Encouraging Brain-Building through Play-based Learning
寓学习于游戏，在游戏中学习
Playtime is precious. Play builds brain pathways for thinking, creativity, flexibility, empathy and many other lifelong skills.
游戏娱乐的时间是很珍贵的。因为在游戏当中，大脑的运作让中思维方式、创造力、灵活性、同理心和许多其他终生技能都得到了最好的锻炼。
What is Play-based Learning and How Does it Benefit our Students?
Playing is in children's nature. It's also the strongest educational approach to bring out a child's potential and promote innovation in the world we're living in.
Research shows that the most important period of human development happens during the earliest stages of life. During that period, it's essential that educators encourage students to bravely attempt, discover and create.
CIS embraces the fact that student-directed and teacher-supported classes is the most efficient way for cognitive development. Our young students grow healthier and smarter every single time they engage in play. Scroll down for how CIS is helping our youngest learners become tomorrow's leaders!
什么是“在游戏中学习”？学生从中能收获什么？
娱乐玩耍是儿童的天性，但同时也是发掘潜力、探索未知、改变未来最有效的教育方式。
研究表明，影响一个人发展最重要的时期正是在最年幼的时候。在此期间，教育工作者必须鼓励学生勇于尝试，发现和创造。
CIS始终相信，以学生为主导、由老师提供支持与帮助的课堂是认知发展的最有效方法。学校最年幼的学生们在每天的游戏课堂当中逐渐成长得越来越健康，越来越聪明。继续往下看看CIS培养校内最年幼学段为未来领袖的一些方法分享！
Pre-Kindergarten 2A 幼儿园2岁A班
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In the past few months in Pre-Kindergarten 2, we have learned about days of the week, months of the year and a variety of activities. It was extremely fun. This month, we are moving on to colors and shapes.
We have covered the rainbow colors. The students have learned how to recognize the primary colors, and know the names. They can recognize the colors by catching colored fish in the fish bowl, throwing colored bean bags to the bucket, feeding the color monsters with colored balls, making tie dye butterflies and experimenting with colors in a jar. The students did a fantastic job! They have also learned the numbers 1 to 10 by counting the "pepperoni" on the cardboard "pizza" and later on "eating" them. We also learned about classifying shapes by having a shape hunt, being a little shape detective and throwing shoes in the shape.
Throughout the various special activities such as reading stories, singing songs, playing games, exercising, dancing, outdoor activities. Especially self portrait drawing, I can see that their skills have improved. As well as their confidence, communication and independence. The students have been having a lot of fun with our monthly themes. It has been nice to watch them grow and develop themselves.
In the past few months in Pre-Kindergarten 2, we have learned about days of the week, months of the year and a variety of activities. It was extremely fun. This month, we are moving on to colors and shapes.
We have covered the rainbow colors. The students have learned how to recognize the primary colors, and know the names. They can recognize the colors by catching colored fish in the fish bowl, throwing colored bean bags to the bucket, feeding the color monsters with colored balls, making tie dye butterflies and experimenting with colors in a jar. The students did a fantastic job! They have also learned the numbers 1 to 10 by counting the "pepperoni" on the cardboard "pizza" and later on "eating" them. We also learned about classifying shapes by having a shape hunt, being a little shape detective and throwing shoes in the shape.
Throughout the various special activities such as reading stories, singing songs, playing games, exercising, dancing, outdoor activities. Especially self portrait drawing, I can see that their skills have improved. As well as their confidence, communication and independence. The students have been having a lot of fun with our monthly themes. It has been nice to watch them grow and develop themselves.
