The World From A Child's Perspective

从孩子的角度感受世界，让孩子的灵感改变世界

Observation more than books and experiences more than persons, are the prime educators.

最有力量的教育方式莫过于激发观察力，其渗透作用胜于圣书苦读，胜于经验传授，胜于言语熏陶。

The first connections young students build in the world are through their natural tools - their senses. Watching, listening, smelling and touching.  These are powerful methods of observation that little ones use to discover the fascinating world in their own ways.

Observation helps to recall details of an investigation and aids problem-solving. It is recognised as an important initial skill in kindergarten studying, as well as being an integral part of Canada (Alberta) Curriculum.  

As educators, CIS respects students' inquisitiveness, their powerful and unconstrained imagination, and encourage them to illustrate their understanding via explorations in classrooms, in that to inspire possibilities of studying multiple languages, abstracting new ideas of scientific researches and applying their own observation outcomes to innovate the society.

Another month has gone by, so let's take a virtual tour in kindergarten classrooms at CIS through a glance at their academic highlights!

年幼的学生与世界建立的第一个联系是通过他们与生俱来的工具所实现的——也就是他们的感官系统。视觉，听觉，嗅觉或触觉，这些都是小孩子以自己的方式观察大千世界非常有力的方法。

观察有助于让孩子对问题调查的过程中产生的细节进行回想，有助于鼓励孩子去主动解决问题。观察力被认为是幼儿园学习中的一项重要的初始技能，并且也是加拿大（艾伯塔省）课程体系的组成部分。

作为教育者，广州加拿大国际学校尊重学生的好奇心，尊重他们强大而不受限制的想象力，并鼓励他们通过课堂探索来表达自己的理解，通过这种方式可以激发学生学习多种语言的可能性，寻求科学研究的新思路和运用他们自己的观察成果来推动社会革新。

时间又过去了一个月，让我们再次浏览一下广州加拿大国际学校幼儿园的学术亮点，来一场课堂的远程参观吧！

Pre-Kindergarten 2 幼儿园2岁班

Pre Kindergarten 2A

Pre-K 2A has now moved from body parts to our five senses. They learned about using different body parts to look, smell, hear, taste and touch. As usual, they learned the five senses through singing and dancing. The students also learned it through reading a book about the five senses with Elma, picking the five different senses materials on the table to match the right body parts.

This week, the little ones did a "IT'S ME" project by outlining and cutting a "me" with the help of our big reading buddies. Then they cut out their own eyes, ears, noses and mouths to stick on "me". After that, they used different materials to design clothes for "me". It was so extremely fun!

幼儿园2岁A班

幼儿园2岁A班现在已从学习身体部位转移到我们的五种感官。他们学习了如何使用不同的感官系统来看，闻，听，尝和触。和往常一样，他们通过唱歌和跳舞学习了五种感官。学生们还通过与Elma一起阅读有关五种感官的书，并从桌子上挑选了五种不同的感官材料来匹配正确的身体部位来学习这部分的知识。

本周，同学们在我们阅读伙伴的帮助下，在纸皮上画轮廓并裁剪出了一个“我”，从而完成了“ IT'S ME”项目。他们剪出自己眼睛的形状，耳朵的形状，鼻子的形状和嘴巴的形状，贴在了“我”身上。之后，他们使用不同的材料为“我”设计衣服。真是太有趣了！

Pre Kindergarten 2B

Spring has been a wonderful time for the children to start their new term with their classmates. A lot of work was done at the beginning to keep the children on top of their organization skills. They learnt how to put away school bags. How to hold water bottles. How to play nicely with classmates. And most importantly how to share with new friends at school. Everybody did an awesome job at learning how to grow and become more independent during school time. It was such a joy seeing all the children begin their journey into childhood and being lovely friends to one another.

The students were able to learn different topics during their time here. They started with the different colours such as red, blue, yellow, green, purple and orange. The rainbow is a great way to learn these colours and the students adapted to class time very quickly. They also learned numbers 1-10 to help them count on their fingers. They did an impressive job counting out loud together and it’s great to see how well they progressed doing this.

The language arts lessons encouraged the students to speak more English in class. The vowel sounds ‘a e i o u’ were used to begin our journey of English. They watched a lot of Alphablocks videos to encourage more phonics skills being applied in school time. The students learned the different sounds before they can learn how to blend them together to make words such as cat and ten. These are called CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words.

The children enjoyed lots of outdoor activities such as playing on the slide, on the swing and importantly, with each other.  They always have so much fun when playing outdoors with everybody. We were also able to do an egg hunt during our Easter week at school during which they had searched for and found lovely Easter Eggs.

