WoW ! Let’s Investigate Ms Lim Meow Hwee, Senior Specialist, Pre-school Education Ms Laurice Ong, Pre-school Education Officer Ms Ronal Chua, Centre Head, MOE Kindergarten @ Farrer Park Ms Khoo Ai Hoon, Teacher, MOE Kindergarten @ Farrer Park Ms Surya Tewi, Teacher, MOE Kindergarten @ Farrer Park Pre-school Education Branch
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Outline WoW (Week of Wonder) Projects Background 1 Guiding Principles 2 What 3 Why 4 How 5 3
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How Background ‘Week of Wonder’ ( WoW) Projects part of MOE Kindergarten Curriculum 1 take place over two to three weeks every term 2 in both English and Mother Tongue Languages 3 4
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How Literature Review • Reggio Emilia Approach • Project Approach (Katz & Chard) Children’s Children are Observations curiosity and given and interests are opportunities documentations developed to ask into long- questions, are made by term, engage in both children decision- in-depth and teachers making and projects during their problem investigations solving 5
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How Belief and iTeach Principles Drawn from MOE’s Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) Framework • Belief that children are curious, active and competent learners • iTeach principles 6
iTeach Principles 7
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How What In-depth investigation of a topic conducted by children and facilitated by teachers, based on children’s interest 8
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How Why Ownership of learning Joy of self-motivated learning Confidence and disposition towards learning 9
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How How I I wonder … I find out … I know … 10
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How How I wonder… • Identify a topic children would like to investigate • Discuss with children what they already know and brainstorm what they want to find out • Capture children’s ideas/questions using tools (e.g. web or KWL chart) 11
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How How I find out … • Plan with children how to find answers to their questions • Have children document their findings (e.g. draw and write, take photos, make models) • Allow children to share preliminary findings 12
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How How I know… • Talk about how their findings help answer their questions • Discuss how they can share their findings with others • Allow children to reflect and talk about what went well or what did not go well and how they can improve future investigations 13
Background • Guiding Principles • What • Why • How How Sharing of a WoW Project by MOE Kindergarten @ Farrer Park 14
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