EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Helena Toolsiedas Date: Oct. 19th, 2017 Age Group: Preschool

Purpose:
Reason for developing
learning experience. This
could be in response to an
observation, 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
Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to encourage the preschoolers to
express themselves by painting. In addition to this, every time
the children paint, it is with regular liquid paint. Due to this, I
wanted the children to try something different. The
crystallizing water colour paint does not look like typically
paint and because of the materials in it, it will dry down very
differently.
Observation:
Every time I see the preschoolers painting, it is with regular
paint. Previously, when I did an activity involving paint, the
preschoolers seemed very curious and excited because they
were jumping all over the bubble wrap. Each child was
engaged with the activity and due to this, I have decided to do
an activity that involves a different texture of paint. Also, at
the creative table, there was always 5-7 children wanting to
paint so it is evident that this is an interest of theirs. With that,
I am going to implement an activity that allows the
preschoolers to express their creativity through water colour
painting. After the paint dries, the children can see the
different textures that appear; it will look like crystals.

Discussion

Document the discussion

between you and your site
supervisor that led to the
planning
Learning Experience
Crystallizing Water Colour painting
What are you planning in
response to your purpose? Objectives:
- Label your experience 1. My first objective is to develop their fine motor skills
(e.g. Painting with cars). (5.3) in the ELECT, expresses that tool use is one of the
- What are your 3
ways to do so. Each of the preschoolers will be using a
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. What paint brush; my goal is for them to hold it in a similar
interests are you way to holding a pencil. Whilst painting, they will be
extending? What increasing their fine motor skills. They will also be
strengths and drawing with the paint which is another way for them
opportunities for growth to use their fine motor skills.
are you
enhancing/supporting?)
2. My second objective is to enhance their observation
Please Note: You should
skills (4.5) in the ELECT. In order to do so, the
refer to appropriate
preschoolers will have to observe their paintings as
pedagogy to support your
they dry to notice that something different is
discussion around
happening; the paint is going to crystallize. Also, the
strengths and
paint will look very different to begin with, my goal is
opportunities for growth
for them to acknowledge that it is very different from
(e.g. ELECT, How Does
what they are used to.
Learning Happen, Ontario
FDK Curriculum, etc).
3. My last objective is for the preschool children to
enhance their sensory discrimination (5.3) in the ELECT.
By feelings and looking at the paint with salt mixed into
Describe the experience:
it, the children should feel that it is gritty and much
- Who will be involved in more of a liquid compared to regular paint. Also, the
the experience? salts will crystallize and this will make the dried paint
- Where will the feel much more textured compared to regular paint
experience take place? that dries flat.
(e.g. Indoors or
outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the
creative table, etc).
- List the materials and
resources you will use
- Describe the
implementation of the
 experience, with a step
by step description
- List and describe 2 Experience
teaching strategies. How
will you use them? Why A small group of 3-5 children will be involved in this activity at
have you chosen these the creative table.
strategies?
Materials:

- Smocks
- Liquid food colouring
- 1 cup of Epsom salts
- 1 cup of water
- cup of salt
- Mixing paint trays
- Paint brushes
- White paper

Implementation

1. First, I will mix the base (salts + water) on each tray

2. Lay out each sheet of paper
3. Invite children to the table
4. Ask them what colours they would like to paint with
(add those colours to the bases)
5. Provide them with paint brushes
6. Allow them to express themselves through paint
7. Ask questions such as what do you see? what are
you painting? what colours are you making?
8. Observe if they are touching the water colour paint and
ask, what do you feel?
9. Allow the children to paint and when they are finished,
allow the paint to dry
10. Once paintings are in the process of drying, ask the
preschoolers to observe
11. Ask them what they see, let them touch the painting
12. Clean up and allow the paintings to fully dry
13. Ask them to observe what they see now that it is fully
dried and crystallized
Teaching Strategies

1. The first strategy I will use is sensory engagement. This

activity is very hands on and they will be using their
sense of sight and sense of touch to examine the paint.
They will get a chance to watch the paint crystallize as
it dries and they can also feel the different textures.
This activity involves a very different approach to
painting, due to this, the children will get to observe
something new. The texture of the paint will feel very
different from typical paint.

2. The second strategy I will use is questions. Asking

simple open-ended questions such as what do you
see or what do you feel will encourage the children
to express what they see and feel. They may comment
on how different it is from the usual the paint they use.
Each question will prompt the children to think more
deeply about the activity and be more curious about
what they see.