Facilitating children's learning - Early Years Activities. In a presentation to your group, demonstrate how you have used a resource in an innovative way with children. Include the planning, development and implementation of the learning programme which

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EARLY YEARS CHILDHOOD STUDIES

Facilitating Children’s Learning

Marking tutor: Lynda Withey

20th January, 2010


Contents

Front sheet        1

Assignment brief        3

Marking criteria         4

Curriculum matrix        5

Activity plans        6        

Activity plan 1        6        

Activity plan 2        9        

Activity plan 3        12

Introduction         15

Main Body        17

Conclusion        24

Bibliography        25

Appendices        27        

Appendix 1 (copy of power point handout)        27

Appendix 2 (children’s work)        32


Module: Facilitating Children’s Learning

Level 4 (20 credits)

Presentation (50% of module assessment)

In a presentation to your group, demonstrate how you have used a resource in an innovative way with children.

Include the planning, development and implementation of the learning programme which has resulted from the use of the resource.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the rationale for your choice of resource.
  • Produce a scheme of work for your programme
  • Identify links to the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • A minimum of 3 activities should be planned and implemented
  • The activities should be appropriate to the stage of development of the children
  • Give evidence of how the activity were or could be adapted to ensure the particular needs of children could be met

Maximum 10 minutes (Student should not exceed this time)

Reflective account

Write a reflective account to evaluate the effectiveness of the resource used.

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate you understanding of planning process
  • Support your comments with reference to theories and rationales for learning (use at least 3 theories)
  • Consider to what extent the children met the learning outcomes
  • Comment on the dynamics of the group of children and how it contributed the outcome
  • Reflect on the involvement of parents/carers in enhancing children’s learning

Word Count

2,000 words

Hand in date.............................................................................




Activity Plan 1.

Aim: The aim of this activity is to develop the children’s awareness of animal recognition

Introduction: This activity will be implemented with preschool children. Children will select and paint of an animal from the Noah’s Ark.

Learning Outcomes for the Children: 

Early Years Foundation Stage – Practice Guidance May 2008

Area of Learning: Creative Development

P112 Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two dimensions.

P105 Handle Tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control.

Resources:

  • Paint
  • Paintbrushes
  • White papers
  • Aprons
  • Table
  • Chairs
  • One staff required

Preparation: The children will do this activity in the community room. All of the children will take part in the activity. Each child will be allowed as much time as they need. There will be a preparation time which is 10 minutes and a tidy up time which is another 15 minutes. This activity will continue over 2 sessions.

Questions to be asked, e.g.: ‘Which animals do you like from the book?’; ‘Which colours are you going to use to paint the animal?’ ‘How many legs it has? Shall we count them together?’

Health and Safety: Children will need to wear aprons. The children will wash their hands after the activity. The adult will need to clean all the surfaces with an antibacterial spray.

Equal Opportunities: The children will be given the time they need to finish their paintings. The adult will need to provide age appropriate tools, for example: big paint brushes and a big sheet of paper and a wide selection of paints.

Role of Adult:

  • Set up the physical environment,
  • Organise the environment so that children are enabled to make choices.
  • Give children time to explore.
  • Interact with/listen to children.
  • Praise and encourage.
  • Supervise the activity.

Description of implementation: Each child will need to choose an animal from the book. Children will be encouraged to work independently. First we will talk about what animals we saw in the book. Then the children will be asked to choose an animal from the story. The children will be expected to recognise the patterns of the animals (like tigers have stripes), and also choose the right colours they need to use (like green for a crocodile). They will able to handle the paintbrush, and put it back in the right paint tub.  


Evaluation

With most of the children I achieved my aim because they were able to name the actual animal, recognise the colours and the specific features for example the tiger is orange and it has black stripes. In one case a child painted a flamingo first she concentrated but after a few minutes she started to paint the whole paper pink and when the whole picture was pink I asked her if she had finished it and she said no. This was her own interpretation.

With some adult support the children were able to recreate an animal of their choice, for example a tiger has four legs, so they also developed their hand-eye coordination.

Most of the children were able to concentrate throughout the activity. The time children spent on this activity depended on their individual involvement, for example some only painted one and then left, but some others stayed to make more.

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All of the children had equal opportunities because the children were given the time they need to finish their paintings. The adult provided age appropriate tools, for example: big paint brushes and a big sheet of paper and more colours of paint when it was asked.

My role was to set up the physical environment, organise the environment so that children are enabled to make choices. I gave the children enough time to explore. I interacted with/listened to children. It is important to praise and encourage them and to supervise the activity.

In conclusion the activity did meet the learning ...

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