EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Julia Longo Date: October 11, 2017 Age Group: Kindergarten

Purpose:
Purpose:
The children have recently been introduced to patterning in math.
Reason for
Last week I conducted a patterning craft with leaves where the
developing learning children coloured leaves using 2 different colours and created a
experience. This pattern. After they created the pattern they identified the colours
could be in response they used and wrote a sentence. With the patterning activity for today
to an observation, I have coloured clothespins a variety of different colours and created a
discussion with the
pattern on the popsicle sticks. The students will match the clothespins
site supervisor, with the corresponding colours. I have also provided four blank
Ontario Curriculum popsicle sticks where the children will pick the clothespins and create
Objective, etc.
their own pattern.
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
Learning Experience Patterning with clothespins

What are you Children will:

planning in response Use peer group entry skills (1.3) by observing the environment before
to your purpose? entering play and offering objects they feel correspond to the activity

- Label your Identify patterns (4.18) by creating, copying and extending patterns that are
experience (e.g. presented to them
Painting with
cars). Converse with peers and adults (3.4) by asking questions if they need help as
- What are your 3 well as identifying what they are doing with their activity
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. Enhance fine motor skills (5.3) by using their fingers to squeeze the
What interests clothespins in order to put them on the popsicle stick
are you
extending? What
strengths and The students and the educators will be involved in this activity
opportunities for
growth are you The experience will take place at one of the tables in the kindergarten room
enhancing/suppor
ting?) Materials:
Please Note: You Popsicle sticks
should refer to
appropriate Clothespins
pedagogy to
Implementation
support your
discussion around I will invite two children at a time to the table during learning centre
strengths and time
opportunities for Once the children are seated at the table I will ask them what was
growth (e.g. ELECT, discussed in math last week
I will then show them the activity I brought in order to enhance their
How Does Learning
learning of patterns
Happen, Ontario
I will show the children how to complete the activity
FDK Curriculum,
I will then observe as the children complete the activity and ask them
etc).
a variety of questions (ex. What colours are in your pattern)
I will also challenge the students to make their own patterns

Describe the
experience:
- Who will be Teaching Strategies
involved in the
experience? Environmental Cues
- Where will the
experience take Children learn from observing the environment and non-verbal signals
place? (e.g. support objectives related to independence, cooperation and self-
Indoors or regulation. I will assist the children in observing the environment and
outdoors? In the help them recognize how many students are allowed at the activity at
dramatic centre, once. For example if there are two chairs and both chairs are occupied
the creative table, I will encourage the child to wait their turn and once a chair is free
etc).
they will be able to enter the activity.
- List the materials
and resources you Invitations
will use
- Describe the Invitations motivate children to try activities. I will use phrases such as
implementation come see what we are doing or child A here is a place for you.
of the experience,
These invitations will allow the students to feel comfortable entering
with a step by
step description the activity. It will also let the children know that I am willing to help
- List and describe them if they require assistance.
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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