EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
Student Name: Vanessa Uy
Purpose:
Reason for developing
learning experience. This
could be in response to an
observation, discussion with
the site supervisor, Ontario
Curriculum Objective, etc.
Learning Experience
What are you planning in
response to your purpose?
- Label your experience (e.g.
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/supporting?)
Describe the experience:
- Who will be involved in the
experience?
- Where will the experience
take place? (e.g. Indoors
or outdoors? In the
dramatic centre, the
creative table, etc).
- List the materials and
resources you will use
Date: January 31, 2017 Age Group: Senior Preschool
Purpose:
I started to implement my culminating project proposal into the
classroom this week. In order to implement this proposal, I
needed to create an inviting yet calming area for the children to
help regulate their emotions in privacy. I had a schematic of the
overall look and how I was going to achieve it, but I wanted the
children to become involved in the process as well, so I decided
to create a roof out of cardboard, however, I created an
activity in which I allowed the children to paint the cardboard
for the quiet loft.
Learning Experience: Cardboard Painting!
I am going to create an experience where the children will paint
large pieces of cardboard so that I can use it for the top of the
quiet loft and also incorporate the childrens participation into
it.
Objectives:
1. Children will practice the skill (1.6) Cooperating as
exchange materials such a different paintbrushes and
share the different colored paints throughout the
experience. They will also practice this skill as they
invite others to join them in the experience (ELECT, p.
38).
2. Children will enhance the skill (3.4) Conversing with
Peers and Adults when they engage and communicate
with one another as they paint the cardboard by
initiating conversation (ELECT, p. 42).
3. Children will extend their skill (3.5) Using Descriptive
Language to Explain, Explore and Extend as they use
sentences to relay their experiences, discoveries and
explorations throughout the activity (ELECT, 43).
Materials:
- Describe the
implementation 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? Implementation:
2 Teaching Strategies:
- Large Cardboard Pieces
- Paint
- Various Paintbrushes
- Mini Paint Rollers
- Smocks
- Large Tarp
- Paint Jugs (To Stabilize the Boards)
1. I cut the cardboard into two large pieces, just big
enough that two-three children could work on one piece.
2. I set the tarp on the ground to allow more movement to
paint as painting on the table would restrict their
movement and the amount of children able to participate
in the experience.
3. I placed the paint jugs on the corners of the cardboard to
stabilize them so that it wouldnt tip over or fall over or
on the children while they were painting.
4. I set out two large platters with various colors of paint in
the middle of the tarp.
5. I scattered various brushes and paint rollers to allow
children to choose their preferred brush.
6. I instructed the children to put on art smocks before we
could start the activity.
7. I allowed four children to paint at a time since many of
the children wanted to participate.
8. Children painted the cardboard and once they were
finished, I set it aside to dry.
9. When one side finished drying, I created a
space/galaxy montage with stars, a moon, the sun and
the black background as a calming aspect of the roof
that they would see when they looked up.
1. Questions: I will use questions to help extend and
enhance the childrens learning throughout this
experience such as:
- Which paint brush are you using?
- What are you painting?
- What colors did you mix?
- Why and how did that color happen?
2. Sensory Engagement: The children learn best when they
have hands-on experience and really take part in a
creative activity. Allowing the children to paint the
 cardboard instead of me gives them a sense of
accomplishment and pride when they see it displayed in
the quiet loft for them to see. It is also important to use
this strategy as it creates time for the children to interact
with one another and communicate.

This activity was a spontaneous one as it was initially meant to

be an administrative task for me to complete alone. However, as
the children observed me implementing this activity/experience,
they took the initiative to take part in it as they wanted to help
and be a part of the process. That being said, I took the
Reflection: opportunity to create an experience where they are able to
- What went well? Provide become a part of an important center that is being implemented
examples for how you
and created within the classroom. Another aspect that went well
know it went well.
- What didnt go well? was that the children were very engaged and initiated most of
Provide examples for the set-up on their own as they chose the colors, paintbrushes,
how you know it didnt and what they were going to paint. The became their own
go well. educators as they really took initiative to create an experience
- What did you learn? for themselves.
- What might you do The only aspect of this activity that didnt go as well was
differently next time you
implement this same stabilizing the cardboard upright instead of having it flat on the
experience and why? floor. The children wanted it to be vertical because it was easier
- Did you have to make any to paint than on the floor where they were bumping into each
adaptations or other.
modifications? If so, I learned that any type of sensory/creative activity is always a
what were they? good way to engage children in experiences because they get
- What type of experience
hands-on experience and also make independent decisions on
might you plan to extend
on this one? what exactly they want to do. They are free to create what they
want as it helps their natural curiosity and development.
In the future, I would like to create a more effective way to
stabilize the cardboard so that the children could paint without
having the cardboard fall on them. I would also like to make it
more creative by allowing the children to access more supplies
or materials.
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