EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Christine Vacca Date: September 22nd, 2017 Age Group: Jr & Sr.
Kindergarten

Purpose: Purpose:

Reason for Last week, during a discussion, my mentor teachers mentioned that the
developing learning children love doing gross motor activities. They also mentioned that I
experience. This should try and plan a gross motor activity next week for the children
could be in response during outdoor play. Based on their suggestions I decided to plan a
to an observation, learning activity where the children will bowl with big pins and a
bowling ball. I hope the children enjoy this activity!
discussion with the
site supervisor,
Ontario Curriculum
Objective, etc.

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
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 Learning Experience: Life Size Bowling

What are you Objectives:

planning in response
This learning activity will:
to your purpose?
1. Enhance the childrens ability to take turns while bowling.
- Label your 2. Develop the childrens hand-eye coordination and balance
experience (e.g.
3. Enhance the childrens counting ability (addition & subtraction)
Painting with
cars).
- What are your 3
objectives for this
experience? (i.e.
What interests
are you
extending? What
strengths and
opportunities for
growth are you
enhancing/suppor
ting?)
Please Note: You
should refer to
appropriate This learning experience will involve the children, the Early Childhood
pedagogy to Educators and myself.
support your
The learning activity will take place inside the classroom on the carpet
discussion around
or in the school hallway.
strengths and
opportunities for Materials:
growth (e.g. ELECT,
-Life size soft bowling ball
How Does Learning
Happen, Ontario -Life size bowling pins
FDK Curriculum,
Implementation:
etc).
1. I will set up the bowling activity in the classroom or in the
hallway.
Describe the 2. I will then tell the children Does anyone know what game we
experience: are going to play? This game is called bowling. Miss. Christine
loves to go bowling! When we are bowling we have to use the
- Who will be ball to knock down as many pins as we can.
involved in the 3. Miss. Christine will demonstrate how to bowl. When we are
experience? bowling it is important that we use gentle hands when throwing
- Where will the the ball, stand away from the pins when someone is throwing
experience take the ball and we have to let all of our friends have a turn.
place? (e.g. 4. Miss Christine will demonstrate how to bowl.
Indoors or
5. Now Miss. Christine is going to call up her friend that was
outdoors? In the
sitting nicely to come up and bowl first.
dramatic centre,
the creative table,
etc).
- List the materials Teaching Strategies:
and resources you
will use Demonstration This is a learning strategy that is defined as
- Describe the learning by observing. Once the children have observed a
implementation particular skill they will try to copy it and build on the skill. In this
of the experience, learning experience, I will demonstrate to the children how to bowl
with a step by because a lot of the children wont be familiar with this game. As a
step description result, by having a visual demonstration will teach the children how
- List and describe to play this game.
2 teaching
strategies. How
will you use
them? Why have
you chosen these
strategies?
Environmental Cues Children learn by observing the environment. It
is important that I set up the environment so that the children
understand what is expected of them during the activity. By setting up
the bowling pins and having one bowling ball will show the children
that only one child is allowed to go at a time. The environmental cues
for the activity will support the objectives related to independence,
cooperation and self-regulation.
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:
Signature:______________________________________Date:______
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