They have more fun and games coming up as new instruments are introduced into the classroom. They have been able to play with drums and shakers, but soon they will be able to enjoy singing and playing with keyboards to encourage them to be more creative and musical during school time. The instruments will be a good stepping stone into their future if they choose to pick up an instrument such as the piano or ukulele.  Glad that musical knowledge can help these young ones grow and adapt to the great musical world of learning. Great job Pre-K 2B!

幼儿园2岁B班

春天是孩子们在新校园、和新同学开始新学期学习的绝佳时机。因为本班是新开设的班级，所以学校和老师在前期做了很多工作，以帮助孩子逐步适应环境。同学们学习了如何摆放书包、怎么携带水壶、如何与其他孩子共同玩耍等，最重要的是，如何在学校与新朋友分享。每个人在学校都成长得格外出色，表现出了相当独立的一面。看到所有的孩子们开始他们的童年之旅并彼此成为可爱的朋友，真是一种喜悦。

在此期间，同学们还学习了很多不同的主题。从不同的颜色开始，例如红色，蓝色，黄色，绿色，紫色和橙色。彩虹是学习这些颜色的好方法，孩子们很快适应了上课时间。他们还学习了数字1-10，这个方法让他们学会了用手指数数。他们表现相当不错，一起大声数数，他们的学习进展让人欣慰。

同学们上英语课时，锻炼了说更多的英语。元音“ a e i o u”被用来开始他们的英语之旅。他们还观看了很多Alphablocks视频，以在学校应用更多的语音技能。孩子们将慢慢学习不同的声音，然后才能学习如何将它们融合在一起以制作诸如“猫”和“十”这样的单词。这些称为CVC（辅音元音辅音）词。

孩子们喜欢许多户外活动，例如在滑梯上玩耍。他们还喜欢玩秋千，有时与班上其他孩子一起玩秋千。孩子们可以在沙堆里虽然脚脏了，但是很开心，因为能够探索他们的运动技能。和大家一起在户外玩时，他们总是有很多乐趣。在学校复活节期间，我们还进行了寻蛋活动。他们寻找并找到那些可爱的复活节彩蛋的模样真的很快乐。

随着新乐器的在课堂上的引入，同学们在课堂上的欢乐就更多了。他们已经能够击打演奏鼓和振动器，然而不仅如此，很快他们将会学习唱歌和弹奏键盘的乐趣，这都是为了鼓励他们创造力的迸发和通过音乐了解世界。如果选择购买钢琴或四弦琴之类的乐器，这些乐器将是未来发展的良好垫脚石。很高兴音乐知识能够促进这些孩子们的成长并能运用伟大的音乐学习来从不同角度探索这个世界。Pre-K 2B你们很棒！

Pre-Kindergarten 3 幼儿园3岁班

Pre-Kindergarten 3A

Spring played a big role in connecting PK3A more to nature. The students were active participants in scavenger hunts and their love of learning stimulated their curiosity and attention to detail in natural environment settings. 

PK3A students enjoyed their bee inquiry as well. They discussed that bees produce honey and looked at pictures of bees collecting nectar and pollen from flowers, and then taking it back to their hives to make honey. They then pretended to be bees through some fun fine motor activities. With safety tweezers we pinched pollen (pompoms) and took it back to the hive (the egg carton). We also collected nectar (yellow food colored water) using droppers to transfer the sweet flower juice to the honey comb. The students ended bee inquiry with honey tasting. Yummy! 

Moreover, they learned lots about other insects and bugs as well as discussed, the differences between the two. PK3A learned that Insects have six legs, some have 2 antennae, and some have wings. They made a chart as a whole class and took turns sorting the insects from non-insects. This theme has allowed them to use all our senses to grasp these natural concepts. From practicing fine motor skills (cutting, pasting, coloring, grasping, pinching), to counting and practicing theme vocabulary, to taste testing and hands on scientific sensory theme related activities.

幼儿园3岁A班

春天，饰演了一个非常重要的角色——将PK3A带到了大自然。在学习的过程中，学生们积极、踊跃地参与了户外寻宝的游戏；他们对学习的热爱激发了他们对大自然的好奇和自然环境的细节探索。

同时，PK3A的学生们也非常喜欢探索与发现蜜蜂的奥秘。我们讨论了蜜蜂产蜜的过程，并观看了蜜蜂从花中采集花蜜和花粉，并将其带回到蜂蜜房去酿蜜的图片。接着，他们通过参与一些有趣的活动饰演了一回“小蜜蜂”：他们用幼儿适用的小镊子夹住“花粉”(绒球)，然后把它放到“蜂巢”(鸡蛋纸托)。他们还用滴管收集“花蜜”(黄色的食物色的水)，假装把花蜜汁转移到蜂房。最后以品尝美味的蜂蜜结束了的探索。

