YIS Early Learning Centre
@YIS_ELC
The Early Learning Centre of Yokohama International School, Japan. Inquiry play-based learning. Play, Honour, Respect.
Process is so important! Observing these two at work, playing around with different techniques for tying, looping and pulling I am reminded that the end product doesn’t matter as much as how they got there #yislearning #play #experiment #explore #IBPYP
6 days till exhibition: experimenting with pinhole photography and dark room photo developing. Never too young to try something. We have tried #photography through Polaroids, iPads, film and SLR. Passionate inquirers #yislearning #play #pyp
We are so excited for the opportunity to have all the adults in our community play together! #lifelonglearning #adults #play #explore
Come out to Play! Play is learning. Teachers, parents, staff and friends of YIS are invited to come along to this play session for all adults in the YIS community. The theme for this play experience is cardboard. Come play in any language you prefer.#yislearning
Happy 48th Birthday Bob the Turtle! Over the past few weeks the group have been planning and preparing for an epic birthday party. Woodblock printed tshirts, fruit cakes and presents. #birthday #yislearning #inquiry #playbasedlearning
仲秋の名月 or the Harvest Moon is a time for celebrating "Otsukimi", or moon gazing by making slightly sweetened chewy dumplings made from rice flour, which are dipped in various flavorings, then enjoyed with friends and family. yis.jp/Otsukimi2023 .#yislearning @YIS_ELC
TAIKO CLASS: Gr. 2 had a chance to practice taiko drumming in the Chowa-an with our Japanese Culture Program Coordinator Mrs. Clark. The setting is ideal for getting a feel for the spirit and energy of Japanese drumming. #yislearning
Seeing how quickly kindergarteners understand the metaphor of the @TheLearningPit by using it to describe their learning journeys always blows my mind. #yislearning #LearningPit
Another school year begins and Bob the Turtle emerges from his pond to make new friends. This years group seems very invested in making sure he has a lot of clean water to drink! #yislearning #pyp #action #caring #responsibility
Is there a better way to start off the school year than spending time playing? Continuing @yis engagement with play based learning throughout Elementary, Middle and High School. #playislearning #inquiry #IB #yislearning #IBPYP #IBMYP #IPDP
@yis coming together as a community to create a welcome board for our students returning on Monday. Can’t wait for the start of a new year #yislearning
The ELC website has been updated with this years exhibition. If you couldn’t make it or want to experience all that learning again here it is #yislearning sites.google.com/yis.ac.jp/earl…
Photos are a powerful tool for reflection and discussion with our young learners. They also help us as teacher facilitators to see the joy, excitement and engagement of the whole community. #yislearning photos.yis.ac.jp/2022-2023-Scho…
ELC EXHIBITION: Throughout the process of curating the exhibition this idea of an unfinished story kept coming to the surface. It became a powerful frame on which to hang the learning process. #yislearning #play #pyp #earlyyears #stories #exhibition #processnotproduct
EXHIBITION DAY!! Today we welcomed families, community members and older students into our space to explore and play. As one of our learners said at the end of the day “we did so much learning skills today” #yislearning #pyp #slc #play #earlyyears
1 day till exhibition: Kindergarten came for a sneak peek preview today. It is always incredible to hear our students talk about their learning with others. We are all so excited to welcome our community in tomorrow #yislearning #pyp #earlyyears #exhibition #slc
2 days till exhibition: The prints and negatives are finally back from the photoshop but “what are this brown?” “I see small photo in here.” “It like this one a little bit. “Oh look look I see it same different colour”. #yislearning #pyp #photography #inquiry #earlyyears
3 days till exhibition: preparations are ongoing as the group rearranged and prepares the space for our guests. Rich discussions about what people would like to see? How can we display all our creations? Where will all our photos go? #pyp #yislearning
4 days till exhibition: A few weeks ago a friend came to ELC in a tie dye T-shirt. She was so excited to share the process of making it. Community decided to create T-shirts for the exhibition. Can’t wait to see what they look like tomorrow #yislearning #tiedye #pyp #earlyyears
5 days till exhibition: our ongoing photography inquiry came with us to the park as we used the DSLR camera to capture this special space from our perspective #yislearning #play #pyp #authenticexperiences #trust #learningfromeachother
7 days till exhibition: working together to construct a representation of our community's collective thought process. Final result to be revealed at the exhibition #yislearning #collaboration #pyp #earlyyears #thinkingskills #100languages