EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING

EXPERIENCE
Student Name: Amanda Martino Date: March 16, 2017 Age
Group: Infants

Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for Curriculum Objective:
developing Todays activity will encourage a social- group play that
learning will reinforce communication, language and literacy,
experience. This incorporating the uses of fine and gross motor skills.
could be in Through a picnic-like experience, children are required to
response to an construct/deconstruct a soft sandwich set that includes
observation, the many ingredients in what it takes to build one. Free
discussion with of choice, to various other manipulatives provided that
the site are typically used for a picnic (i.e., plates, utensils,
supervisor, cups). Working their motor skills to conduct themselves
Ontario in a situation among peers.
Curriculum
Objective, etc.
Curriculum
Objective
Describe the
curriculum
objective youre
aiming to
meet/enhance
through this
experience
Learning Learning Experience: Sandwich building Picnic
Experience Objective 1: Receptive Language Skills (ELECT, 3.2,
What are you 2007).
planning in o Responds to human voices and/or verbal verbal
response to your requests
purpose? o Recognizing named objects and parts of the
- Label your sandwich
 experience o Pointing to certain items that are named
(e.g. Painting Objective 2: Expressive Language Skills (ELECT, 3.3,
with cars). 2007).
- What are your 3
o Signaling through gestures; opens arms to invite
objectives for
this interaction among peers
experience? o Vocalizes/babbles to initiate social contact and use
(i.e. What sounds
interests are o Using vocabulary to represent items and repeat
you words
extending? Objective 3: Fine motor (ELECT, 5.2)
What o Palmar grasp to hold item pieces within palm/fists
strengths and
opportunities of hands; pincer grasp to lift and facilitate smaller
for growth are items
you o Coordination to transfer objects between
enhancing/sup hands/fingers
porting?) o Holding and using other tools that add to the
Please Note: picnic experience
You should Describe the Experience:
refer to Who- All present infants, ECEs in room to watch and/or
appropriate facilitate
pedagogy to Where- indoors, infant room, main play carpet
support your Materials- 4 plastic plates and cups, utencils
discussion Implementation:
around 1. Bring the activity out in the morning
strengths and 2. Receive childrens attention through vocal and
opportunities physical gestures
for growth 3. Gather children around the carpet and bring out
(e.g. ELECT, the sandwich activity first, slowly adding to the
How Does experience by placing other manipulatives around
Learning the main setting
Happen, 4. Continue to facilitate if needed
Ontario FDK Strategies:
Curriculum, 1. Paraphrase Reflections- this strategy works to help
etc). refine and clarify concepts through non-evaluative
Describe the comments, including active listening. This will also
experience: broaden childrens vocabulary and grammatical
- Who will be structure when the adult listens to what they are
involved in the saying and makes restatements of it in their own
experience? words- prompting him/her to expand.
- Where will the
experience
 take place? 2. Performing Task Analysis- this strategy will break
(e.g. Indoors down whole tasks into smaller parts so that
or outdoors? children can work slowly to the main goal/final
In the
outcome. Using a logical sequence of steps to
dramatic
centre, the introduce new ones, the child will master the
creative table, previous challenges and understand the process
etc). thus, experiences success throughout
- List the
materials and
resources you
will use
- Describe the
implementatio
n of the
experience,
with a step by
step
description
- List and
describe 2
teaching
strategies.
How will you
use them?
Why have you
chosen these
strategies?
Reflection:
- What went well?
Provide
examples for
how you know
it went well.
- What didnt go
well? Provide
examples for
how you know
it didnt go
well.
- What did you
learn?
- What might you
do differently
next time you
implement
 this same
experience
and why?
- Did you have to
make any
adaptations or
modifications?
If so, what
were they?
- What type of
experience
might you
plan to extend
on this one?
Field Supervisor Feedback:

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