The Registry Preschool Credential

Learning Experience Plan

Your Name: Selena Leyendecker
Name of Learning Experience: Do you need what you want? Ages of Children: 3-5
Type of Learning Experience: (check all that apply)
 Creative Art
 Social Studies  Sensory Table
 Story/Language
 Gross Motor  Health/Safety
 Dramatic Play
 Fine Motor  Cooking/Nutrition
 Music/Movement
Learning Experience Presentation Type: (check one)
 Large Group—all  Small Group—a  Activity choice during
children participating portion of the children free play
at the same time participating at the
same time
Number of children participating at the same time: 20 kids
Child development skills necessary for the children’s success when participating:
1. Hand to eye coordination

2. Logical, visual, and auditory skills

This learning experience has been planned to stress the following WMELS performance
standards:
1. A.EL.2 Listens and responds to communications with others.

2. A.EL.3 Applies problem solving skills.

Why have you chosen to do this experience?

I chose to do this experience because it is an excellent way to teach children the difference in what is
important and what is something you can look forward to. It also teaches self-control when getting
necessities or different items.
Specific list of space and/or materials needed including colors, amounts, sizes, etc.
 Bulletin board
 Construction paper
 Marker
 Scissors
 Board pins
 Glue
 Magazines
Computer with internet and printer access
Source of materials:
 All are available at the center/in the classroom
 Provided, in part, by cooperating teacher
 I am providing the following:

Teacher preparation needed before activity presentation, i.e. mixing paint, cutting paper,
construction of flannel board characters, etc.
Gather and buy all materials from stores and craft stores. Separate them into different sections for the
children to identify different materials easier. Find good magazines for the activity that could have
perfect examples.

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Teaching Sequence of the Learning Experience

Set-up and arrangement of materials and equipment
Everything will need to be laid all out on each of the desks or on a large table, that is meticulously
organized.

Transition Planning: Describe how the children will transition into the learning experience.
To transition into the activity the teachers and I will gather all the kids to the circle time area and will
describe our objective learning for the day. We will talk about what we want the children to learn and
describe the activity we will be doing. We will ask the kids a question of whether they know the
difference between a need or a want.
What is the teacher’s role (what will you do) during this learning experience?
My role during this experience is to help guide children when confused with the activity or have
trouble understanding how to proceed with it. I would also help with cutting out magazine pieces if
needed and to encourage them.

What will the children do during the learning experience? (Remember children are active, hands-on
learners!)
1. Mentally divide the bulletin board into two vertical sections. Use the construction paper to
create two labels, ‘Needs’ and ‘Wants’ and pin them up on the board to demarcate the two
sections.
2. Hand over a magazine to the kids and ask them to find things that they want. Do they want it,
or do they need it?
3. The kids must cut out the pictures from the magazines to put into two different piles.
4. Pin them under the right categories.
Before pining up the pictures, sit with your kindergartener and tell her what differentiates a need from a
want. Does their classification of their needs and wants fit this logic?

How will the learning experience area be cleaned up? (How will the children help in this process?
Where will the leftover materials be put? Where will the children’s artwork be place?)
For the activity to be finished their will be a clean up song to gain the children’s attention and to
signify that the activity is over. All the children would put their items into their own cubbies or
backpacks to store for when they go home. Scraps will be thrown out and other items placed back
where they were stored or given to a teacher. The artworks will be hung up on a wall or hung on a
billboard.

Transition Planning: Describe how the children will transition out of the learning experience.
Ask each child as they line up and walk out for whatever activity is next, what is one need and one
want example.

Self-Evaluation of Learning Experience: The following questions should be answered as soon as

possible after presenting the activity in the classroom.

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Reflect on your success. Describe what went well.
I think what would have went well with this learning plan is the understanding between needs and
wants. They would need to work together and had to be creative when deciding what is a need and a
want with their own stuff at school and at home.

Did the learning experience support the developmental skill that you planned to support? How
do you know?
I think it would have supported the logical, visual, and auditory skills very well in this activity when
the kids are learning and performing the activity. It also would really help develop more hand to eye
coordination in writing and seeing what you are doing during the activity.

What changes would you make in the space and/or materials used in this learning experience?
All recommended changes should be supported with examples of the children’s participation. If you
said, “no change,” support your response.
I would change how I let the kids perform the activity if it doesn’t work and if too boring to keep their
attention and actively participate.

What changes would you make in your teaching of this learning experience? Support each change
you list. If you said, “no change,” support your response.
I’m not really sure what I would change but I want to make sure I’m upbeat and clear as I instruct and
perform.

Would you do this learning experience again? Why or why not?

Probably not, unless I can figure out a more fun and interesting way to teach this lesson then yes I
might do it again with older kids.