EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Candice Crooks Date: 10/19/2017 Age Group: Infants

Purpose: Purpose:

Reason for developing The reason for developing this learning experience is due to an
learning experience. This observation of the children, along with a discussion I had with
could be in response to an my supervising teacher. From here I decided to implement a
observation, discussion creative activity.
with the site supervisor,
Ontario Curriculum
Objective, etc.

Observation

- Document what you Observation:

saw and heard
- Document non-verbal - It was free play in the class
communication (i.e., - Some of the children were participating in the sensory
body language, facial bag activity
expressions and voice
- The children were manipulating the bag and touching it
tone)
- Document in detail: to pushing on the paint and objects placed in there
who, what, where, and - The children would smile when doing this
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 Discussion:

Curriculum Objective My supervisor and I discussed domains that I should try to touch
upon with my activity for that week, which was a creative
Describe the curriculum
activity that would encourage the children to use their fine
objective youre aiming to
motor abilities.
meet/enhance through
this experience

Learning Experience I am planning to implement a fine motor creative activity, where

the children will be painting with stampers.
What are you planning in
response to your Objectives:
purpose?
1. The children will strengthen 5.2 Palmer Grasp, by holding
- Label your experience the stamps using their palm.
(e.g. Painting with 2. Enhancement of 5.2 Holding and using tools will take
cars). place, since the children will have the opportunity make
- What are your 3
marks with paint using the stamping tool on paper.
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. What 3. Improvement of 4.3 Cause-and-effect Exploration will
interests are you occur when the children discover what happens when
extending? What they dip the stamps in paint and then stamp them on the
strengths and paper.
opportunities for
growth are you
enhancing/supporting?)
Please Note: You should
refer to appropriate
pedagogy to support
your discussion around
strengths and
opportunities for growth
(e.g. ELECT, How Does
Learning Happen,
Ontario FDK Curriculum,
etc).

The Experience:
Describe the experience:
- The children will be involved in the activity
- Who will be involved in - The activity will take place indoors at the creative table
the experience?
Materials:
- Where will the
experience take place? - Stampers
(e.g. Indoors or
- Paper
outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the - Paint
creative table, etc).
Implementation:
- List the materials and
resources you will use 1. I will set-up the activity at the creative table
- Describe the
2. Encourage the children to participate in the activity
implementation of the
experience, with a step 3. Place them in the chair around the table
by step description 4. Help them move the stamp around the paint and paper
- List and describe 2
teaching strategies. Teaching Strategies:
How will you use them?
- Invitations: By calling over the children to the activity it
Why have you chosen
these strategies? motivates the children to try the activity.
- Hand-Over-Hand: By using this strategy it provides the
children with assistance to do the activity and encourage
them to participate.

I chose these teaching strategies because it will bring their

attention to the activity, along with making them feel
comfortable participating in the activity. Also, this will increase
their sensory experience through touching the paint, and visual
experience by observing different colours.