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World Traveling

8 hours ago

World Traveling

Using their international passports, the K2 students traveled all the way to Italy this week. Upon arrival, the students stamped their own entry and exit visas into their passports. Following the theme of ‘World Around Us,” the alphabet letter “P,” and number sixteen, the students learned of some iconic foods that are usually associated with Italy. For their Phonics class, they made a pepperoni pizza with their letter P as the pizza shape. Spaghetti and sixteen meatballs w

Tending to Tantrums

a day ago

Tending to Tantrums

Children cry because they have limited access to advanced vocabulary and to the advanced mental processing needed to express complex emotions. My favorite method for helping children navigate their emotions occurred to me while working at a pediatric hospital. I noticed the pain chart the doctors used to help children communicate the intensity of their pain. This little chart with emojis lined up in progressive order from happy to extremely distressed, allowed medical teams

Connections

Feb 23

Connections

When of the greatest parts of the learning process is the making of connections. When something you have discussed in class is actually realized in the world, the learning of that experience becomes 'real' and no longer just a theory or an idea. This type of connection strengthens the student's overall education greatly. In this case, we can see our students on one day, practicing their fine motor skills by doing a simple exercise in our Practical Activity Room. The exercise

Garden in Progress

Feb 17

Garden in Progress

The children were introduced to their new vegetable garden, in process this week. We had just dug and added the earth to the raised beds. They discussed that they wish to grow such things as strawberries and tomatoes. We already have ten baby cauliflower plants! #oiscainternationalbangkok #kindergarten #Internationalschoolbangkok #bangkokschool

Practical

Feb 15

Practical

Part of the Pre-K class’ learning is to improve their practical skills. These activities will allow children to use their senses while learning. They see, touch, and move real objects to complete a tasks. Children get excited and engaged because they are having FUN! They have their individual mats where they can work quietly. They learned how to clean up and return the materials in the proper place, with less adults support. In OISCA we believe that a hands-on activity help c

Growing Food: New beginnings

Feb 10

Growing Food: New beginnings

The beginning of construction of our new raised bed in the garden at Oisca international school. With the recent success of our vegetable garden and harvested crops. We decided to be ambitious and take our gardening project to the next level. New raised beds for growing more of our food are being constructed. Stay tuned to see how self sustaining we can become. The children will surely enjoy watching the vegetables, herbs and fruit develop over time and be ready for our schoo

Metaphor

Feb 3

Metaphor

The year one and two children had a fun time investigating artistic metaphors with leaves. This was related to colorful fall leaves that were collected for the "LL" end blend found in the word "Fall." Children make widespread use of metaphor in their work. This corresponds to an investigation of reality that allow our thoughts to open and break down rigid ideas as to what things are. All the children used metaphor superbly when creating and interpreting a simple leaf into vis

The Glory of Gardening

Feb 2

The Glory of Gardening

“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” - Alfred Austin. Which are some of the reasons we teach the children how to grow their own plants and food at Oisca. What could be more useful in life than knowing how to grow your own food? The benefits for children to get outside and get gardening are pretty much endless. Today was indeed a good day when we planted some more vegeta

Happy New Year

Jan 13

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2021! It wasn't exactly the start we were looking for but due to the covid0-19 situation, we find ourselves starting the new term with online learning. Online learning is especially tricky with learners of such a young age, when most are still learning basic skills such as fine motor skills and even toilet training. Life is unpredictable but our students, parents, and teachers are making the best of it. We hope that everyone will stay safe and healthy and that we w

Merry Christmas!

Dec 22, 2020

Merry Christmas!

After weeks of preparation and rehearsals, it was finally time for our Christmas celebration event. Our students sang, danced, and performed an original Christmas play in front of family, friends, and school staff. What a great job they did. As we all know, most people have some form of fear or anxiety about speaking in front of a crowd, much less singing and dancing. Remembering the lyrics to songs, the dance choreography, and simply where to stand on stage can be daunting e

Preparation

Dec 18, 2020

Preparation

As we approach our end of the year Christmas event, the students are busy going through their final practices. A good deal of their performances is dancing to the music - relying on their coordination and motor skills and sense of rhythm. Other 'unseen' factors that are equally, if not greater in importance, is their ability to focus. They'll need to call up these skills as they concentrate on delivering their performances (hopefully while enjoying the act itself), while dea

The Spirit of Giving

Dec 16, 2020

The Spirit of Giving

As we get closer to the Christmas holiday and see the Christmas decorations all around town, the K2 students become more interested in this holiday and have had more discussions about Santa Claus and how he brings presents to all the little boys and girls. Pre-K’s Teacher Shari first introduced OISCA to the Home for Hope Orphanage in Nonthaburi as she volunteers there twice a month. As a result, the OISCA family (all staff and student body) have been sponsoring a child there

お店屋さんごっこ　Let’s play 'shopping'!

