![Boys and girls looking at 'Starry Night" and having discussion]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1606878406/nagoya/sdf3p9c5hct5gvoiobjk/starrynight.jpg","width":1862}])
Kindergarten children engaged in collaborative storytelling inspired by two different versions of Starry Night to answer that question. One group of children was shown...
Questioning the World in the ELC
Questions are a window into our world. If the role of school is to help prepare our children to understand, shape and grow the world of tomorrow, then questions are the only way to do this. For, it is only when young minds start to puzzle, wonder, imagine and explore that children can begin to identify with the world around them and come to see themselves as an agent for change in that world. Explore with us some of the questions our NIS learners are wondering about, right now…..
![How can we work together to make the longest train track?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1601272326/nagoya/i1ze4smlw9fjvlwlhr2r/traintracktop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1601272326/nagoya/i1ze4smlw9fjvlwlhr2r/traintracktop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1601272326/nagoya/i1ze4smlw9fjvlwlhr2r/traintracktop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1601272326/nagoya/i1ze4smlw9fjvlwlhr2r/traintracktop.jpg","width":1000}])
Some of preschool students have been very engaged with the train set in their classroom. They have been enthusiastically building a...
![How can everybody stay safe and enjoy our time at school?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600747971/nagoya/lhqlwkabvto89srajyc0/Essentialagreement_top.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600747971/nagoya/lhqlwkabvto89srajyc0/Essentialagreement_top.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1600747971/nagoya/lhqlwkabvto89srajyc0/Essentialagreement_top.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600747971/nagoya/lhqlwkabvto89srajyc0/Essentialagreement_top.jpg","width":960}])
The kindergarten children have been discussing:Why do they come to school? How do they stay safe at school? How can they...
![Q: Which Materials are the Best for Our Outdoor Structure?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1578887991/nagoya/uixnfdgcscu2yr9ccfql/elexperiment.jpg","width":2200}])
A group of the ELC Preschool children took an interest in the outdoor structure in the ELC garden. They began to make changes to "make it beautiful" and started working together to...
![Q: Why can't we make an Onigiri (riceball) with this rice?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1536818367/nagoya/xyw96njfek78jbcurtue/rice.jpg","width":2200}])
While preschool students were playing at the rice table, one student asked and the other students answered.
“If you eat this rice you will die!”
“You can’t eat this rice, it will give you a stomach ache”
“It’s not real rice”
The teachers asked the same question to the whole preschool class and found that lots of students believed...