在过去的几个月中，我们学习了一周中的几天，一年中的几个月以及许多其他的项目。过程非常有趣。本月，我们继续学习颜色和形状。
我们已经学习了彩虹的颜色。学生们已经学会了如何识别原色并知道其名称。他们通过在鱼缸中抓的彩色鱼、将彩色沙包扔到桶中，用彩球喂食彩色怪物，制作扎染蝴蝶以及在罐子里尝试颜色等方法来识别颜色。学生们做得很棒！他们还通过在卡纸板“披萨”上数“ 意大利辣香肠”，然后“食用”它们的方法来学习数字1到10。同学们还通过扮演小侦探，在形状寻宝游戏中找形状，并在对应形状中投掷鞋子的方式来对形状进行分类。
在各种特殊活动中，例如阅读故事，唱歌，玩游戏，锻炼，跳舞，户外活动等等，尤其是自画像绘画，老师可以看到同学们的技能得到了提高，也自信了很多，沟通能力和独立能力也更优秀了。在本月的课程主题中，同学们玩得很开心。看着他们的成长和发展是非常欣慰的事情。
Pre-Kindergarten 3A 幼儿园3岁A班
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We have had an amazing time in Pre-Kindergarten 3A after the Chinese New Year. The children came back from Spring Festival happy and ready to learn! We started the new semester by reviewing our class rules and routines. The children have been playing cooperatively with each other and are learning how to solve problems within their group.
This past month, we have learned about ‘Transportation’. We learned a lot of new vocabulary and now the students can describe different modes of air, land and sea transportation. One of our main focuses was to familiarize the students with road safety rules. We pretended to drive cars and dance in our classroom by playing 'red light, yellow light, green light. We had to drive or dance fast when we saw the green light, slow down with the yellow light and stop when we saw the red light. We practiced crossing the road with our dramatic play traffic light prop. Additionally, we learned about emergency services and how they can help us. The children were very excited when we dressed up as firefighters and role played what we would do in that type of emergency. We had our students use and repeat sentences like "oh no, there's a fire", "call for help", "can you help us?". Many of the students knew the emergency response number as well. Very impressive PK 3A! This unit gave us the opportunity for many STEAM challenges and applying our knowledge of what was learned from stories. An example was our building a bridge challenge. After learning that bridges must be stable and go over water, the students worked in small groups to build a bridge together as a team. Learning about ramps, creating and experimenting with them was another fun learning experience.
Students have made huge progress in their early literacy and numeracy skills and they can now identify more and more letters and numbers as a group. When a new letter is introduced, they explore an organized literacy center. Numeracy is also incorporated throughout our centers. This is a great way to help their visual memory and they can also practice their manual skills.
To celebrate 100th day of school, PK3A did a 100-exercise challenge. They exercised and received a sticker for each group of 10 exercises. Additionally, as a grade level, the Pk3’s got together and had an early Valentine’s Day celebration before the holiday. The students spent time with their peers, learned about kindness and made crafts. So much fun is happening in PK3A!
农历新年后，同学们在幼儿园3岁A班上度过了一段美好的时光。大家放完春节假后都开心地返校了，也整装待发迎接新一轮的学习了！我们通过回顾班规和每天的日常学习生活的来开始新学期。孩子们一直在互相合作，正在学习如何以小组为单位解决问题。
