EARLY LEARNING CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Saamanthie Kunarajah Date: Wednesday, February, 1st, 2017 Age Group: Toddlers
Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for developing learning The purpose of this learning experience is to provide the children with an opportunity to
experience. use their cognitive skills to explore the cognitive box with their hands.
This could be in response to an
observation, Observation Sample:
discussion with the site supervisor, Child B was sitting at the cognitive table where they had to fit the shapes according to
Ontario the shape outline into a box. The child was having fun fitting the triangle shape into the
Curriculum Objective, etc. triangle shaped box. As I sat beside her, I asked her what shape she was trying to fit into
Observation the box and she replied saying that its a triangle. Then I asked her what color the shape
- Document what you saw and heard was and also replied saying it was blue. As she replied to both of the questions I said,
- Document non-verbal communication thats awesome Child B that you know what shape it is and what color it is. Then as she
(i.e., body language, facial expressions placed the other shapes into the appropriate box it fits in, I kept asking her what shape
and voice tone) and what color it was to help her know her shapes/colors
- Document in detail: who, what, where,
and when
- Documentation should be written in
past
tense, objective, and in anecdotal
format
OR
Discussion
Document the discussion between you
and
your site supervisor that led to the
planning
OR
Curriculum Objective
Describe the curriculum objective
youre
aiming to meet/enhance through this
experience
Learning Experience Learning Experience: Cognitive Exploring Cognitive box
What are you planning in response to
your I am organizing a child-directed learning experience at the cognitive
purpose? table where children have the opportunity to explore the cognitive box
- Label your experience (e.g. Painting with their hands which includes different sounds, different colors,
with different shapes and different ways for them to explore by using their
cars). fine motor skills.
- What are your 3 objectives for this Objectives:
experience? (i.e. What interests are you 1. The children will further develop 4.4 Spatial Exploration when fitting the shapes
extending? What strengths and into the matching space and color
opportunities for growth are you 2. The children will also further develop 4.3 Cause and Effect responding with joy
enhancing/supporting?) with the unpredictable outcomes of exploration of the cognitive box
Please Note: You should refer to 3. The children will also further develop 5.2 Fine motor skills as they use their
appropriate pedagogy to support palmer and pincer grasp to play with each of the cognitive box
your Materials:
discussion around strengths and Cognitive box with 6 sides of variety of exploration
opportunities for growth (e.g.
ELECT, How Implementation:
Does Learning Happen, Ontario 1. I will set up the cognitive box on the cognitive table so each child can explore
FDK each side of the box
Curriculum, etc). 2. I will invite the children to explore the cognitive box
Describe the experience: 3. I will use behavior reflections as the children explore the cognitive box
- Who will be involved in the 4. Throughout the learning experience, I will provide the children with positive
experience? statements as they explore the cognitive box
- Where will the experience take place?
(e.g. Indoors or outdoors? In the
dramatic
centre, the creative table, etc).
- List the materials and resources you Teaching Strategies:
 Behavior Reflection:
will I will provide the children with positive statements as they have the opportunity to
use explore each side of the cognitive box. I will say youre doing an awesome job fitting
- Describe the implementation of the the shapes according to the shape hole, can you try the next one and etc.
experience, with a step by step
description Invitation:
- List and describe 2 teaching I will invite the children to explore each side of the cognitive box by saying Hey guys,
strategies. come and see what I have brought you guys to explore. As I invite the children to the
How will you use them? Why have you carpet, it will give them an opportunity to listen to instructions carefully to explore the
chosen these strategies? cognitive box

Reflection: During this learning experience, the children were able to successfully explore the
- What went well? Provide examples for cognitive box by pushing different buttons to see what comes out of it, fitting the shapes
how you know it went well. according to the space of where it fits, spinning handles, pushing buttons to hear different
- What didnt go well? Provide sounds on the phone, opening a door with a key and pushing buttons along the lines. This
examples part went very well because as the children saw the object they got really excited and
for how you know it didnt go well. played with it as I placed it on the cognitive table. Another part that also went well was
- What did you learn? that I was able to successfully implement the Behavior Reflection teaching strategy
- What might you do differently next throughout the whole activity. This part went really well because as the children were
time trying to fit the shapes according to the space, I provided them with encouragements and
you implement this same experience positive statements to motivate to keep trying to put the shapes into the according space.
and During this learning experience, the only part that didnt go well was since there was
why? only one cognitive box that was provided to the children to play with, I thought may be
- Did you have to make any letting each child play with each side will give all the children to play with the activity
adaptations or but the children started grabbing the cognitive box for themselves to play with on their
modifications? If so, what were they? own. This part didnt go well because I didnt provide them with more than one cognitive
- What type of experience might you box, it would of gave them the opportunity to play with the cognitive box two by two
plan and taking turns to play with the whole thing.
to extend on this one? In the future, the part that I will do differently when providing the children with an
object that they could do many different activities with, I will next time provide the
children with more than one of that object. I will do this part differently because when
providing the children with the two of the same objects, they wont fight over to use it all
for themselves since there is another one that the other children can play with