Early Childhood Education
Learning Experience Template
Name: Kate Van Etten
Date: 3/10/2024
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): 1.b. Expresses self creatively through music and dance.
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Responds to a variety of sounds.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: n/a (infants may have experience with listening to music but this is likely overall a new experience.
Instructional Objectives (1-2)
One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to...
Show a response to different
musical sounds
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Sensory Processing
Safety Considerations:
none
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Lesson Title: Types of Music for Infants
Grade Level: Infant Circle one: ECE PKSN
Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?) None
Taking photos(with permission), or notes of the infants Teachers however should be purposeful in the kinds of talk
reaction to the music played. they use throughout the lesson.
Procedural steps:
-Bring infants to a seated area.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile -Play a sing along video to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and
your evidence into a class or group view?) The Wheels on the Bus. These are two different paced songs
so reactions may look different
Collect notes and pictures.
Look for a difference in how the infants respond to the
different songs and how this can further knowledge about
what music to incorporate in the classroom.
Differentiation:
Infants, depending on the age, will be at different levels so Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on
this is important to consider. materials.)
Music, music player
Adult Roles:
Facilitate the music, hold the infant, take notes or document
the reactions.
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Learning Experience Template

Resources & References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCjJyiqpAuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki_R_4FcFK0

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)

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