Hello Vermont, Mexico, Hong Kong and Indonesia we are KP.

September 27, 2011

Our Unit of Inquiry: Personal journeys show the way that people change and can lead to new opportunities. One way to map change overtime is to record our thoughts onto a Voice Thread. The best thing about a voice Thread, Kyle discovered, is that we can share it on the blog. The really cool thing [...]


Blogging Buddies Grade three help Kindergarten.

September 16, 2011

Yesterday was our first buddy session. The grade three students help the Kindergarten students write comments onto their blogs.   Blog Buddies-Grade 3 and Kindergarten. on PhotoPeach


Kindergarten Maths in the library- a collaboration.

September 12, 2011

Today we had a maths lesson in the library. Brian Farrell ( our teacher-librarian) has given us access to a portfolio of his professional quality photographs showing patterns. He created this portfolio especially for the kindergarten children, and as a free shared educational resource. Please respect creative common licensing and attribute the images to Brian [...]


Space-When six year olds get to show their compassion and take action.

April 22, 2011

The story so far… The children have been fascinated by space since August. http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/pagez/category/space-children-generated-inquiry/ (This is all the blog posts about space). So we have made a stop animation film about Mars and a book to go with the film. Next week we will be making the audio recording for the book, yes it is [...]


Space- Who has control? Who has the gadgets?

April 22, 2011

This video shows the children engaged in imaginative play. You can see them solve interpersonal issues, problem solve and observe an  abundance of creativity. Mostly it is just good viewing!


Do video games teach young children?

March 10, 2011

Game based learning, an educational tool. Moderation in all things


KP-Number Boggle

February 25, 2011

Children make their own video of how to do a number boggle.


Teachers teach teachers in Hong Kong.

February 19, 2011

Practicing what we preach. We ask children to present and speak up… so now I am. HK-IT-KG- intergrating IT on PhotoPeach


How is my child doing with their writing?

December 13, 2010

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Children collaborating to plan a party. Applying writing skills.


How can you do all this technology teaching? How can you find the time?

December 13, 2010

How well is my child doing learning about technology? Today we created expert badges. Every child picked their area of  technological expertise and we made them a sticky label. They can now help other adults or children. Needless to say they are very proud. PLEASE ask them about their badge. The children have had the [...]