Today as I went for an exclusive tete a tete with the teachers and Primary Year Prog. Head along with the internal tour of the IB board school that Kanha got enrolled in, there are a few things I thought about, pondered upon and came to some definite conclusions about the way things would change as he goes into his mainstream schooling post the KG stint.
First of all difference between the curriculums for all parents.
1) State Board
- SSC in case of Maharashtra
2) National Board
- ICSC and CBSC
3) International Board
- Cambridge (IGCSC) and IB
First of all difference between the curriculums for all parents.
1) State Board
- SSC in case of Maharashtra
2) National Board
- ICSC and CBSC
3) International Board
- Cambridge (IGCSC) and IB
*Not all schools with International in their name are really that...
Well there is awareness about all other boards, what makes IB (International Baccalaureate) curriculum different than others is what we need to learn.
One way is to visit IB websites and schools or to talk to the parents from the community who have experienced the IB way of learning...
IB has EYP ( Early Years Prog.) MYP (Middle Year Prog.) and DP (Diploma Prog.) distributed according to grade years...
Eg. Nursery, Junior and Senior KG would be called EYP 1, EYP 2, EYP 3 respectively.
Eg. Nursery, Junior and Senior KG would be called EYP 1, EYP 2, EYP 3 respectively.
Their method is learning through Unit of enquiries... There are no division of subjects per say....
Eg. If the unit of enquiry is
'Who are we?'
Then this unit will be learned in all aspects related to all the subjects...
Who are we - in terms of geography history biology art physical education language... Math wherever applicable.
Typically a topic of enquiry requires 4 to 6 weeks of extensive exploration...
The ideas are open...
Questions and thinking is encouraged
And nothing could be right or wrong
Everything is a perspective....
This is what I love about IB and my contribution for today for prospective and current parents who are looking forward to deciding the school.
Eg. If the unit of enquiry is
'Who are we?'
Then this unit will be learned in all aspects related to all the subjects...
Who are we - in terms of geography history biology art physical education language... Math wherever applicable.
Typically a topic of enquiry requires 4 to 6 weeks of extensive exploration...
The ideas are open...
Questions and thinking is encouraged
And nothing could be right or wrong
Everything is a perspective....
This is what I love about IB and my contribution for today for prospective and current parents who are looking forward to deciding the school.
Heartfelt thanks to every single person who has read commented and shared yesterday's post.
Soooo many parents have had so many things to say to me, tell me and discuss with...
This has been an overwhelming response!
A great way of enjoying parenting is making kids a PART of our lives and not making Kids our life... The latter means putting too much pressure on everything... They can't be our life... Just like we can't be theirs... Right😊?
Soooo many parents have had so many things to say to me, tell me and discuss with...
This has been an overwhelming response!
A great way of enjoying parenting is making kids a PART of our lives and not making Kids our life... The latter means putting too much pressure on everything... They can't be our life... Just like we can't be theirs... Right😊?
It's a give and take relation like every other interpersonal bond with anyone. Loading it with expectations would kill the fun...
I constantly remind myself to be open with him... With all possibilities.... Why give borders...?
Kanha asked me if he could fly I said absolutely yes....
And then he asked me how...
And then we discussed all the ways we could.
I was amazed at what ideas he had...
He made me a card and then drew a square instead of a heart after he wrote I love you.
He said a square has corners.
He loves to sit in a corner and have long chats with me so he made me a square instead....
I loved his interpretation of love...
We are letting our kids have skill sets than knowledge...
And with the right exposure sky is the limit to what all of us can achieve...
Knowledge is at our disposal at the press of a button... Education would mean that they would put it to right use....
Any one can download things and make a project or a presentation with the help of Internet....
But when a kid can informally talk about the topic ask and answer questions on it...
Give opinions and confidently express his or her perception , learning starts....
I constantly remind myself to be open with him... With all possibilities.... Why give borders...?
Kanha asked me if he could fly I said absolutely yes....
And then he asked me how...
And then we discussed all the ways we could.
I was amazed at what ideas he had...
He made me a card and then drew a square instead of a heart after he wrote I love you.
He said a square has corners.
He loves to sit in a corner and have long chats with me so he made me a square instead....
I loved his interpretation of love...
We are letting our kids have skill sets than knowledge...
And with the right exposure sky is the limit to what all of us can achieve...
Knowledge is at our disposal at the press of a button... Education would mean that they would put it to right use....
Any one can download things and make a project or a presentation with the help of Internet....
But when a kid can informally talk about the topic ask and answer questions on it...
Give opinions and confidently express his or her perception , learning starts....
I ve seen parents who want things done Yesterday...
That's the pressure on kids now a days....
Why...? I say why?
We are letting them grow and get equipped for jobs which are not even existing right now....
As in with the advent of technology and progress we have no idea as to what kind of Work skills would be needed in the future....
Having said that...
We want to create leaders thinkers artists scientists entrepreneurs for tomorrow...
The key decision making generation... Unconfined...
Open to possibilities non - conditioned , accepting and happy....
So humans in making we have...
A delightful project to work upon...
Our child...
World's future....
Let us keep learning with them... Let us nurture them while we nurture ourselves... What a fab journey it's going to be... smile emoticon
That's the pressure on kids now a days....
Why...? I say why?
We are letting them grow and get equipped for jobs which are not even existing right now....
As in with the advent of technology and progress we have no idea as to what kind of Work skills would be needed in the future....
Having said that...
We want to create leaders thinkers artists scientists entrepreneurs for tomorrow...
The key decision making generation... Unconfined...
Open to possibilities non - conditioned , accepting and happy....
So humans in making we have...
A delightful project to work upon...
Our child...
World's future....
Let us keep learning with them... Let us nurture them while we nurture ourselves... What a fab journey it's going to be... smile emoticon
Thank you....
Prajakta Sathe
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