EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Xheni Lila Date: 2017/11/03 Age Group: Kindergarten Room (4-5 years old)

Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for developing As Remembrance day is coming up, the teacher and myself and
learning experience. This wanted to create an activity for the children to understand the
could be in response to an
importance of this day and what it is.
observation, discussion with
the site supervisor, Ontario
Curriculum Objective, etc.

Observation
- Document what you saw
and heard
- Document non-verbal
communication (i.e., body
language, facial
expressions and voice
tone)
- Document in detail: who,
what, where, and when
- Documentation should be
written in past tense,
objective, and in anecdotal
format
OR

Discussion
Document the discussion
between you and your site
supervisor that led to the
planning
OR

Curriculum Objective
Describe the curriculum
objective youre aiming to
meet/enhance through this
experience

Learning Experience Poppy

What are you planning in 3 Objectives
response to your purpose?
Who will be involved in the experience?
- Label your experience
(e.g. Painting with cars). All of the children present on the day will be involved.
- What are your 3
objectives for this Where will the experience take place?
experience? (i.e. What
interests are you Indoor in the classroom at their tables.
extending? What strengths
and opportunities for Materials Used
growth are you
enhancing/supporting?) - 4 red papers
Please Note: You should - A black circle
refer to appropriate - Scissors
pedagogy to support your - Glue
discussion around
strengths and How will the activity be implemented?
opportunities for growth
(e.g. ELECT, How Does I will start of by showing them a poppy and asking them if they
Learning Happen, Ontario have seen it before. I will then ask if they know what it
FDK Curriculum, etc). represents, I will then introduce the poppy, as it is a flower that
Describe the experience: grew in Flanders Field when the war was over. After I will
explain to them on November 11 we take a moment of our day to
- Who will be involved in remember all of the soldiers who died fighting to keep us safe,
the experience? and remembering the soldiers that still are fighting for us.
- Where will the experience
take place? (e.g. Indoors Teaching Strategies
or outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the 1. Modeling- I will provide the children with an example of
creative table, etc). how to cut the paper and how to glue it together to create
- List the materials and a poppy, and I will show them one that I made for them to
resources you will use
learn and copy.
- Describe the
implementation of the 2. Hand-over-hand for the children who have a hard time
experience, with a step by using their fine motor, I will be helping them and guiding
step description them on how to hold the scissors and helping them cut.
- List and describe 2
teaching strategies. How
will you use them? Why
have you chosen these
strategies?