Ce que les enfants d'âge préscolaire savent de l'excellence | Kendall Syska | TEDxRiverfield Country Day School

L'éducatrice de la petite enfance Kendall Syska s'interroge sur ce que les enfants d'âge préscolaire comprennent déjà de l'apprentissage et de l'excellence. Elle s'appuie sur des observations menées dans une classe d'inspiration Reggio à Tulsa, dans l'Oklahoma, ainsi que sur des travaux en psychologie et en neurosciences. L'intervention aborde la curiosité, la créativité, la collaboration, la résilience et l'apprentissage par l'erreur, et propose de voir l'excellence comme une engagement continu dans la découverte plutôt que comme une performance parfaite.

• Observations issues de classes de petite enfance
• Curiosité, créativité et collaboration
• Apprendre de ses erreurs et résilience

In a world that often equates excellence with achievement, performance, and perfection, preschoolers reveal a different model. Through observations from early childhood classrooms alongside research in psychology and neuroscience, this talk explores how curiosity, creativity, collaboration, resilience, and learning through mistakes form the foundation of meaningful growth. By examining what young children already understand about learning, audiences are invited to reconsider excellence not as flawless performance, but as the courage to remain curious, adaptable, and engaged in the process of discovery. Kendall Syska is an Early Childhood Educator at Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in a Reggio-inspired environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and exploration. She grew up in Houston, Texas, and later moved to Stillwater to attend Oklahoma State University, where she earned her B.A. in Psychology while working in children’s programs supporting international student families in toddler and after-school settings. These experiences shaped Kendall’s interest in how young children learn through relationships, play, and experimentation. Her work now explores what these early learning experiences reveal about human development and how they challenge the way we think about excellence, growth, and education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx