Plan a Play Experience (2 to 3 pages)

Planning Format Details

Level / Age group Nursery 1 / 3 years old.
Number of children 2
Profile of children Child A is a bright and cheery boy. He loves to play with his peers
and is interested in toy cars and transportation. He loves to play
catch with his peers especially during outdoor activities. He is
caring and attentive to his peers. He can identify alphabets and
numbers. He can perform self help skills and is willing to learn new
things when it comes to lesson time.

Child B is a cheerful and brave girl. She is always happy and

greets everyone cheerfully when she arrives at the centre. She
can also perform self-help skills and is able to do things such as
washing her hands and taking her water bottle during meal time
without any prompting. She is always actively participating in class
activity and is always excited to pick up new skills. She is not
afraid to step out of her boundaries and is always helping her
peers around her.
Name of Play Color sorting using tongs and counters
Experience
Characteristics of 1. Manipulative play
play 2. symbolic play

Learning objectives Children will have the opportunities to

1. Identify different colors (Numeracy)

2. Match corresponding colors (Numeracy)
3. Practice their fine and gross motor skills (MSD)

Play Experience Tuning in:

Procedures
 1. Encourage children to identify the colors by showing them
the colored plates one by one. When children response with
correct color, response with praises and compliments.
2. Introduce the bear counters
3. Brief the children on the play experience they will be doing.
[“Today, we are going to sort these bear counters to the
correct colored plates”] Let the children know that they need
to use the tongs to transfer the bear counters from the cup to
the plate. [What color is this? Red! So, we will use the tongs
here to pick up the bear and place it on the red plate.”]

Main activity:

1. Identifying colors:

• Place bear counters in a cup and place it in front of the

children.
• Arrange the colored plates so that it is reachable for the
children.
• Invite children to pick up a counter and guess the color.
• Ask children where the counter should go [“I see you have
picked up a blue counter. Where shall we place it now?]

2. Motor skills development:

• Ask children to pick up the counter using the tongs
provided.
• Encourage the children to use the tongs correctly.
• Let children transfer the counter from the cup to the
colored paper plates.
• Change from tongs to spoon.
• Encourage the children to use the spoon to scoop the
bear counters and place it on the colored plate.
 3. Numeracy
• Ask children to count how many bear counters there
are on the plate.
• Count together with the children if they need help.

Other activity:
[If children were able to do main activity]
• Introduce the transportation counters to the children. Ask
children to identify the different transportation. [“What is this?
An airplane?”]
• Let the children choose if they want to use the tongs or
spoon to transfer the transportation counters from the cup to
the plate. [What color is this? Red! So, we will use the tongs
here to pick up the (insert transportation name here) and
place it on the red plate.”]

Closure:

1. Get children to identify the colors again and you point to the
different colored transportation counters.

2. Compliment children for their effort [“Well done, (child’s

name)! I see you know your colors very well.]

3. Ask children which mode is easier to use and which mode

they prefer [“Is it easier to use the tongs or the spoon?]

Materials and 1. Colored paper plates [DIY]

resources
2. Transportation counters
 3. Bear counters

4. Tongs

5. Cup

6. Bowl
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Evaluation and Reflection (1 page)

Evaluation of implementation
Both children managed to meet the learning objectives of the play. They were able to
correctly identify the colors of the colored plate at the start of the play experience [learning
objectives 1: identifying different colors]. They were also able to sort the counters to the
corresponding-colored plate and hence achieving learning objective 2 which is matching
corresponding colors. Lastly, the children showed great showmanship by using the tongs
and spoon as instructed to sort the counters as required. While they find it a little difficult
to use the tongs, they did not give up and continued to practice their coordination.
Therefore, they were able to achieve learning objective 3 which is to develop their fine and
gross motor skills.

One suggestion that can be used to improve the situation is to add on more complex
activity for the children to further develop their motor skills development. Balancing beams
can be used to allow children to develop their fine and gross motor skills. The children can
pick up the counters using tongs, walk through the balancing beams and place it on the
colored plate.

Reflections on the role of the educator during play

Summary As an educator, I think it is important for us to
consider the children safety and wellbeing first. I also
think that even though we plan a play experience, we
need to be prepared that children will explore and
redirect their focus instead of achieving the lesson
objectives.

One suggestion that I would do for the play

experience is to allow the children to guide
themselves instead of guiding them step by step.
Feelings and Reasons
Change in understanding of play
What and how would you do
differently
It was difficult for me to put myself in the children
shoes and think of a age-appropriate play for the
children as I was worried that it might be too
complex and easy for them. However, upon
conducting the play experience with the children, I
now understand that the only way to truly
understand their needs is to observe them during
play.
The iTeach principle can be observed in this play
experience when the children were trying to use the
tongs. Despite the tongs being a little challenging for
them, they still persevered and wanted to try. This
play experience allow me to understand children
needs better and would help me in the future when I
plan a play experience.
In the future, I would give the children materials to
work with and allow them to explore on their own
instead of guiding them step by step. I would also
plan a play experience that can cover more
objectives such as adding balancing beams and ask
the children to balance while transferring the bear
counters from the cup to the plates.