EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Julia Longo Date: November 23, 2017 Age Group: Kindergarten

Purpose:
Purpose:
Last week I had a discussion with my placement supervisor about
Reason for
different topics that would be taught to the children over the next few
developing learning weeks. She informed me that the kindergarten teachers had a
experience. This meeting last week and in the meeting they discussed different units of
could be in response learning. One specific unit was nutrition and healthy eating. It was
to an observation, decided that I would conduct a lesson on the importance of nutrition
discussion with the
and healthy eating. Today, I will read a childrens book about nutrition
site supervisor, and we will discuss the meaning of healthy and non-healthy and the
Ontario Curriculum students will provide me with examples of different foods they
Objective, etc.
believe are healthy and foods that are unhealthy.
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 Storytelling- Nutrition

What are you Objectives:

planning in response
1. Children will regulate their attention, emotions and behaviour
to your purpose?
(2.5) by focusing their attention on the story and gaining
- Label your control of their behaviour throughout the read-aloud
experience (e.g. 2. Children will increase their vocabulary (3.3) by using new
Painting with words the hear in the story and defining words like healthy
cars). and non-healthy
- What are your 3
3. Children will listen to others (3.6) by listening to each other
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. with attention with distraction or interruption and
What interests understanding or following oral directions
are you
extending? What Who is involved?
strengths and
31 students
opportunities for
growth are you Educator
enhancing/suppor
Where will the experience take place?
ting?)
Please Note: You
Classroom carpet
should refer to
appropriate Materials
pedagogy to
Childrens nutrition book
support your
discussion around Implementation
strengths and
opportunities for 1. I will introduce the book to the students once they are all
growth (e.g. ELECT, seated and quiet on the carpet
How Does Learning 2. I will ask the children if they know the meaning of the word
Happen, Ontario healthy and non-healthy
FDK Curriculum, 3. I will then begin reading the story to the students and I will
etc). stop throughout to ask them questions based on what is
happening
4. Once the story is finished I will ask the question again about
the meaning behind healthy and non-healthy
Describe the
5. I will then ask the students to identify some of the foods in the
experience:
story that were healthy and that were unhealthy
- Who will be 6. After the students are able to provide examples I will let them
involved in the know that I have created an activity for them to sort the
experience? healthy and non-healthy foods
- Where will the
experience take Teaching Strategies
place? (e.g.
Indoors or Questions
outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, Questions are a basic instruction tool to be used during story-telling.
the creative table, Stories often disclose different lessons especially childrens books.
etc). Throughout the story I will stop and ask the students questions about
- List the materials what they think the story will be about or what foods discussed in the
and resources you story are healthy. Other questions will include why should we eat
will use
healthy foods or why should we not eat unhealthy foods?
- Describe the
implementation Telling, Explaining, Informing
of the experience,
with a step by Information such as the names of objects, facts and behaviours are
step description learned through social interaction. With this activity the students will
- List and describe
be encouraged to discuss the name of the object and what it looks
2 teaching
strategies. How like. They will also actively participate in their learning by describing
will you use why the food is healthy versus unhealthy
them? Why have
you chosen these
strategies?
Field Supervisor Feedback:

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