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Taking pictures of plants in the garden

LEARNING RATIONALE EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS (linked to EYLF) NEXT STEP
FOCUS

**Active  Focus children’s Having a The learning experience is linked to EYLF LO 2.4.1 (children are For future
involvement in interest in conversation with connected with and contribute to their worlds; children demonstrate learning and
using technology. I will children about an increasing awareness and knowledge of natural and follow up of
be using this constructed environments (DEEWR, 2009, p.29). Also linked to LO
informative nature and this
interest of children 5.2.2 Children view and listen to printed, visual and multimedia
and natural resources texts and respond with relevant gestures, actions, comments experience, I
to extend their
communicative interest in their in the outdoor and/or questions (DEEWR, 2009). will engage
technology for surrounding environment. the children
learning natural Providing children Diara, Abby, Amelia, AJ and Elise joined in the activity. As I often in nature
environment. took photos during my planned learning experiences, Abby and
purposes. opportunity to scavenger
 Family input (link Diara have demonstrated their strong interest in camera and using
collect natural technological gadgets. The interest and knowledge of children is hunt where
**for children to focus children’s material and children will
community strongly linked to children’s home and community contexts. iPads
to notice, evidence of what explore and
experience where are one of the wide repertoires of digital and mobile technologies
observe, they observe, available for today’s young children to use to access resources to find various
categorise and they
independently and notice and found inform their, and their peers’ learning. Young children often use type of
classify through capturing iPads to express, share and communicate their ideas to others in plants. The
with guidance
various natural take pictures with multimodal ways that are appealing and meaningful to them.
that material. same photos
objects in the their parents and besides, the instructional strategy was used to explain to the
iPad will be children that they need to capture the natural surrounding that were
environment families.
provided to environment and natural objects. The children took photos of taken by the
and collecting  Intentional
children to take plants, trees, flowers, tree barks, rocks, pretend camping space, children will
evidence teaching about
pictures of trees, bugs and butterflies. The children demonstrated their well- be used for
through iPad respecting and
branches, leaves, developed awareness of natural objects as I did not provide the the nature
acknowledging
camera. children with any explanation about what are natural objects, yet
the value of flower, grass etc. scavenger
they were able to do it so confidently.
natural hunt.
surroundings.