EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Jaskiran Grewal Date: Age Group:

Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for developing learning
experience. This could be in response The class is still learning about the different kinds of lines and I wanted
to an observation, discussions with the to do a fun activity with the students including lines. I took plain white
site supervisor, Ontario Curriculum paper and made seven columns and asked the students to make different
Objective, etc. lines using their fingers and paint in each column. This is a great way
Observation: for the students to practice drawing their lines.
- 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
Discussions:
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: Objectives:
What are you planning in response to
your purpose? 1. The children will enhance their fine motor skills by using
- Label your experience (e.g. Painting their fingers to paint the lines on the piece of paper (Experts
with cars). from Elect, 2014, p.35).
- What are your 3 objectives for this 2. The children will use their (5.3) sense by feeling the paint
experience? (i.e. What interests are while using their fingers to paint (Experts from Elect, 2014,
you extending? What strengths and p.27).
opportunities for growth are you 3. The children will practice the skill (1.3) parallel play because
enhancing/supporting?) they will be working as a group with me next to their peers
Please Note: You should refer to and they can talk to each other while doing the activity
(Experts from Elect, 2014, p.29).
appropriate pedagogy to support your
discussion around strengths and
opportunities for growth (e.g. ELECT,
How Does Learning Happen, Ontario
FDK Curriculum, etc).
Describe the experience:
- Who will be involved in the
experience?
- Where will the experience take place?
(e.g. indoors or outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the creative table,
etc).
- List the materials and resources you
will use
- Describe the implementation of the
experience, with a step by step
description
- List and describe 2 teaching
strategies. How will you use them?
Why have you chosen these strategies?
Reflection:
- What went well? Provide examples
for how you know it went well.
- What didnt go well? Provide
examples for how you know it didnt go
well.
- What did you learn?
- What might you do differently next
time you implement this same
experience and why?
- Did you have to make any
adaptations or modifications? If so,
what were they?
- What type of experience might you
plan to extend on this one?
Materials:
-plain pieces of paper
-different color paint
-paint tray
-flash cards with different lines on them
Implementations:
-I will ask 3 students at a time to come work with me at a table.
-I will give each student his or her own piece of paper.
-I will tell the students that in each column they have to paint a
different line using their fingers and paint.
-I will have flashcards with me with different lines on them and they
have to draw the lines that are on the cards.
-At the end of the activity, the students should all have seven lines
on their sheets.
-Once the students are done the activity, I will tell them to put the
their work to dry and to wash their hands.
Teaching strategies:
Invitations: I will invite students to come work with me. Sometimes
all the students run to the table to work with me, but I will
personally invite three students at a time to come work with me.
Questions: As the students are doing the activity, I will ask them
questions like, what line are you painting? or do you know what
line this is?
Reflection:
This activity went really well. I was nervous at first because I didnt
know if the activity was going to be hard for the children or not, but it
ended up turning out really good. Working with the children in a small
group was a great idea because I got to help guide and assist them so
they are doing it correct. Some of the children had a hard time drawing
some of the lines like a curvy line, so I helped them draw those lines.
Overall, the activity went great and I was happy with it. Next time I will
use bigger paper so the columns are bigger and they students have more
space to draw the lines.
Field Supervisor Feedback:
Signature: ______________________________ Date: ______________