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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Cami Wesselkamper Lesson Title: Mommy and Me: Movement and Exploration
Date: 3/22/23 Grade Level: Infant (Birth-8 months) Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):
- Domain: Approaches Towards Learning – Strand: Creativity – Topic: Expression of Ideas and Feelings Through the Arts – Statement: Demonstrates
preferences, pleasure or displeasure when interacting with various media.
- Domain: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development – Strand: Physical Well-Being – Topic: Physical Activity – Statement: Interacts with adults in
physical activities.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Have the children interact with toys that play music/noise and observe their interest and reactions to those noises.
Pay close attention on if they smile, clap, wiggle, reach for their caretaker, etc.

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed
Instructional Objective(s): The
student will be able to...
The students will demonstrate
their feelings towards sounds and
noise by reacting to the music that
is provided through facial
expression, body movement and
emotions.
The students will interact with their
familiar caretakers in a positive
and loving manner when
stimulated by noise and sound.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Social interaction – students will
be assessed on their reactions
and social interactions with their
caretakers in response to
stimulating music.
Safety Considerations:
Caretakers should be aware of the
hard plastic toys that are around.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
I will take anecdotal notes on each infant and their
actions/reactions to the music. I will make notes on if they
move their bodies, how they move their bodies, how they
express their emotions in response to the music, and how
they interact with their familiar adults.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
Based on the anecdotal notes, I will categorize each
student into different groups:
 Meets objectives 76%-100%
 Meets objectives 50%-75%
 Meets objectives 25%-49%
 Meets objectives 0%-24%
With the results, I will create a pie chart of the children’s
ability to meet the objectives that are put in place. This will
provide me with a visual of the data that I can read and
analyze easier.
Differentiation:
Children who are deaf will be able to hold/touch the objects
making noise so they can feel the vibrations of the sound.
Academic Language:
Clap
Wiggle
Bounce
Stimulate
Procedural steps:
1. To start off the lesson, I will lead the caretakers in
helping their littles ones stretch out their bodies (legs
and arms). This will get the infants ready to move
around and will help stimulate their body movement.
2. Next, the infants will interact with toys that make
noise and music. This will allow them to become
familiar with these objects, as well as provide the
adults involved an idea on how they react to
different sounds.
3. After about 15 minutes of the children interacting
with the toys (could be independent interaction or
interaction guided by the caretaker), I will play
different music and interact with the children.
Interaction will include smiling, clapping, and holding
the children up to allow them to move their legs in
the air (such as bouncing their legs in the air).
4. It is important to note that although the caretakers
can be holding their children, they should not be
interacting more than smiling and clapping. They
should not move their child’s bodies to the music.
The point of this is to see if the infants will react to
the music in a particular way, as well as how they
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Early Childhood Education
Learning Experience Template

interact with their caretakers based on their

There will be a mix of upbeat music and calming music for
those kids who prefer that happy music and those who
prefer mellow music.
Children will be placed on a soft and comfortable surface
with bright-colored (safe) objects around them to keep them
entertained and stimulated throughout the activity.
environment.
5. The music will consist of 1 calm song, 1up beat
song and 1 sad/slow song.
6. After all the songs are played, and the children were
“independently” interacting with the music, we will
end the lesson with an interactive song. Caretakers
will sing and “dance” with their children to songs
such as “Wheels on the Bus” “Baby Shark” and
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.”

Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on

materials.)

Speaker
Musical/noise making toys
iPad (for music)
Carpet/tummy time pad
Interactive toys (squeaky toys, baby mirror toy, rattles, etc.)

Adult Roles:

As the teacher, I will be playing the music and taking notes

on each student based on the standards I am assessing. I
will help instruct stretching, as well as the wrap up activity of
interactive music time.

Caretakers will hold and lightly interact with their children

while assessing is going on. They will smile and clap to
keep the children engaged.
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Resources & References:

Early learning and development standards. Ohio Department of Education. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2023, from
https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/Early-Learning-Content-Standards