Ariel Chang, Karin Beckstrand

When PYP Meets ML: A Play-Based Preschool EARLY LEARNING

Fridley Preschool is authorized as a PYP (Primary Year Program) school that serves 4-year-old and 3-year-old preschool scholars. In this presentation, the presenters share how IB (International Baccalaureate) PYP (Primary Year Program) program support scholars’ home languages and teachers using the the play-based creative curriculum to enhance the young learners’ creativities and their own identities.

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