EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING

EXPERIENCE
Student Name: Krystina Telesca Date: November 16th, 2017 Age Group: JK/SK 3-6

Purpose: Reason for

developing learning
experience. This could be Purpose:
in response to an
observation, discussion The purpose of this experience will be to introduce children to the
with the site supervisor, idea of mixing different colours to create new colours. This
Ontario Curriculum experience will allow children to explore many diverse colours, as
Objective, etc. well as allow them to engage in a sensory experience as they mix
colours with their fingers.
Observation
Observation:
- Document what you
saw and heard The children were outside during outside play time. The children
- Document non-verbal
communication (i.e., called me over, Miss.Telesca come and see what were doing with
body language, facial the sand and the chalk! The children were smashing chalk with
expressions and voice bowling pins and mixing it all around the sand on the pavement.
tone) Child A said, we are smashing the chalk so that we can mix it into
- Document in detail:
who, what, where, and the sand! Child B said, Yes! And then the sand will be all of the
when colours of the rainbow just like the chalk!
- 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

What are you planning in Mixing and Creating Colours

response to your purpose?
In order to add onto the childrens curiosities of mixing colours, I
- Label your experience will implement an experience where children will be able to
(e.g. Painting with concretely mix colours to see what new colours they will produce.
cars). This experience will take place in the morning, after outside play
- What are your 3
objectives for this both during carpet time as well as during small centers time. I will
experience? (i.e. What introduce the experience by reading the book titled, Mix it up to
interests are you the children. I will read it during carpet time, and I will make it an
extending? What interactive experience so that all of the children are involved. Once I
strengths and
opportunities for have read the book, I will introduce my activity, which will take
growth are you place at a large group table. 9 children will be able to engage at one
enhancing/supporting?) time, I will assure the children that each child will get a turn at some
Please Note: You point. I will provide the children with plates which have little dots
should refer to
of several colours of paint on them. I will also provide them with
appropriate pedagogy
paper so that they can mix colours on a concrete material which
to support your
discussion around they can take home. Interactively, the children and myself will
strengths and engage in discussions about the colours we think will be created, as
opportunities for well as begin to mix the colours with our fingers and see the
growth (e.g. ELECT, outcomes. This experience will provide the children with a sensory
How Does Learning experience, as well as the opportunity to explore and examine
Happen, Ontario FDK several different colours. Because it is parent teacher interview
Curriculum, etc). night, I will also place all of our work on a table to show the parents
what we have been doing.

Describe the experience: Materials:

- Who will be involved - Mix it up book

in the experience? - Paper plates
- Where will the - Red, blue, yellow, orange, and purple paint
experience take place?
- Paper
(e.g. Indoors or
outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the
Implementation:
creative table, etc).
- List the materials and 1. While the children are outside, I will set up the large group
resources you will use table with several plates full of different coloured paints.
- Describe the 2. I will introduce the experience by reading the book Mix it
implementation of the Up.
 experience, with a step 3. I will explain the experience we will be engaging in.
by step description 4. I will ask the children the different colours on their plates.
- List and describe 2
teaching strategies. 5. We will discuss what colours we think will be created if we
How will you use mix certain colours.
them? Why have you 6. We will begin to mix the colours onto our paper with our
chosen these fingers, and see the outcomes.
strategies?
7. I will assist the children throughout the activity.

Objectives:

1. The children will (Belonging and Contributing 31.3)

explore different elements of design in visual arts, as
they will be able to physically mix several colours with
their fingers, and visually see the new colours that they
create. By understanding that single colours can create
new colours when combined, children will be exploring
a diverse element of design through colour (The
Kindergarten Program, 2016, pg. 154).
2. The children will (Demonstrating Literacy and Math
Behaviours: 11.6) use prior knowledge to make
connections and help them understand a diverse range of
materials, as they begin to understand that single colours
can create new colours when combined. For example: a
child may understand that red and blue are single
colours, and once they mix these two colours together
they create purple. The child will use their prior
knowledge of the single colours to understand which two
colours make purple when mixed (The Kindergarten
Program, 2016, pg.209).
3. The children will (Self-Regulation and Well-Being: 8.4)
demonstrate control of small muscles while working in a
variety of learning areas, and when using a variety of
equipment, as they use their fingers to carefully mix
certain colours together while keeping them separate
from the rest of the colours. The children will carefully
mix colours together without creating a large blob of all
of the colours, so that they can clearly observe the new
colours they have created (The Kindergarten Program,
2016, pg. 180).
Teaching Strategies:

Questions:

I will ask children questions at the beginning as well as during the

experience. Asking them questions will encourage them to actively
think about the experience, and come up with their answers. Firstly,
I will ask a question such as, What colour do you think we will
make if we mix these two colours? Questions like this will
encourage the children to think about what they know, and connect
it to what they have yet to learn. During the experience, I may ask a
question like What colour did we actually create when we mixed
these two colours? Questions like this will encourage the children to
see and determine the names of diverse colours.

Behaviour Reflections:

I will use behavior reflections so that the children can recognize

their actions, as well as have an emotion toward them. For example,
I love the way you mixed blue and red to make purple! Letting a
child know that they created that colour will allow them to be aware
of their accomplishments and feel proud of themselves. Another
example of a behavior reflection I may use is, I like the way you
raised your hand to answer my question. These reflections allow
children to be aware of their behaviours as well as encourages
positive behaviours.