Play-Based Learning in the PYP Early Years | Part 1 — Transcript

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1. 0:03[music]
2. 0:05>> The beauty of the PYP program is
3. 0:08the inquiry-based curriculum. I think
4. 0:10[music]
5. 0:11that's the best when you look at all the
6. 0:13other curriculums because [music]
7. 0:16it they focus so much on content. Here
8. 0:18we are focusing on inquiry and inquiry
9. 0:21helps students [music] to ask questions,
10. 0:24think, and give their responses. So, I
11. 0:27think that's a beautiful framework that
12. 0:29>> [music]
13. 0:29>> the IB has in the PYP.
14. 0:36>> [music]
15. 0:37>> We use play to teach the concepts. Play
16. 0:41is integrated in our earliest
17. 0:43throughout. Play helps them involve and
18. 0:46understand [music] better than a
19. 0:48road-based curriculum.
20. 0:51>> [music]
21. 0:56>> So, what our PYP coordinator does with
22. 0:59the teachers is they collaborate in the
23. 1:02program of inquiry where they build in
24. 1:05the skills and attitudes [music]
25. 1:07into the play when they they're planning
26. 1:09their theme. So, they do four themes in
27. 1:12the PYP
28. 1:14in the early years, too. So, they decide
29. 1:16that what is it that they want to
30. 1:18include [music] in their POI and it's
31. 1:21done collaboratively so that all the
32. 1:23skills and attitudes are integrated into
33. 1:26the into the concepts that they're going
34. 1:28to teach.
35. 1:31>> [music]