EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Candice Crooks Date: 10/04/2017 Age Group: Infants

Purpose: Purpose:

Reason for developing The reason for developing this learning experience is because I
learning experience. This observed a child playing with bubble wrap on the floor, which
could be in response to an contributed to the idea of doing an activity linked to cause and
observation, discussion effect.
with the site supervisor,
Ontario Curriculum
Objective, etc.

Observation 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
- It was free play in the class
- There was bubble wrap and cars set up on the floor
- The child began to play with the cars on the bubble wrap,
moving the cars back and forth
- He then shifted from the cars to just playing with the
bubble wrap
- He would push his hands on the bubble wrap to hear it
pop
- He would also apply a lot of pressure to one finger to
burst the bubble wrap and hear it pop
- The child then sat on the bubble wrap and heard it pop

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

What are you planning in I am planning to do a cause-and-effect activity where the

response to your children will get to explore colour changes by using their hands.
purpose?
Objectives:
- Label your experience
1. Enhancement of 4.3 cause-and-effect exploration will
(e.g. Painting with
cars). occur since the children will see colour changes
- What are your 3 happening depending on their hand/finger actions, and
objectives for this seeing the relationship.
experience? (i.e. What 2. The children will strengthen 5.3 of tactile exploration by
interests are you touching and rubbing the colour changing boards.
extending? What 3. Further development of 1.2 Imitation will take place
strengths and
since the children will copy my actions when I put my
opportunities for
growth are you hand on the board and they see the result of that.
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).
Describe the experience:

- Who will be involved in The Experience:

the experience?
- Where will the - The children will be involved in the experience
experience take place? - The experience can take place either in the class or out in
(e.g. Indoors or the hall.
outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the Materials:
creative table, etc).
- List the materials and - Colour changing boards (2)
resources you will use
- Describe the Implementation:
implementation of the
1. I will set up the activity
experience, with a step
by step description 2. Call the children over to observe
- List and describe 2 3. Encourage the children to explore and participate
teaching strategies.
How will you use them? Teaching Strategies:
Why have you chosen
- Modeling: I will use this teaching strategy by showing
these strategies?
children examples of how to do the activity, by first doing
it myself, motivating them to take part.
- Telling, Explaining, and Informing: By explaining to
children their actions of what they are doing, they will
see and hear for themselves. Although they may not fully
understand what Im saying the board will be a source of
a visual aide.

I chose these teaching strategies because it will help to

encourage them to take part in the activity and feel more
confident towards it.