在过去的一个月中，我们学习了“运输”。我们学习了很多新词汇，现在学生可以描述空中、陆地和海上运输的不同运输模式。上个月的课程重点之一是使学生熟悉道路安全规则。我们通过玩“红灯、黄灯、绿灯”的游戏来假装开车、跳舞。当我们看到绿灯时，我们必须快速开车或跳舞，而当黄灯亮时，我们必须慢下来，而当看到红灯时，我们必须停下来。我们用非常特别的交通信号灯道具来练习过马路。此外，同学们还了解了紧急服务电话以及它们如何为我们提供帮助。孩子们还进行了他们非常喜欢的角色扮演的游戏，打扮成消防员，扮演了在不同紧急情况下采取的措施。同时，学生们还需按要求使用并重复这样的句子：“哦，不，有大火”，“请求帮助”，“您能帮助我们吗？”。许多学生也知道紧急响应号码。A班的同学们表现得相当出色！本单元为我们提供了许多在创客中心的学习机会，让同学们课堂中学习的知识运用到实践当中。比如说建造桥梁就是一个很好的例子。在得知桥梁必须稳定并且要经过水后，学生们分小组工作，以团队的形式共同建造了一座桥梁。他们还学习了坡道，也学会了创建坡道并进行试验，这也是另一种有趣的学习经历。
学生在早期的识字和计算能力方面已经取得了巨大的进步，现在他们可以识别越来越多的字母和数字。每当学习了一个新字母后，他们就会开始学习一整套与其的其他知识。算术也纳入了这套知识里面。这是帮助他们增强视觉记忆的好方法，同时他们还可以练习自己的手工技能。
为了庆祝第100天，A班进行了运动100下的挑战。他们进行了锻炼，并每组10次锻炼就获得了一张贴纸。此外，整个幼儿园3岁班年级聚在一起，在假期前举行了情人节的庆祝活动。学生们与自己的同学们一起度过了美好的时光，学会了与人友善相处的重要性，也一起制作了手工艺品。A班真的度过了很多很开心的时间！
Pre-Kindergarten 3B 幼儿园3岁B班
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Throughout the year, Pre-Kindergarten 3B friends discover and explore different units. Our units of inquiry are based on the interests of the children. Forthe past two months, Pre-Kindergarten 3B friends have beendiscovering Farm Animals. During this unit, wehave discussed a farm’s purpose, that farms arenot just for housing animals, but also producesmany different useful products for people suchas vegetables, fruits, and dairy. We alsoexplored farm animals such as: Sheep, Cows,Horses, Chicken, Ducks, and Pigs. Theseprovocations are discussed during Carpet Timeand then incorporated in our discovery centresduring Exploration Play.
Within this unit Pre-K3B invited our buddiesfrom Grade 3B to create individual farms usingdifferent materials, such as recycled materials,raw materials, paints, etc. We are collaboratingwith Grade 3s, building farms together! Thesefarms will be displayed in our ECE buildingduring the first two weeks of March.
全年，幼儿园3岁B班的小朋友们学习和探索了好几个不同的单元。学习的单元都是根据孩子的兴趣去设定的。在过去的两个月中，3岁班的孩子们一直在探索农场动物。在本单元中，同学们一起讨论了农场的作用，即农场不仅用于饲养动物，而且还为人们生产许多不同的有用的产品，例如蔬菜，水果和奶制品。此外，他们还探索了一些农场动物，例如：绵羊，牛，马，鸡，鸭和猪，并在“地毯时间”进行了讨论，随后也在探索中心进行了相关问题的探索。
在这个单元里，3年级b班的伙伴们邀请3岁B班的孩子一起用不同的材料来建造农场（例如再生材料，原材料，涂料等）。我们正在与3年级合作，共同建设农场！这些农场将在三月的前两个星期在我们的幼儿园教学楼中展示。
Pre-Kindergarten 3C 幼儿园3岁C班
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Spring has arrived! New growth is sprouting up, the weather is warming, and insects are busy buzzing, flying, and working. Insects! Bugs are everywhere! Pre-Kindergarten 3C loves to learn about creepy crawlies around us. We learned about different insects, what they look like and how they move.
Discovery centers brought fun learning to our little ones! What kind of kid who doesn’t love an activity where his/her name is the main part of the activity? Caterpillar name activity is one of our favorite writing his/her name within the caterpillar’s body. Caterpillar's pattern is perfect for our numeracy activity, where children able to count, measure, and pattern. 'Bug in a Jar' activity reinforces concepts of number and counting.
Observe and learn! Children had so much fun in exploration and observation. With the help of magnifying glass, children vividly tell all insects they have seen and what it looks like. Children see things they’ve never seen before, like small insects close-up. It opens up a whole new world to them, which they find pretty amazing! The Insect Slimy Sensory Bin was a fun way for us to explore the fascination of slimy creepy crawlers too! Learning about bugs and insects is so much fun for our little ones!
