Jenna Trumble

ECE 232

11/19/2021

Sensory Experience

Class average age (in months): The children I was with were 8, 19, and 24 months old.

Primary Objective:

8 month:

Interacts with adults and other children

 19 and 24 month:

Begins to develop creative thinking: • Explores the arts

Secondary Objective(s)

8 month old:

 Fine Motor Development

Begin to develop skills that lead to Science Concepts such as:

 Cause and effect

19 and 24 month old:

 Begin to develop attending & focusing skills

Fine Motor Development

Experience description:

 Children will be given artist sponges and different bubble wrapped shapes, either circle or

square. The children will be shown that they can paint with either one. I will point out the

different patterns that they leave behind when you stamp them. Children will also be given

different colors of paint so that they can choose what they would like to do with the paint.

 
 

Materials

 Smocks

3 Artist sponges

4 Wrapped dice in bubble wrap

4 plastic ornaments wrapped in bubble wrap

Yellow paint

Orange paint
Brown paint

Paint tray

Paper

Tape (used to tape paper down to the ground)

Scaffolding (child’s prior knowledge to build on):

 Children know how to paint and have an idea of colors. Children also know what bubble wrap is

and the sound it can make when popped. Children also know the texture of bubble wrap.

Plan for carrying out experience (what caregiver will do):

 I will bring out the materials and show the children how to paint with the sponges. I will also

show them that they can hold the bubble wrapped items in different ways and stamp the paint on

the paper to see the pattern that is left with the sponges and the bubble wrap. I will ask the

children what colors we are painting with today and wait for their response. If the children do not

respond, then I will tell them as they grab more paint what color they are grabbing. I will ask the

children how the paint feels. I will also ask them how the sponges and bubble wrap feels. I will

pop one of the bubbles on the bubble wrap and ask the children if they heard it and what do you

think caused it. I will give them the item for them to examine.
Outcome (was activity of interest to children – why/why not, Was outcome what was expected,

Did something happen that wasn’t expected, What might be changed/added to make experience

more interesting to children, or other):

The outcome of the experience was good. The children did seem to lose interest pretty quickly

but, the reason they were losing interest was because there was a bird outside that was not flying

away when the children were chasing it. I was able to make some comments about the bird to

add to that learning experience however, this made my experience seem not as interesting. I was

able to stay at the paint and draw their attention back to me every now and then. Alayia had her

socks off and ended up stepping in the paint and walking on the paper. When she did that, I was

able to talk to her about how slippery the paint is as I put out my hands for her to feel stable and

like she wouldn’t fall. When the children were sitting down with me painting, I kept in mind that

the experience was sensory so I was mentioning a lot of things that they would use their senses

for. I was actually surprised that Braylin stayed with me exploring the paint because I know that

he specifically doesn’t like to paint. I think because he was able to touch these objects without

getting paint on himself was helpful. When I was making the bubble wrap shapes, I had him in

mind which is why the bubble wrap extends past the object itself so you could hold it without

touching the paint and still get an experience. When Cassian joined me, it was just he and I. I

was able to show him the different textures of each item.