LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

Name: Jen Langer Site: Jens Little Ones LLC

Description of Activity: Balloon Party Painting (it is a party because we are all doing it together on the same paper)

Type of Activity: Creative Art Age group: 2-4 Number in group: 2-4

Opening Question/Invitation/Prop/Finger Play:

Concepts & Skills: Children will be able to name or indicate what color paint they would like to choose. Children will be able to describe what happens when colors overlap or mix.

Balloon Play. We have a b-day coming up. We really enjoy playing with balloons. This would be a large muscle activity.

Questions to ask: What color would you like? (can you show me what color youd like? to a non-verbal child) I will repeat the chosen color in Spanish. Did you see that? What happened when the two colors touched? What do you think will happen if we mix these colors? Procedure: Initially offering the balloons as a large muscle activity before circle time. We would have circle. Children would be able to hold their balloons as long as they are respectful of their neighbors. I would invite the children to walk like a penguin, holding the balloon between their knees to the table. We help each other with our paint shirts. Materials Needed: Butcher paper covering the table. Paint colors of choice. Balloons Music for balloon play. Camera

LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

Children or I add dots of paint to the paper. Then the children use the balloons to mix and move the paint all over the table/paper. Let dry and display for parents. (Add photos of the children painting too.)

Performance Standards: Health and physical development Motor Development B.EL.1a moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion and endurance. Purpose and coordination B.EL.1a moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion and endurance. Balance and strength Sensory Organization C.EL.1 uses senses to take in experience, integrate, and regulate responses to the environment Social and Emotional Development Emotional Development A.EL.1 expresses a wide range of emotions A.EL.2 understands and responds to others emotions. Self-Concept B.EL.1 develops positive self-esteem B.EL.2 demonstrates self-awareness Social Competence C.EL.1 demonstrates attachment, trust & autonomy C.EL.2 engages in social interactions with others C.EL.3 demonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations C.EL.4 engages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve conflict Language development and communication Listening and Understanding A.EL.1 derives meaning through listening to communications of others and sounds in the environment

Potential Guidance Techniques Needed: What does respecting your neighbors mean. Keeping the paint out of our hair or off our neighbors.

LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

A.EL.2 listens and responds to communications with others Speaking and Communicating B.EL.1 uses gestures and movements (non-verbal) to communicate. B.EL.2a uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate. Syntax B.EL.2b uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate. Semantics B.EL.2c uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate. Pragmatics Approaches to learning Curiosity, Engagement & Persistence A.EL.1 displays curiosity, risk-taking and willingness to engage in new experiences A.EL.2 engages in meaningful learning through attempting, repeating, experimenting, refining, and elaborating on experiences and activities A.EL.3 exhibits persistence and flexibility Creativity and Imagination B.EL.1 engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through interactions with people, materials and the environment B.EL.2 expresses self creatively through music, movement and art Diversity in Learning C.EL.1 experiences a variety of routines, practices and languages Cognition and general knowledge Exploration, Discovery & Problem Solving A.EL.1 uses multi-sensory abilities process information A.EL.2 understands new meanings as memory increases A.EL.3 applies problem solving skills. Scientific Thinking C.EL.1 uses observation to gather information C.EL.2 use tools to gather information, compare observed objects, and seek answers to questions through investigation. C.EL.3 hypothesizes and make predictions C.EL.4 forms explanations based on trial and error, observations, and explorations.

WITC Instructor Use Only: /2 Activity Plan is developmentally appropriate /2 Activity Plan is comprehensive /1 Professional presentation/spelling & grammar is correct