此外，他们学习了很多关于其他昆虫和昆虫的知识，并讨论了两者之间的区别。此外，他们也学习和认识了很多其他昆虫和小虫，并讨论了两者之间的区别。PK3A了解到昆虫有六条腿，有些有两个触角，有些有翅膀。全班一起制作了一张图表，轮流把昆虫和非昆虫动物分类。这个主题使我们能够运用我们所有的感官来掌握这些自然概念：从练习精细的运动技能(剪纸、粘贴、涂色、抓、捏)，到计算和练习主题有关的词汇，再到品尝测试和实践科学类相关的活动。

Pre-Kindergarten 3B

PK3B had so much fun with our Dinosaur theme this past month! Their fossil creation was a success with a lot of mess, which was the fun part. During a weekly meeting with our buddies, ingredients were distributed to all groups and the grade 3s helped our friends with forming the dough. Then they made fossils using their dinosaur stencils. Next, we placed the dough into the oven to bake and stay solid.

Pre-K3B friends decorated their finished dinosaur fossils with their regular Grade 3B buddies to decorate their group’s fossils. Each group chose their group color to paint their fossils so, that they could identify their fossils when they dug them out of the sand pit, while pretending to be paleontologists. They discovered Carnivores! During lessons it was explained to friends that there are different groups of carnivores with different characteristics. We also discussed how they are different from the herbivores. The students were all very intrigued by their discoveries.

They painted these fossils will be colored and eventually friends will get the opportunity to act like Paleontologists and dig up these fossils. Our dinosaur of this week is the Iguanodon, another herbivore friend that made a big impression on us! We discussed how all these herbivores are similar in eating greens, but yet so very different. We have also started our dinosaur related portraits this past month. During our one on one sessions, students are asked what they love about dinosaurs and how these different creatures are similar to observe what they love about them.

幼儿园3岁B班

在过去的一个月里，PK3B在恐龙主题的学习中找到了不少的乐趣！在创作恐龙化石的过程中，虽然我们制造了不少的脏乱，但取得了最后的胜利和享受其中的欢乐！在每周一次的“见面会”上，他们与三年级的哥哥姐姐们一起制作了化石：首先，他们一起用面粉揉面团；然后，我们使用恐龙模具印在面粉上，做成了“化石”；接着，我们将“化石”放进烤箱里面烤，使得其保持固态。等到面粉变为化石之后，PK3B的小朋友与所在小组的三年级哥哥姐姐们一起完成装饰恐龙化石的步骤。每个小组选择一种颜色来他们的化石；这样，当他们将从沙坑里将化石挖出来的时候就能识别出来哪个是自己小组的。在这的同时，他们也假装自己是一名小小古生物学家！他们还发现和学习了食肉动物！在课上，老师向孩子们解释了不同种类的食肉动物有着各自不同的特点。他们也讨论了它们与食草动物的不同之处。孩子们对此感到非常有趣和好奇！

我们除了给化石涂上颜色之余，孩子们也将有机会当一名小小古生物学家——将化石挖出来。这周，我们将会学习禽龙（这是另一个给我们留下非常深刻印象的食肉动物）。我们探讨过这些食草动物都有相似之处：他们都是吃绿色食物的，但在其他方面又有很大的不同。在过去的一个月里，我们也开始了制作了与恐龙相关的肖像。在我们的一对一课程中，孩子们会被问到他们喜欢恐龙的什么？；这些不同的恐龙有什么相似之处呢。

Pre-Kindergarten 3C

Pre-K 3C enjoys nature and learning under the sun!  The nature theme has been more exciting to our little ones as we discovered outdoor activities. Outdoor play fosters children’s intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development. And by being outside and surrounded by nature, children experienced an ever-changing and free-flowing environment that stimulated all their senses. Interacting with the natural environment, allows them to learn by doing and experiment with ideas. Children learned how to take care of nature, discover smooth and rough tree barks, some are fruit trees and some are not, and leaves come in different shapes and sizes.  They collected leaves, grass, rocks and twigs and made portraits. They had nature scavenger hunts where the children looked for the following objects on the sheet given. They worked together and had fun hunting around things.

As we learned and discovered nature, children were allowed to discover and learn about plants, trees, and flowers. They grew grass and green bean seeds and they were very excited each day to investigate how they grew. They also learned that plants need water and sunlight to grow. They are now able to identify the basic parts of flowers and trees. Nature has provided countless opportunities for hands-on learning experiences and discoveries for Pre-K 3C!