Here at CIS, our young learners learn, play and grow together, and all our children are able to explore his/her senses, and become confident when solving challenges and/or difficulties!
春天到了！万物生长，天气也在变暖，昆虫正忙着嗡嗡作响，飞来飞去忙个不停。昆虫！虫子无处不在！幼儿园3岁C班的孩子非常喜欢学习我们周围的令人奇形怪状的昆虫，而且一起了解了不同的昆虫，以及它们的外观和移动方式。
探索中心为我们的孩子们带来了有趣的学习机会！孩子们怎么可能不喜欢看到自己名字的活动呢！毛毛虫命名游戏，就是在毛毛虫身上写下自己最喜欢的名字。毛毛虫的花纹非常适合用在计算练习上，在上面孩子们可以数数，测量和定型。“罐子里的虫子”的活动加强了孩子们对数字和计数的概念。
观察和学习！孩子们在探索和观察中获得了很多乐趣。在放大镜的帮助下，孩子们可以生动地告诉他们所见过的所有昆虫以及昆虫的外观。孩子们看到了从未见过的事物，例如小昆虫特写。这为他们打开了一个全新的世界，他们发现这真是太神奇了！昆虫粘液感官箱也是同学们探索粘液蠕动爬行者魅力的一种有趣方式！对于孩子们来说，学习虫子和昆虫真是太有趣了！
在CIS，年幼的孩子们在这里学习，玩乐和共同成长，所有的孩子都能够探索自己的感官功能，在解决挑战和/或困难时也变得更自信！
Pre-Kindergarten 4A 幼儿园4岁A班
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The end of January kept us very busy in Pre-Kindergarten 4A. Indeed, the transportation unit was a big one as we learned about land, sea, and air transportation. The students were fascinated by the rocket which tied in perfectly with our next unit: space! We learned all about outer space, our universe, the stars and the planets. In Science, we made a volcano, and we made some craters on the surface of our very own moon. We were very interested in the shapes and pictures that we can observe in the night sky. We made our own constellation in class. In Math class, we examined the size of the different planets. The concept of bigger and smaller was very important to us. Finally, we explored Mars and what it is like to live like an astronaut in space through interactive activities. We are very excited to start our new unit on Pets!
幼儿园4岁A班的孩子们在1月底的学习非常繁忙。确实，在运输这个单元里面同学们学习了陆，海，空的运输模式，所以这是一个很重要的单元。而同学们非常喜欢探索的另一种运输方式，火箭，正是下一个单元学习的知识！同学们了解了有关外太空、宇宙、恒星和行星的所有知识。在科学课上，孩子们制造了一座火山，并且在我们自己做的月球表面上制造了一些火山口。他们对可以在夜空中观察到的形状和图片非常感兴趣。，更在课堂上做了自己的星群。在数学课上，大家探索了不同行星的大小。更大和更小的概念是非常重要的。此外还探索了火星，并且通过一些互动活动模仿宇航员一样在太空中生活的感觉。同学们很期待下个单元关于宠物的学习！
Pre-Kindergarten 4B 幼儿园4岁B班
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Our Pre-Kindergarten 4B students enjoyed our Transportation unit so much that we decided to extend the unit to cover Space Travel and what we can find in space. By singing songs like “Sun, Moon, and Stars”, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “Eight Planets” students could get familiar with the vocabulary of the unit. They used foil to make asteroids and threw it at a moon made of shaving foam. This activity imitated the surface of the moon and students could see that the surface of the moon is not smooth, but covered in craters. Students studied a map of the constellations and made their own special constellations by writing their names with white crayons and sticking small star stickers on the cross sections of the letters. They used different pictures of space items to make AB, ABC and AAB patterns. By making patterns, students can make predictions and they start to understand what comes next. Students loved being creative by using a foil ball and different shades of grey paint to decorate their moon. During literacy time, each student had the chance to throw a dice with various planets on. Then, they had to plot their findings on the bar graph. This activity reinforced mathematical concepts like greater than/less than, most and least. It also helped students learn mathematical skills such as sorting, organizing, counting and comparing.