Dec 15, 2020

お店屋さんごっこ　Let’s play 'shopping'!

日本語のクラスでは各学年ごとに子供たちが製作した商品を並べてお店屋さんごっこをしました。このお店屋さんごっこを通して、商品製作過程においてハサミや糊を安全に使うこを身につけ、準備において子ども同士で相談や協力することで人間関係を深め、「お店」という身近な存在に対する興味や関心を育て、それをどのように遊びに取り入れるかを考え、お店屋さんならではのセリフや商品の説明などを通して言葉を学び、店員やお客さんになりきって遊ぶという表現力を育てることができます。このようにお店屋さんごっこにおいて、子ども達は楽しみながら「健康」「人間関係」「環境」「言葉」「表現」を総合的に学ぶことができます。 #oiscainternationalbangkok #kindergarten #Internationalschoolbangkok #bangkokschool

We Love to Dance

Dec 15, 2020

We Love to Dance

First thing in the morning, just after morning greetings and a short grounding playtime, it’s time to get our dance on! Morning circle consists of several Get Up and Moving songs that our class loves to move and sway to! Whether following dance moves embedded in a song, or making up their own routine, dance and movement is a terrific way for our little learners to connect action and movement with vocabulary building, sentence structuring and memory boosting! Their favorite so

When Kindness Counts

Dec 13, 2020

When Kindness Counts

It may be a delightful secret for parents to know that their little ones' personalities may change dramatically from the home setting to the school setting. At home, they are your baby, often tantruming, whining, complaining, and using every trick in their arsenal to tug on your heart strings and get their way. They know and understand that you will love them no matter what they pull, and so sometimes they pull a lot. In the classroom, however, things are much different. All

Nature Scaping

Dec 8, 2020

Nature Scaping

She doesn’t love to play in the sand. While the other students are busy building, destroying, rebuilding, soaking, patting, sculpting, and splashing, she is busy creating little worlds of her own. It is incredible to see little learners disappear into their imaginations using the world around them. Little hands practice fine motor skill development through pinching and poking, balancing and placing, sorting and setting nature’s materials. This week she practiced making alpha

Unsung Heroes

Dec 7, 2020

Unsung Heroes

They maintain our buses so that they running efficiently. They transport our students safely everyday, between home to school, through floods and horrible traffic. They constantly wipe all the surfaces of our school environment - for general hygiene, for covid-19 prevention, and for all the messes our little ones have when they are toilet training. They prepare the healthy and tasty meals that fuel us so that we may study and concentrate. They maintain our grounds - mowing th

All About the Number 10

Dec 6, 2020

All About the Number 10

This week, the K2 students learned to count all up to number 10. The students used a Counting Jar to figure out how many of an item there were. After counting out this week’s item of dominos, the students recorded their findings by drawing a picture of the ten items and writing out the number. They proudly show off their finished work. As we continued the theme of Space, the students created their versions of how an alien might look like. Given 10 googly eyes and a set of

'Tis The Season

Dec 4, 2020

'Tis The Season

It all starts with theme work. December lends itself easily to the main holiday, Christmas. With Christmas as theme, each class whether it's mathematics (counting reindeer or snowflakes), science (making gingerbread), or languages (singing a Christmas carol) - all can be centered around the theme. Art lends itself easily, as many classes will create Christmas ornaments or write and illustrate Christmas cards to Santa or to a family member. This class first visits the Oisca Ch

Hammer Time

Dec 3, 2020

Hammer Time

At Oisca, we have a dedicated Practical Activity Room, in which students work on developing their fine motor skills by learning practical skills that they can and will use in their everyday lives. Each week, as they visit the Practical Activity Room, they will focus on one exercise that gives them the needed practice. This week is hammering, but the next week may be pouring water from a pitcher into cups without spilling or opening various locks with keys. Here we see our yo