幼儿园3岁C班

Pre-K -3C非常享受在大自然中学习！大自然的主题的学习使得孩子们更加的兴奋，因为有了更多的户外探索时间。户外活动的开展能够非常好的促进孩子们的智力、情感、社交能力和身体的发展。当孩子们置身于大自然中的时候，他们所有的感官都会被大自然所感染和刺激。与大自然“打交道”的过程，可以促进孩子们在实验和实践中学习。孩子们解到怎么去爱护大自然；认识了什么是粗糙的树皮和什么是光滑树皮；发现了有些树是果树而有些树却不是。同时，孩子还发现了不同大小和不同形状的树叶。他们收集了树叶、草、石头、小树枝等物品，并用这些东西来做肖像。我们也开展了一次自然寻物的游戏——孩子们需要看是否能在大自然中找到纸上的物体（例如：果树、小树枝、蝴蝶等）。如果找到，孩子们需要在对应的照片下打勾。在探寻的过程中，小朋友们互相商量、合作，很快就找到了对应的物品！

在我们学习和发现大自然的奥秘同时，孩子们有机会去探索和学习与花草树木有关的知识。他们还分别种下了绿豆和绿草。孩子们每天回来都特别兴奋和开心地看到种子的变化！他们也一起学习了树和花的组成部分及其名称。他们还了解到植物需要水和阳光才能生长。大自然的主题学习提供了非常多的机会给PK3C的小朋友们去实践和探索！

Pre-Kindergarten 4 幼儿园4岁班

During this unit about animals, students first explored Pet animals. They could say that pets are animals that can live with us in our homes. Students were able to identify which animals could be pets and which animals would not be appropriate to keep as pets. Students made their own playdough and created different animals with it. They were able to put three letters together to build words like P-E-T, C-A-T and D-O-G. PK4 students then inquired into Farm animals. During Literacy time they read the book "Can Hens Give Milk?" And learned which animals produces which food by playing a matching game. We did an experiment to see what will happen if we leave a chicken egg in vinegar. Students were surprised to find that the vinegar dissolved the eggshell and left the contents of the egg exposed. PK4 students enjoyed looking at and touching the egg after it was taken out of the vinegar. They noticed that the egg was white now instead of light brown, and that it felt soft and not hard like before.

在这个关于动物的单元中，学生们首先探索了宠物动物。他们会说宠物是可以和大家一起生活在家里的动物。学生们能够辨别哪些动物可以是宠物，哪些动物不适合作为宠物饲养。学生们制作了自己的游戏面团，并用它创造了不同的动物。他们能够将三个字母组合在一起，形成P-E-T、C-A-T和D-O-G这样的单词。PK4学生随后询问了农场动物。在阅读期间，他们读了一本书“能给我们牛奶吗？”并通过玩一个匹配的游戏来学习哪种动物生产哪种食物。我们做了一个实验，看看如果把一个鸡蛋放在醋里会发生什么。学生们惊讶地发现，醋溶解了蛋壳，使鸡蛋心暴露在外面。PK4学生喜欢在鸡蛋从醋里取出后观察和触摸它。他们注意到，现在的鸡蛋是白色的，而不是浅棕色的，而且感觉很软，不像以前那么硬了。

Kindergarten 学前班

Kindergarten A

Kindergarten A students blasted off to space and learned about the mysterious wonders of the universe, including the moon, planets, and stars. They became curious about the origin of the world and so dove into the study of the dinosaurs, the fossils of which are some of the oldest known to man. 

Students have completed their cycle through the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, investigating sounds and common digraphs. Throughout January and February, students have added to their collection of high-frequency (/popcorn) words. 

By participating in written and oral surveys, students learned to apply comparative terms as well as infer from data gathered. Who was the first Chinese woman who landed on the moon? Where are dinosaurs from? Why do they no longer exist? Celebrating their 100th day at school and continuing to count the number of days thereafter have provided opportunities for students to decompose and add numbers. Using actual objects, students have learned to discriminate between objects using various attributes that may or may not be commonly shared, such as colour, use, and dimension.

As students continue to participate in Citizen Show and Share, they have learned to demonstrate respect for one another and appreciate the uniqueness of their peers. By taking turns and using the words “no” and “not yet”, students have learned to set boundaries, negotiate with each other, and resolve conflict on their own. Their classroom treaty continues to account for students’ behavioural choices. As they welcome new classmates, students have shown their caring and hospitable selves.

