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Early Childhood Studies: CLD 161 Field Education Learning Plan

Name: Sharukhan Janarthanan Student number:

Date: May 10, 2022 Plan number: 1
Age group: Preschool Title of activity: Bones in Our Body

Observation
1) What do the children already know AND what do they want to know more about?
Observation:
Child A and B had chosen the book "Inside your Busy Body" and asked me to read it to them during their free time. They were particularly
interested in bones when learning about the different components of the body, especially bones. When I asked, "How can we make our bones
strong?" Child A and B both advised drinking milk. (05/05/2022)

Interpretation:
Child A and B appeared to like learning about the human body, particularly the importance of bones. They appear to be curious about how our
bodies function and keep us healthy and strong. As a result, creating an activity that involves something they're interested in learning to boost
their engagement.

2) How will your activity build on the children’s interests?

My activity will focus on the children's curiosity about the importance of bones by demonstrating to them that bones are a particular help for our
body that allows us to move about every day. The children will begin by studying the various components of our bodies using a skeleton. They
will trace their hands to replicate how their hands might appear beyond our skin and muscles.

Planning
3) Briefly describe the intentional experience that you will plan to support children’s learning of the inquiry they are exploring and
investigating.

Bones in Our Body

Bones in Our Body is a collaborative experience in which children learn about the primary supporter of our bodies and their everyday functions.
The children participate in an exercise where they trace their bodies and use Q-tips to implement bones in their bodies. They get to cut, twist,
and bend their Q-tips into various shapes to demonstrate movement while doing ordinary activities. This project will provide them with an open-
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ended learning opportunity as they imagine what their bones would look like in their bodies.
4) Experience Planning Outline

Describe the opening, middle and closing of the experience.

Opening (How will you draw attention to the Middle (Describe your plan in detail - What Closing (What are some ways you can
experience to promote organic exploration?) will happen?) scaffold this experience to expand on the
children's learning and interests?)

Before the children arrive, I will set up my
activity by neatly placing my materials on the
table. I will place the Q-tips and construction
paper where it’s easily accessible for the
children.
During the activity, I will switch between To close off the activity, I ask the children
using the book “Inside your Busy Body” By: some follow-up questions regarding what
Patricia Brennan Demuth and the figures as a we’ve learnt and allow them to ask any
resource to increase engagement and allow the questions that may come up when doing the
children to ask questions regarding the bones activity.
in our bodies openly. Then, I’ll start the
activity by tracing an outline of a body on the
paper and molding the Q-tips to the ideal
shape for each student and gluing them on top
of the paper.

5) Describe your role in supporting children's engagement with this experience.

My role in the learning activity will be to actively participate alongside the children to improve engagement when presenting knowledge about
different areas of our bodies and crafting the artifact. I hope that this activity allows children to think more about how we can keep our bodies
healthy and safe through follow-up questions and open discussions allow the children to collaborate and learn different aspects that they might
not have thought of when engaging in the activity.

Faculty Educator Comments:

(To be completed by Field Educator at placement)
Describe how the experience engaged the What big ideas did the children explore? What possibilities did the experience create?
children

- Through reading of book (even The human body By responding to the children’s interest
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previously)
- Through conversations
- Through observation and
questioning
- Through representation
All throughout the activity
Why do we need bones?
Bone health and diet
in their own body, this activity provided
opportunity, engagement and inquiry.
The children were very engaged and
curious, wanting to experiment with the
materials, probe into articulations and
use their critical thinking to create their
own skeleton on construction paper.

The children’s artwork

after the Bones in Our
Body Activty

This is a image of the setup before the children got to engage

in the activity