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Symbolic exploration and expression :
-It means language forms as written, spoken, gestures , visual arts, mathematics... allowing students to explore the world and construct meaning.
-Key symbolic language forms : literacy and numeracy
-Symbolic expression forms : languages spoken in the learning community including those spoken at home
-all of these are forms of communication which is a fundamental human need and these forms support that need
-Early learners explore the world, express themselves, their feelings, ideas, experiences, perspectives via these symbolic language forms.

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- Transdisciplinary learning continues as a curriculum-organizing principle throughout the primary years.
- The transdisciplinary programme of inquiry provides an overall vision for learning.
- Students are increasingly involved in collaboratively planning for their own learning with educators.
- A minimum duration of 3–4 weeks is recommended for each unit of inquiry.
- The features will always be present in a unit of inquiry are: a transdisciplinary theme, a central idea, key and related concepts, and lines of inquiry.

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Action in early learning communities:
-Action is at the core of student agency
-The foundation of action comes from developing an understanding of self and a sense of responsibility
-Action can be individual or collective
- It can be small action and it can effect them
The learning community supports action:
-Learning spaces, and the relationships within them, play a key role in promoting, supporting and celebrating action.
-it’s really important to have a connection with the kids

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Transdisciplinary learning in the early years:
There are 6 transdisciplinary themes that are collaboratively planned and its approach is to promote learning as deep, relevant, connected and cohesive with the aim of developing a self-regulated learner.

The 6 themes are:
1. Who we are
2. Where we are in place and time
3. How we express ourselves
4. How the world works
5. How we organize ourselves
6. Sharing the planet

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Learner agency is foundational to the development of the learner's journey where they have a voice, choice and ownership of their own learning influences.

It is supported by the ATL skills and the attributes of the IB learner profile.

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"Communicators"
We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
- Communication and listening skills
-        Through asking questions

-        During the show and tell session and circle time

-        Recognize others emotion and know how to express yours

-        self-confidence (develop the  “ I can” concept)

-        Creative individuals

-        Listen actively (usually a good communicator is a brilliant listener)
- Listen, interpret and speak

-        Help others in many ways

Make suggestions

"Balanced"
We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives: intellectual, physical, and emotional to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
-  Social skills
- Creative thinking

- The idea that we all complete each other is integrated in their mindset

-  Through sharing materials during centres which is kind of playing

-  Through helping themselves and others

- Through working cooperatively; share and take turns

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Play is inquiry in the PYP that involves freedom and choice through student-initiated activities whether individual and collaborative.
*The aim of play is for the learner to know:
- Who they are
- How they connect to those around them and to their surroundings

- Learning through play supports the learner's belonging, well-being and self-efficacy, the transitional shift from dependency to independency and from the adult supervision to self-management.

- The kep point of both developing the ATL and attributes of the IB learner profile is by learning through "Play".

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The importance of play as a way of learning
How learning through play reinforce the ATLs
children become independent
how the teacher can  observe children while they are playing
learning through play promotes agency

learner agency;
Having voice choice and ownership improves self efficacy
Developing the skills and gaining the attributes supports the learner agency
every one have an active role in his own devpl. and learning
there is no typical devlp. it differ from one to another
How the learning community helps children develop naturally
Observation is so important to help children develop their skills to gain the learner profile attributes

Principled:
respect others rights
being honest and fair
being responsible of his actions and their consequences
Skills needed :
they need to know first about " rights "
"Freedom" , "limits" , "justice",
they need to learn how to be caring , self-regulating and  solving problems so they need ;
-social and self-management skills
Reflective:
-being thoughtful and meditative about the world and their experiences
-thinking deeply ,
-find out and understand their weaknesses and strengths .
-share ideas with others
Purpose : support our learning and personal devlpt.
Skills needed :
-thinking and communication skills : they need to observe ,
understand , conclude and make decisions, express themselves with different languages to share ideas.

Taking Action:
-Actions demonstrating that students have linked their learning to real life issues and opportunities
-Action can be taken at any time and can take many forms.
It may not always be visible to others
-Action reflect the devpt. of early learners and the IB learner profile attributes
-The learning community helps students develop their skills which contributes to the taking action
-educators support students actions by :
-valuing
-planning
-connecting
-honoring
-collaborating
-modelling
-encouraging

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- Things I already know about the IB:
The skills of the learner graduating from the IB such as:
Communicator
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Risk-takers

- Things i need to know more about the IB:

-The differences between the IB system and any other system
- The resources i need to work on for developing a proper class and lesson
- The curriculum framework and how to plan for it to be delivered as per the units
- How to assess the students outcome/frequency

Introduction:
The Early years stage: It is a crucial stage in the development of a child brain which works on four fundamental domains: physical, social, cognitive, and emotional.

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1) self learning
2 )reflection

The 3 pillars of the PYP curriculum frame work  ;
the learner
learning and teaching
early learner community

Things I already know :
the 10 learner attributes
the student is a participant in his own learning
the teacher is only a facilitator
Learning through games and activities

Questions ;
how to apply student agency with early years students ?( especially the voice and the own leadership)

how can I do the assessment ?
when should the objectives be assessed ?is it at the end of the unit ?
The videos and the pictures or drawings of the students , could they be evidences of assessment ?
how can I fill the lesson plan template ? I don't understand the tuning in  etc...
what are the missions of the school ?
Lifelong learner : young children
they are active learners , observers , explorers
they learn through self discovery or discovery in social environments , they develop intricate understandings of themselves, their place in the world and their relationships,
What are the constructivist and social constructivist approaches to learning

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Things I know:
- What should be considered a "Mistake".
- Circle time guidelines (kind of).

Things I Want to Know About:
- Grading System
- Student Agency
- Activities

Lifelong Learners:
Learners with developed/ing skills to help them in the process of continues learning in all aspects of life either socially or educationally using tangible/intangible resources as they are aware of their  personality and the world around them.

Early Learners loves exploring, observing and being active in both physical and emotional aspects as it's a fundamental way gain knowledge about who they are/ the world around them. They loves games that will allow them to be responsible, free and feeling the sense of belonging to the space with the the right support when needed to enjoy the full experience of learning and gaining experience.

Learning agency revolves around helping student to be active learners (choosing the way the want to be taught, what they learn, and voicing their thoughts/questions)
This happens when we create an open environment based on the students by observing their wonders, giving feedbacks and making them believe in their self efficacy. The focual points of reaching this is by the voice, choice and ownership which is resulted by the previously mentioned points plus ATL/ib learning profiles.

Transdisciplinary is the integration and connection between disciplines so the early learner attain the specific subject-specific inquiry in addition to the knowledge, skills by using well-designed (student centered) engaging themes built based on their inquiries, reflecions the world around them.
They result in forming deep, connected and relevant.

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Learner
Learning and Teaching
Early Learning community

Questions :
How can i do the assessment?

Things I already know
help the child to express himself
get creative with the kids and grab their attention
To always communicate with kids
Learning through games

Play as inquiry :
playing is a way in which children explore, grow and learn
play
playing is a way to turn a child from dependent to independent
playing effective approach to foster the development of executive function skills.