学前A班

学前A班的学生向美丽的太空发射，了解了宇宙的神秘奇观，包括月亮，行星和恒星。他们对世界的起源感到好奇，于是开始涉足恐龙的研究，恐龙的化石是人类已知最古老的化石。

同学们已经完成了字母表中大写和小写字母的循环学习，研究了声音和常见的作图工具。在整个一月和二月里，学生们增加了他们的高频（/ popcorn）单词集合。

通过一系列书面和口头调查，学生学会了应用比较词以及来从收集到的数据中推论得出：谁是第一位登陆月球的中国女性？恐龙来自哪里？为什么它们不再存在？在庆祝在校的第100天之际，他们利用这个契机学习了计算其后的天数，这为学生提供了分解和增加数字的学习机会。通过使用一些实际的对象，学生学会了区分可以或不可以共享的某些物体属性（例如颜色，用途和尺寸）。

随着学生继续参加“公民表演和分享”活动，他们学会了互相尊重，并学会如何去欣赏每个同龄人的独特性。通过轮流使用“否”和“尚未”一词，学生学会了设置界限，彼此协商和自行解决冲突。他们的班规也在始终规范着学生们的行为准则。当他们欢迎新同学时，学生们表现出了他们关怀和热情好客的自我。

Kindergarten B

Digging up Dinosaurs in KB!

Our Inquiry of Focus:

For the past few weeks, KB students have been learning about dinosaurs. We began this exciting unit by making our own dinosaur fossils with our Grade 4 buddies in 4B. Students learned that fossils are evidence that dinosaurs once existed. This week we discussed the theories of how dinosaurs became extinct and the sequence of events that likely happened using pictures and actions. Many students have expressed their sadness for the dinosaurs and their sudden disappearance on Earth! Using sensory activities such as making craters with flour and kinetic sand to create dinosaur habitats encourages learning through play and experience which is something we continuously try to promote in our class.  

Assessment for learning:

To demonstrate what we have learned regarding the different features of each unique dinosaur, students will create a Venn diagram comparing two dinosaurs of their choosing. This simple activity allows students to build research and presentation skills.     

Literacy and Numeracy:

Students have learned all of the lowercase letters and their sounds as well as common digraphs such as th, ch, and sh. We are reviewing the sight words already learned to build a solid foundation of common words to use in the future. Our main focus has been on learning word families. Teaching students in this way encourages them to see the similarities between words and builds confidence as they begin to read. For numeracy we are learning how to add using manipulatives, tables and number lines. Providing multiple strategies allows students to think flexibly about problem solving and helps them recognize the many ways they can choose to solve them. We are also working on sorting dinosaurs based on a single attribute such as number of feet or whether the dinosaur has a long or short neck. Students have loved our sorting activities especially when they are encouraged to create their own ‘secret’ sorting rule which their friends need to determine!

We are excited to see where this unit takes us as it comes to a close and we move into our focus on animals!

学前B班

KB班进行了恐龙的挖掘！

探询焦点：

在过去的几周里，KB的学生们一直在学习有关恐龙的知识。他们和4年级B班的大伙伴们一起制作我们自己的恐龙化石，共同展开了这一令人兴奋的单元。学生们了解到，化石是恐龙曾经存在过的证据。这周同学们讨论了恐龙是如何灭绝的，以及如何利用图片和动作来给可能发生的事件排序。许多学生表达了他们对恐龙以及它们在地球上突然消失的悲伤!使用感官活动，如用面粉做陨石坑和太空沙来创造恐龙栖息地，来鼓励孩子通过游戏和体验来学习，这是一直在课堂上努力推广的。

学习评估:

为了展示同学们所学到的关于每种独特恐龙的不同特征，学生们将创建一个维恩图来比较他们选择的两种恐龙。这个简单的活动可以帮助学生获得研究和演讲的技巧。

读写能力和计算能力:

学生已经学习了所有小写字母的写法和发音以及th, ch, sh等常见的字母组合的发音。现在正在复习已经学过的常见单词，为以后对常见单词的使用打下坚实的基础。他们的主要重点是学习单词族。以这种方式教学生，可以鼓励他们看到单词之间的相似之处，并在他们开始阅读时建立自信心。在算术方面，我们正在学习如何用各种教玩具、表格和数轴来做加法。提供多种策略可以让学生在解决问题时灵活思考，帮助他们认识到解决问题可以有多种方式。他们也在研究根据单个属性来对恐龙进行分类，比如脚的数量或者恐龙的脖子是长还是短。学生们非常喜欢分类活动，特别是当他们被鼓励创建由自己和小伙伴们共同商量决定的“秘密”分类规则！

随着这个单元逐渐接近尾声，我们很兴奋地看到它带给我们满满的收获。接下来，课堂将聚焦动物！

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