幼儿园4岁班的学生们非常喜欢运输方式这个单元的学习，因此我们将课题扩展到太空旅行以及我们在太空中的探索。同学们通过演唱“太阳，月亮和星星”，“一闪一闪亮晶晶”和“八个星球”之类的歌曲，熟悉单元里需要学习的词汇。他们用箔纸制作了小行星，然后将其扔到了由剃须泡沫制成的卫星上。这项活动模仿了月球表面，学生可以看到月球表面不是光滑的，而是被火山口覆盖。此外，他们还研究了星座图，并用白色蜡笔写下了自己的名字，并在字母的横截面上贴上了小星星贴纸，从而制作了自己的特殊星座。他们使用太空物品的不同图片制作了AB，ABC和AAB图案。通过这个举动，学生可以做出预测。孩子们还很喜欢用箔球和不同深浅的灰色油漆装饰月亮，充分发挥自己的创造力。在文学课上，每个学生都有机会丢一个装有各种行星的骰子，然后在条形图上绘制他们投掷后的新发现。这项活动加强了数学概念，例如大于/小于，最大值和最小值，并帮助学生学习数学技能，例如排序，组织，计数和比较。
Kindergarten A 学前A班
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The new lunar year gave Kindergarten A students much occasion to investigate two big ideas related to it: 1) Why and how friends and family celebrate it; and 2) The nature of the moon and its relationship with the earth.
To practice with their reading and writing every day, students received “fortune messages” and were invited to dedicate red envelopes to their friends and families. Students interacted with oranges — how they feel, smell, taste — and learned about the fruit’s connections to good fortune. Students also “set off” their own firecrackers by letting milk, soap, and food ink interact with one another on their experiments table.
Both a special surprise to their loved ones and an opportunity to showcase their culture, students donned their traditional Chinese costumes for a photo shoot. Students’ pictures from this photoshoot were then placed in picture frames, which they decorated using various loose parts and a hot glue gun. To increase students’ abilities to discriminate and sort based on kind, they were presented with four random objects daily and were encouraged to share which object did not belong and why. Then, during their construction time, students had the opportunity to build their own four random objects and say how they were the same and how they were different.
As students were challenged to think about the moon, they learned about its phases and its gravitational effects on the earth. This lunar inquiry segued into students’ current unit on outer space and the origin of the universe. Additionally, students cared for strawberry plants, whose growth they were able to observe and record over time.
农历新年给学前A班的学生们创造了很多契机来来研究与之相关的两件事：1）亲朋好友庆祝它的原因和方式；2）月球的本质及其与地球的关系。
为了每天练习阅读和写作，学生收到了“好运信息”，并有机会为他们的朋友和家人送上红包。此外，学生与通过对橘子的分析（它的感觉，气味和味道），并了解到水果与吉祥之间的联系。学生还可以用牛奶，肥皂和食用墨水的实验自己做鞭炮。
学生穿起传统的中国服饰拍照，既给亲人带来了特别的惊喜，又有机会展示自己的文化。拍完后的照片被老师放进了相框里，并使用小零件和热胶枪对其进行装饰。为了提高学生根据种类进行区分和分类的能力，老师每天为他们提供四个随机物体，并鼓励他们分享不属于哪个对象以及原因。在搭建模型的练习中，学生搭建了四个随机的物体，并说出它们的相同和不同。
在学习月球的这一具有挑战性的课堂上，他们了解了月球的状态变化及其对地球的重力影响。这个单元让学生对外层空间和宇宙起源进行了探索。此外，学生们培养了草莓植物，随着时间的推移，他们可以观察和记录草莓的生长。
Kindergarten B 学前B班
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Kindergarten B's Race to Space!
