Nature-Based & Nature-Inspired Education.
Though we often see ourselves as separate from nature, humans are also part of that wildness.― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Situated in the heart of Setia Alam, IDRISSI Nature-based Preschool is an interest-led and full nature immersion preschool for children aged 4 to 6 years old. Taking its cue from Islamic principles of learning, Idrissi nature-based preschool aims to instil in children a love for the natural world, providing them with a quality experience by utilising the outdoors and nature as opportunities for learning.
Through daily nature experiences and a natured rich curriculum, the development of the whole child at Idrissi is thus maximised through an organic connection with nature. The founder of the Idrissi nature preschool is a big believer that children can benefit emotionally as well as physically when spending much of their time outdoors connecting with the natural world. Free-play, exploration, socialisation, sensory integration and organic lessons are thus the primary focus of each lesson at Idrissi.
Idrissi is a homely school made of love. We water our children with love and guide them to seed love for the creator of all, Allah SWT and all his creations. In the heart of a city, we bring our children closer to nature by getting them involved in petting our farm animals and taking care of the greens in our mini garden in the name of learning.– Puan Zaliza, founder of Idrissi
Nature-Based Learning Corners
Idrissi nature preschool is the first such preschool in Malaysia that adopts the concept of learning corners; they take this idea seriously. These learning corners, are split up and categorised according to its learning objectives, catering to a spectrum of intelligence and learning styles.
Students can freely experiment and move from one learning corner to another learning corner, learning according to their individual learning styles and temperaments. The following learning corners are offered;
1) Nature-Based Corner
An outdoor (garden) corner where students explore nature-related skills and concepts. This corner gives students an opportunity to learn about the outdoor environment in a safe and pleasant place.
2) Safe Corner
The Safe Corner is an environment where a student can express him or herself freely to the teacher in charge, especially challenged learners who have social and educational difficulties, such as students who are shy, cannot express themselves or have low self-confident.
3) Happiness Corner
The Happiness Corner is where students learn and practice religious education and activities. Some of the activities carried out at the Happiness Corner are, learning and practicing the traits, morals and characters of good Muslims, learning about Dzikir & Duaas.
4) Literacy Corner
At the Literacy Corner, students not only improve their conversation in English, they also learn how to take turn to speak, respect others, improve their listening skills and gain more self-confidence.
5) Nature Circle Time
During Circle Time, students share their thoughts and feelings, and are briefed about the day’s plan and activities. Circle Time is a great way for the students to experience a sense of community and belonging with each other while enhancing their social skills and improving their attention span.
6) Make And Take Corner
IDRISSI Nature-based Preschool is the first preschool in Malaysia to adopt the Make and Take corner which is an art space where students can freely experience a variety of art mediums and techniques. Here students are also exposed to a variety of sensory materials for them to create and work with, such as homemade playdough and silly putty. They are free to participate in art projects that changes daily and can take their work of art home to show to their parents.
7) Numeracy Corner
The numeracy corner is surrounded with silly numbers, fun shapes, joyful patterns and lots of other friendly materials to ease a child with the often misinterpreted subject – mathematics. The school uses a variety of creative media like sand, water, dough, imaginative play and even nature in this corner to assist students in their basic math skills like numbers, sorting shapes, addition, subtraction, fraction, creating patterns, solving money problem and more. One of the unique ways they use nature to teach numeracy is by letting the students observe the growth of plants and measure them using simple objects such as blocks, rocks or sticks.
As a member of the IDRISSI Eco-Islamic International School, lessons at IDRISSI Nature-based Preschool is not only nature-based but also bookless, which makes the learning experience for our students even more vibrant and dynamic. – Puan Zaliza
A Calm And Enriching Environment For Young Children
Idrissi nature preschool is the first Islamic, nature-based preschool in Malaysia; one with a curriculum that encourages children to experience the natural world and learn how nature sustains us. Indoor and outdoor learning spaces at Idrissi are thus carefully designed to reflect the beautiful diversity of nature and human beings.
This philosophy, if anything, helps foster social awareness and inclusion in young children. Numerous studies have shown that children grow healthier and happier when they are more fully connected to the nature around them. These benefits are long-term and significant, and Idrissi, aims to be the one that provides such opportunities by making nature into the foundation of its educational philosophy; committed to educating for sustainability in a nature-inspired environment through its purpose-driven curriculum.
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