Centennial College Early Childhood Education

Student Name: ___Iram_ Hamid__________-___________________________

Agency: _Chester YMCA_____________________________________________

Age range of children: ____3 yr and 5yr

Centre Focus: __Emergent curriculum_______________________________________

ANECDOTAL OBSERVATIONIn the afternoon, Child A and Child B were in the dramatic area. Child C was in the literacy area. Child A was sitting on the carpet with the basket of fruits and vegetables. She picked broccoli with her right hand and said “I am going to cut broccoli, it’s my favorite. Then she picked a knife from another basket and stood up; and put broccoli and knife on the table. Child C, who was in the literacy area, walked towards dramatic area. He picked corn from the fruit and vegetable basket and said “I eat it”. Child A screamed and said “don’t touch, its mine.” Child C threw the corn on the carpet and went back to the literacy area. Child B who was wearing a princess dress, alking towards fruits vegetable shelf. She bent down and picked

POSSIBLE CUES

Developmental cues

-Pretend play(make believe play)

-Able to hold fruit and vegetable(palmer and pincer grasp)

-Able to express their ideas.

Able to speak full sentences.

-Able to socialize.

-Able to negotiate.

-Able to sit and stand independently.

Interest cues

up an apple with her right hand from the basket and said “I am a princess, I like apple.” Child A said, broccoli is better than apple, it makes me strong. Child A said “But a princess like apple.”

-Difference between fruit and vegetable.

-Cut and cook with fruit and vegetable.

Fruit and vegetable makes us strong.

Possible Interests Web:

Small group experience (circle) to confirm interest in the topic: (describe all parts of your circle)

During free play time I sat with the children in the dramatic area. I place the fruits and vegetables basket on the carpet. We talk about each other’s favorite fruits and vegetables. Children also mention about the sizes, textures, taste and colors of fruits and vegetables. They are very well aware of the fact that fruits vegetables make the body strong helps to grow. Some of the children also mention how they eat the fruits. E.g. “I peel the banana and then I eat it.” “Mango and banana are same color” .One child told that his mother bake a very yummy apple pie.

Procedure:

-We have enough space and props in the area.-There were two Baskets of fruits and vegetables in the area.

Consider the following and fully describe how you INTEND to explore your chosen experience with preschoolers

How will you introduce the experience?

After the naptime, when the children start their free play, I invite the children to have party in the dramatic area. Then I ask the children to help me to bake pizza for the party. In this way, I will encourage them to tell me their favorite topping for pizza. I will start it with my favorite topping and then I let them share their favorite fruits or vegetable topping for the pizza.

What lures might you use to attract the children?

We have fancy dresses and recipe books in the dramatic area. I will let the children to dress up and to see the recipe book; and tell me their favorite recipe for the party.

Preschoolers require support and guidance to fully explore an experience. How will you guide and support their interactions with the materials and each other and with you? COLLABORATIONFirst, I will invite a small group of children dramatic area. We have enough props for the children and I also make sure that every child have an equal opportunity to experience and share their ideas and thoughts. I will ask open ended questions and make an eye contact. I will actively listen their opinions and add more information to their previous knowledge. I will also give them gentle remainders to share and respects other children’s ideas.

Closure is important in any planned experience. How will you end the experience with the children? What guidance strategies would be helpful to use?First, I will make sure that each child have the opportunity to share, experience and explore the props. Then I will ask them to help me to tidy up the dramatic area. In this situation, I will use redirection and choices direct guidance strategies. I can redirect them to the Art area where they can draw their own favorite fruit and vegetable. Furthermore, I can give them the choices to stay at the same area or read a book in the literacy area.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR 6 EXPERIENCES IN THE PROJECT, COMPLETE THIS GROUP (CIRCLE) TO BE SURE OF THE CHILDREN’S INTEREST IN THE TOPIC

Arrange a date, and time to implement your chosen experience using the elements you defined in your procedure.

Evaluation and Reflection:

NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS GROUP EXPERIENCE (CIRCLE):

How did it go? ARE THE CHILDREN STILL INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC? Children are really interested in the topic. In fact, they are so curious and eager to learn more. Children shared real life experiences and talk about which fruit and vegetable they liked and why. For example, one child mentions that he likes apple and watermelon because both are round and juicy.

WILL THE INQUIRY PROCESS WORK WITH THIS TOPIC? WHY OR WHY NOT?The inquiry process work very well, as children demonstrate the tremendous amount of awareness and interest about the topic. They already have lots of knowledge and every day hands on experience with fruit and vegetable. They have easy access to real fruits and vegetables and fake ones. The dramatic area is spacious and we have enough topic related props in the area.

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We get fruits and vegetables from grocery store, trees, garden and ground.

Where do fruits and vegetables come from?

Collage of fruits and vegetables(Art)

Wash fruits and vegetables before eat. We can grow fruits and vegetables at our home (back yard.)

Taste, colour smell of different fruits and vegetables.

How fruits and vegetables differ?

Experience the real fruits and vegetables by cutting touching, tasting.(sensory)

Fruits are more colourful juicer and sweet as compared to vegetables. Some fruit’s skin colour is different from its flesh colour.Vary in smell and taste.

we can make or cook different food with fruits and vegetables.

What we can make or cook from fruits and vegetables.

Play shopping and make fruit and vegetable salad.(drama)

We can use both fruits and vegetables for cooking. They change colour and become softer when cooked.

Size, and colour of different fruits and vegetable

What are different size and colour of fruits and vegetables?

Sort, count and classify fruits and vegetables.(Math)

One fruit or vegetable can have different Kinds, colour and sizes.

Fruits and vegetables are good for health.

What fruits and vegetables do to our body?

Discuss how they grow and explore different seeds of fruits and vegetables.(science)

Fruits and vegetables have different size and colour seeds. We eat some fruit’s seeds. Apples have star shape inside.

Veggies are greener. How do fruits and vegetables are same?

Singing songs of different fruits and vegetables(Music)

Learned songs about fruits. They also learned that we burnt if we touch hot veggies. Veggies are leafy.

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