Approaches to Childhood learning – Class activity Record

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After every class Activity write into the record sheet. Add photos throughout the record. 15 records

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Name AMC

Date:

04/11/2014

Week

number:

Attended: Yes

Name and image of the Activity

“My Winnie the pooh mask”

Materials used:

Cornflakes box, scrap paper (yellow), Winnie the pooh template, glue (print stick), cello tape, marker, Polysew

(elastic band), pencil, eraser,

Time plan:

This activity took approximately forty minutes.

Room and/or equipment requirements:

Hole puncher, glue (print stick), table, scissors, stapler,

General Aim of activity – What will the final outcome be? ie. ‘To make an aeroplane with cardboard’ box.

The general aim of this activity is too carry out a activity, and create an object that has meaning for the

children.

Specific Learning outcomes of the activity – What will be learned by doing the activity? Ie. ‘To use fine motor

skills using the scissors’

To use creative and imaginative skills. And making decisions on what the children want to make and that it is

the children’s decision completely. The child/children can openly create a mask or do a lot of things related the

character Winnie the pooh or any other character relating to the story of Winnie the pooh. A particular child

learns social and learning skills here. Interactions with their teachers and friends. Winnie the pooh teaches a

key learning skill for children that being friends with something includes having a full and imaginative

relationship with them. Winnie the pooh offers a side of culture getting to know the many people, and

diversity.

Steps for making or doing activity:

Use images with short captions

Picture one (Top left): Preparing all your material and adding them to the table. Then with a Winnie the pooh

template of your choice. Cut out the face of Winnie the pooh onto a cardboard box, then cut it out.

Picture two and picture five (top right) and (bottom left): Get the cardboard paper and trace it on the scrap

paper, and cut out the shapes.

Picture three (middle left): Cut out the Winnie the pooh template.

Picture four (middle right): Cut the polysew which is an elastic band for attaching the mask to one’s head.

Picture six (bottom middle): Winnie the pooh mask complete with scarp paper, polysew elastic band,

cardboard box, and Winnie the pooh paper template. And with a hole puncher, add the holes to the eyes, nose

and mouth.

Picture sever (bottom right): Finally picture sequence is where the mask is complete and ready to wear.

How will the child/ren benefit from the activity?

During the process of this activity, children will learn simple social skills, being friends with someone and

being able to openly communicate with the people around them. The hope here for this activity, is that children

can relate and learn from Winnie the pooh as a whole. They gain in positive thinking, even when things aren’t

going well, to think positive regardless. Empathy, to learn to be selfless and to feel empathy toward another

individual. Being creative, by making a mask or dinging a song or role playing Winnie the pooh. They also

benefit in education that Winnie the pooh teaches friendship, language, culture, environmental studies. And

taking advice from others, and being themselves.

Age group/s: (development level)

All ages benefit from this activity.

How would you make the activity more inclusive? Principles of universal design

This activity provides children the opportunity to get to know their friends and their family. This activity can

be included in many subjects. And by going on outings, Winnie the pooh has many different animals, going on

outings and bringing all the children’s family and friends help the children adapt to other environments.

How would you adapt the activity to suit outside/inside?

I would adapt this activity to being outside; by bring the materials and equipment outside. Adapt to completing

a role of all the different characters in Winnie the pooh beside “Pooh”. Winnie the pooh is based outside in

most of its stories, so being outside lets the children allows the children to act out what they have seen and

heard within the stories of Winnie and many other stories. And I would adapt this activity to being inside,

because inside you can read stories to the children and watch tutorials, and listen to music from the amazing

Winnie the pooh.

Simplify this activity:

I chose to do a mask of Winnie the pooh for this activity. But there is several activities one can do for this

activity. Having the materials ready for the children so they can design any object they desire. Variations for the activity: How could you vary the activity? ‘Marbling using foam or egg whites instead’

Role play or singing songs instead of a Winnie the pooh mask.

Drawing a picture of Winnie the pooh, or another character from the story.

Using crepe paper instead of scrap paper. Using goggling eyes instead of paper. Use foam paper for a nose and

tongue.

The Learning outcomes linked to Aistear

Exploring and thinking Identity and Belonging Well-being Communicating

Eg: Aim 1;4,5,6 1-2,4,6, 1-1,2,3, 1-1,2,3,

2- 2,4,5,6, 2-3,5, 2-1,2,3,6, 2-1,2,3,4,

3-2,3,4,5, 3-4,6, 3-1,2,3,4,5,6, 3-2,3,

4-1,3,6, 4-3, 4-1,2,3,4,5,6, 4-3,4,5,6,

Other curriculums: Montessori, HiScope..

Steiner.

Regio Amillio

Maria Montessori

Hi scope.

Piaget

Erik Erikson

Safety concerns? If any

Observe children when using scissors. Observe the entire activity.

Could the activity link to an external activity/group/ outing? ‘Visit to a farm/forest to see/do….’

Yes a nature walk can be adapted to this activity, because tree, leaves, rain, snow, wind, and big spaces and

the opportunity to experience a the environment around the children, are provided in a forests. A farm provides

an opportunity to explore or investigate the area surrounding them, aswell as the animals that are related to

Winnie the pooh around them.

Extensions for the activity: Could science, geography, history, culture, literacy, maths etc, be incorporated

into to the activity? How? What changes would you make?

Yes extensions such as language, literacy, history, geography, maths, culture, diversity, social studies,

environmental studies, art, music and many other extensions can be provided here.

Interactions with children: talk about…. Talk with your child about what they are doing. This will help them

understand the physical and mental processes they are going through as well as giving them the vocabulary to describe it.

"Look at how the paint splatters like that"

Why do the animals talk? How can the animals in Winnie the pooh talk? And then extend this to an activity in

the crèche by doing a role play, on how the different characters speak. Making puppets, and making the

activity fun and providing the opportunity to children to ask questions. And that the practitioners are answering

the imaginative questions.

Problem solving element? Make your child aware of the problem solving involved and ask them questions as needed to

help them work out problems themselves, eg. "Why isn't the paint coming out now?", "Is the straw reaching the paint when

the bottle is tipped like that?", "How could you fix that?"

One the benefits that I mentioned above about having the advantage of solving a problem and understanding

how they solves it. Many children solve a problem, then when they retry the activity they cannot repeat the

activity, so having childcare practitioners they ready to give the children a solution to their problem and solve

it together.

Evaluation of activity: What did think of the activity?

I enjoyed this activity, because I could honestly relate to it, I always enjoyed the qualities of Winnie the pooh

and all the different characters. And understanding certain aspects of life from such a young age aswell. I

admired this activity and really had a great time showing it to my peers.

Additional information: (images, books, articles, video links, websites etc.)

Pinterest (ideas and pictures)

Google (research)

Google images

Youtube (clips)

1channel.ch (movies)

Summary of your personal learning in points (at least 4) from doing the activity;

I relived my love for Winnie the pooh.

I learned new social and teaching skills.

The enjoyment of art and enjoying the simplest activities.

Reading and writing skills.