Our Inquiry of Focus:
We are flying into one of our most loved units of focus: Outer Space! To open this unit, students began by sharing what they already know about the stars they see in the night sky and the questions they want to explore. These questions were used to guide the direction of our lessons so that students are learning what they are truly interested in knowing! We discovered that stars can be many different sizes and colours. Stars give off both heat and light which can be exemplified by our very own sun! Kindergarten B was very surprised to discover that the sun is a star that we can see during the day!
Our Project for this unit:
To get students excited about outer space, thinking creatively and expressing their ideas, both KB and 1A worked together to build something that can catch a star. Over the last week, we have seen rocket ships, giant trees, and cranes built to be working ‘star catchers’. The imagination of our young ones never fails to amaze me! This week students will finish building their idea, present it to their peers then consider how they could improve what they have made. This collaborative project encourages students to work as a team, express and share their ideas, plan ahead, and learn from their mistakes and successes!
Literacy and Numeracy:
Students continue to learn their lowercase letters and sounds through songs, pictures, and sound hunts. KB students love finding a specific letter sound in the words we have displayed around our classroom and sharing them with their peers. In conjunction with learning letter sounds, we are also learning about sound blending and word families. In addition, everyday students learn a new sight word often relating to our topic of inquiry. For example, we learned the words ‘catch’ and ‘how’ last week because students were learning how to catch a star!
To encourage students to see Math as an exploration of patterns as well as to enhance their 'Math talk', we have been looking at a group of four pictures each week and discussing which of the four items does not belong. This exercise teaches students to look at different features within the four pictures, to identify their similarities and differences and most importantly to explain their reasoning. Usually, these exercises do not have one right answer so it really opens up the door to critical thinking, discussions with one another, and convincing each other of why we think the way we do!
It has been an exciting start to this space unit and we look forward to more hands-on learning experiences such as our upcoming VR space adventure in the IDEA (STEAM) Lab as well as a big number Math challenge using a giant number line!
学前B班的太空竞赛！
课堂重点：学生们正式进入到我们最喜欢的重点单元之一：外太空！要开启这个单元的学习，学生首先要分享他们对夜空中看到的星星以及他们对想探索问题的已有认知。这些问题对来指导我们课程的方向非常重要，而且也有利于他们学习真正感兴趣的知识！同学们发现恒星具有许多不同的大小和颜色。星星散发出热量和光，并借助了太阳的能量来体现！B班的同学们非常惊讶地发现太阳是我们白天可以看到的一颗恒星！
本单元的项目：为了让学生对外太空感到兴奋，创造性地思考并表达他们的想法，B班的孩子和一年级A班的学生们共同努力动手做捕星器。在过去的一周中，我们看到了火箭船，巨型树木和起重机。年幼的孩子们的想象力永远让人惊叹！本周学生将完成他们的构想，将其呈现给同龄人，然后考虑如何改进自己的构想。这个合作项目鼓励学生们团队合作，表达和分享他们的想法，提前计划，并从错误和成功中学习！
识字和算术：
学生继续通过歌曲，图片和声音学习小写字母和声音。B班的学生喜欢在教室周围显示的单词中找到特定的字母声音，并与同伴分享。在学习字母声音的同时，我们还学习了关于声音融合和词族的知识。此外，学生每天都会学习与探究主题相关的新视觉单词。例如，上周他们学习了“接球”和“如何”这两个词，因为学生们正在学习如何接球！
为了鼓励学生将数学视为一种可视化的模式，并增强他们的“数学对话”，我们每周都会学习四张图片，并讨论这四个物体中的哪一个不属于这个类别。该练习教学生查看四张图片中的不同特征，以识别他们的异同，最重要的是解释他们的推理。通常，这些练习没有一个正确的答案，因为学生要往批判性思维的方向训练，学会彼此讨论以及说服彼此为什么这么做。
这个单元孩子们学习得很开心，也期待更多动手的学习过程能让同学们去尝试，例如我们即将在创客中心进行的VR太空冒险以及使用巨型数字线进行的大量数学实验！
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