Inquiries continued...

Since returning to school after the break, we have had lots of learning happening parallel, as it often does in an early childhood classroom. It is great to see learning outcomes being met through our inquiries into literacy and transportation.

We continued to follow up on our inquiry into Who we are and our Loi: Inquiry processes. We have been exploring the process as a class through a mini inquiry into transportation. 

For our inquiry into literacy, Sohyun shared some images with us that she had brought from home as a response to the literacies post requesting your help. Among other images of environmental print, she shared images in hard copy similar to these:

Viewing these sparked a conversation among the children about what these were? Where might we find them? And what might the messages be telling or instructing? It didn't take long for the children to come to the conclusion that these were indeed signs. We see them on the road, in school, and in the Aeon Shopping Mall :) 

I challenged the children to think about why we might need the signs and armed with some resources they went off to find out. 

Back on the mat and prompted by guiding questions based on teacher observations, we talked about our outdoor experiences with the signs. We finally all agreed that...

Signs help us stay safe!