perayaan Reading Celebration. Setelah dikenalkan pada cerita anak Indonesia yang berjudul “Kancil dan Siput”, mereka pun berbagi peran, menggunakan kostum yang sesuai dan memperagakan cerita dengan arahan guru. Pertunjukan cerita ini disaksikan oleh kelas lain, sehingga siswa EY1 dapat berlatih untuk menunjukkan kepercayaan diri saat di panggung. Selain
Bermain peran merupakan kegiatan belajar yang menyenangkan bagi siswa. Di level toddler, para siswa ditantang untuk bergantian bermain peran menjadi kura-kura atau kelinci setelah mereka diceritakan dongeng tersebut. Melalui kegiatan ini, para siswa di level toddler mengembangkan kepercayaan diri sekaligus menghormati teman yang tengah tampil. ***
Nursery students were enthusiastic to learn how the wheels work and why the wheels are round by rolling some 3D shapes such as cylinders, cubes, triangular prisms, and so on. The students also learned that the cylinder can roll well because it’s round like a wheel. Afterward, the students also learned how different surfaces affect
The babies looked enthusiastic to find the colorful plastic eggs spread at the playground. They were asked to collect the plastic eggs and put them into the water. This activity was good for developing their hand-eye coordination as they needed to see where the eggs were and hold them using their fingers well. Moreover, by
EY2 students were happily playing in the playground. At the same time, they had an observation to find out about the objects that can fly in the sky. They saw some birds and insects flying here and there above the trees. They were also allowed to fly the paper airplane. This activity is aimed to
The Nursery children were very enthusiastic when they started the new theme ‘Going Places’. During the entry point, they were very excited to share their experiences of traveling to school in different vehicles. The students were then invited to observe the road and learn about road safety, such as how children should never cross the
EY2 students had fun walking around Balaikota Surakarta. They were able to observe the buildings such as the Mayor’s Office and Pendhapi Gedhe. The students also interacted and communicated with some employees there. This activity gave the students a new experience of visiting a government office and learning about the function of Balaikota. It also
Students were enthusiastic about observing public places during the Solo City Tour activity. They listened to the teachers’ explanations about the places they saw along the way and at the same time they shared their experiences whenever they saw the places they had ever visited. In addition to the confirmation of their learning, the pupils
Solo City Tour is an integrated activity that combines the exit point activity of the theme “The World Around Us” with the entry point of the new theme “Going Places”. Students had the opportunity to confirm the knowledge they had gained in class about the public places in Surakarta by walking through and observing some
With a mysterious guest delivering a parcel of books, the early years pupils were enthusiastic about exploring the books. They also enjoyed the story told through a simple paper puppet show. In the “Once Upon a Time” entry point, the students were then introduced to the story of “The Tortoise and the Hare”. The students’
EY1 students happily followed the entry point for the new theme “Weather Wonder”. They were invited to observe the weather directly by being outside. They also worked together to create weather symbols: the sun for sunny weather and clouds with raindrops for rainy weather. Apart from that, they were also introduced to the simple rain
With the learning theme of nature, the babies were introduced to all that we can see around us called nature. They had a chance to see the plants around the playground and were asked to water the plants using the watering can. Teachers and parents helped the babies to hold the watering can properly so
