EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING

EXPERIENCE
Student Name: Krystina Telesca Date: November 23rd , 2017 Age Group: JK/SK 3-6

Purpose: Reason for

developing learning
experience. This could be Purpose:
in response to an
observation, discussion The purpose of this experience will be to provide children with an
with the site supervisor, experience that will allow them to exercise their gross motor skills.
Ontario Curriculum This experience will also encourage children to refine social and
Objective, etc. cognitive skills as they will be challenged to read words on
movement cards.
Observation
Observation:
- Document what you
saw and heard On a previous Friday, the children, the educators and myself were
- Document non-verbal
communication (i.e., waiting to be called down for a Remembrance Day Mass. The
body language, facial children were sitting on the carpet, they seemed antsy and as if they
expressions and voice wanted to be moving around. I decided to put on a dance video
tone) which would allow the children to move around and get their sillies
- Document in detail:
who, what, where, and out before they had to sit for a while. I put on a video called, If
when youre a kid which provided children with dance instructions based
- Documentation should on if they are a boy, a girl, or a kid. The children were dancing and
be written in past smiling from ear to ear. The children sang loudly, If youre a kid
tense, objective, and in
anecdotal format dance around, dance, dance around and STOP! All of the children
OR froze in their positions.

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

What are you planning in Our Wiggle Box

response to your purpose?
I will implement an experience where children will be able to
- Label your experience engage in gross motor movements and dances. This activity will
(e.g. Painting with take place after morning message on the carpet, it will be a full class
cars). experience. I will create a box and name it, Our Wiggle Box,
- What are your 3
objectives for this inside the box will be several diverse movements and dance moves.
experience? (i.e. What I will ask the children to get into a circle and sit down, once they are
interests are you siting I will show them the box. I will explain to the children that
extending? What each of them will have a turn to go into the middle and pick a
strengths and
opportunities for wiggle movement from the box. Once they have chosen one, they
growth are you will pick a number from 1-10 and we will complete the gross motor
enhancing/supporting?) move for the amount of time that they choose. I will model for the
Please Note: You children by choosing a movement from the box and showing them
should refer to
how to do it. I will play dance music softly in the background, and I
appropriate pedagogy
will guide the experience by telling each child to go next. This
to support your
discussion around experience will allow the children to engage in a fun, full body
strengths and activity.
opportunities for
Materials:
growth (e.g. ELECT,
How Does Learning - YouTube
Happen, Ontario FDK - Our Wiggle Box
Curriculum, etc).
Implementation:

1. I will ask the children to sit in a circle.

Describe the experience:
2. I will show the children the box and explain to them what it
- Who will be involved is.
in the experience? 3. I will choose a card myself, and model the movement to the
- Where will the
experience take place? children.
(e.g. Indoors or 4. I will play music in the background so that the children are
outdoors? In the excited to engage.
dramatic centre, the 5. I will begin the experience by telling the first child to choose
creative table, etc).
- List the materials and a card, and model their chosen movement in the middle of
resources you will use the circle.
- Describe the 6. I will encourage the child to choose a number from 1-10.
implementation of the 7. We will engage in the movement/dance move as a class.
 experience, with a step
by step description
- List and describe 2 Objectives:
teaching strategies.
How will you use
them? Why have you
chosen these
strategies?
8. I will guide the children throughout the experience.
1. The children will (Self-Regulation and Well-Being: 8.3)
demonstrate balance, whole-body and hand-eye
coordination, and flexibility in movement as they engage
in multiple of the movements within the wiggle box. For
example: hop on one foot like a flamingo, and bend
down to touch their toes (The Kindergarten Program,
2016, pg. 179).
2. The children will (Self-Regulation and Well-Being: 8.1)
demonstrate spatial awareness in activities that require
use of large muscles, as they complete movements in
their place without hitting the children or furniture
around them (The Kindergarten Program, 2016, pg.178).
3. The children will (Self-Regulation and Well-Being: 3.2)
demonstrate the ability to take turns during activities and
discussions, as they are able to patiently wait for their
turn to pick a movement, as well as engage in the
movements other children have chosen happily (The
Kindergarten Program, 2016, pg.167).

Teaching Strategies:

Modelling:

I will model for the children so that they can visually see an
example of what they will do during our wiggle box experience. I
will choose a card from the box, pick a number and engage in the
movement for as long as the number I choose.

Telling, Explaining, Informing:

I will explain to the children what we will be doing during the

activity through simple sentences. As I am modelling for the
children, I will use words to tell them exactly what I am doing so
that they can see as well as hear my actions. By explaining to the
children, it will assist them in comprehending the overall
experience. I will also explain to children what each move is if they
happen to have a question or if they are unsure.