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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Jenna Giambra Lesson Title: Beautiful Bean Bag Art!

Date: 03/01/2023 Grade Level: Preschool Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):

Creativity: Use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials.

Motor Development: Demonstrate coordination in using objects during active play (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking balls, riding tricycle).

Social Emotional: Demonstrate socially competent behavior with peers.

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: At the beginning of the lesson, I will conduct a hook conversation with the children to determine their prior knowledge
on the academic vocabulary that is included in this lesson, as well as their prior knowledge on painting. I will ask specific probing questions to determine their
understanding of the terms “splatter”, “rub”, “paint”, “dip”, etc., and I will also ask questions that will connect the activity to their personal lives such as, “Have
you ever painted before?”, “What did you use?”, “How did you do it?”. This will help me gauge the level of prior understanding and experience the children have
geared towards the art of painting.

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

Two- Three Assessed Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language: Paint, throw, drop, dip, splatter, rub,
Instructional Objective(s): to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and color, stamp, canvas.
-The student will be able to work skill?)
with their peers efficiently and - I will observe the children and take anecdotal notes to Procedural steps:
respectfully to collaboratively measure the communication and collaboration between - First, we will have a discussion centered around the
create artwork, while adhering to each individual child and their peers, the use of gross vocabulary, that will also hint to what we will be
set safety guidelines. and fine motor skills when manipulating the paint and doing during the experience.
-The student will be able to bean bags, and also document the responses of the - I will ask probing questions that relate the academic
manipulate the bean bags and children to the probing questions that are asked during language to the children’s lives, and observe their
paint in a creative and imaginative discussions. responses.
way, to create an original piece of - Questions will include:
artwork. Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile - “Who has painted before?” “How did you do it?”
your evidence into a class or group view? “What colors did you use?” “Who can tell me what
- I will carefully observe the children as they throw and the word ‘splatter’ might mean?” “Have you ever
drop the beanbags onto the canvas, being sure to dipped anything before?” “When was the last time
monitor the hand-eye coordination of the children, and you dropped something?” “When was the last time
spot any areas of difficulty. you threw something?” “What kinds of things can
- I will monitor the interactions between the children, you throw?”
watching for any difficulty with communication and - Next, I will explain to the children the activity that we
collaboration among the peers. will be completing, and explain the safety
precautions including, “We must keep ourselves and
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One Assessed Developmental - Once I evaluate my observations, if I spot any difficulty our friends safe while throwing or dropping bean
Skill: that more than 5% of the children exhibit, I will bags, so we cannot throw bean bags at our friends
-The student will be able to incorporate an intervention to implement next lesson, because they could get hurt, we must wear goggles
exercise and demonstrate gross in order to correct or fix these difficulties. to protect our eyes from the paint, etc.”
motor skills such as throwing bean - The children will gear up by covering their clothes
bags, as well as fine motor skills with smocks, and putting on protective goggles.
by manipulating their wrists, - Next, there will be large buckets filled with different
fingers, and arms to drop and rub Differentiations and accommodations: sized bean bags, of various weights, and three large
bean bags and paint onto - When discussing the vocabulary terms at the canvases outside on the grass.
canvases. beginning of the lesson, visuals, images, and - One canvas will be propped upward, and the other
examples can be provided to the whole class to help two canvases will be laid down on the grass, on top
them visualize what splatter, rub, dip, stamp, etc. may of a large tarp.
Safety Considerations: mean. This can help all children to gain a better - There will also be large bowls containing a variety of
-The children will wear protective understanding of these vocabulary terms, but will colors of washable and non-toxic paints.
coverings such as smocks especially aid students that may be English Language - The children can use the bean bags and the paint in
throughout the duration of the Learners as well as other students who may have an any way they choose to create 3 pieces of original
activity. intellectual difference. art collectively.
-The children will also wear - For students with visual impairments, the teacher can - The expectations will be that for the canvas that sits
protective goggles to keep paint guide them to the materials and the canvases and aid upright, the children will dip a bean bag in a paint
out of eyes. them by guiding their actions by holding onto their color and throw it at the canvas however hard or soft
-Paint that is used should be non- forearm (if the child gives permission). After the child as they would like.
toxic and washable. throws, drops, or paints on the canvas, the teacher will - For one of the canvases on the grass, there will be a
-The children will be instructed to verbally explain to them in detail how the results block that the children can climb on and drop the
use walking feet throughout the turned out, and what their artwork looks like. When the painted bean bags onto the canvas.
activity, to ensure safe handling of paintings dry, the student can have the opportunity to - For the other canvas on the grass, there will be
the paint and bean bags. feel the dried paint on the canvases, to build a greater more bean bags and paint, and the children can
-The children will be instructed to understanding of what it may look like, and what either use their fingers to paint, or dip the bean bags
only throw or drop the bean bags actions created the different textures and shapes of in the paint and stamp or rub them on the canvas in
in the direction of the canvases, paint, whether the beanbag was thrown, dropped, any way they would like.
and not towards any of their rubbed, or stamped onto the canvas. - When the activity is finished, the children will wash
peers. their hands and take the smocks off, and we will
-The children will be instructed to bring the canvases inside to dry.
keep their hands out of their - We will wrap the lesson up by engaging in another
mouths, to avoid the ingestion of discussion about the art that we created. With this
paint. discussion, I will ask questions that will encourage
-The teacher will carefully monitor the children to self-reflect on their participation and
and observe the children to engagement in the activity.
ensure that all of the safety - Questions will include:
guidelines and expectations are - “What was your favorite part of the activity?”
being met. - “In what different ways did we create art?”
- “What parts of our bodies did we use at each
station?”
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- “What different colors did you use?”

- “What did you like the most; throwing the bean
bags, dropping them, stamping them, or rubbing
them on the canvas?”
- “What did we do with the bean bags that made the
paint splatter?” “Why do you think this happened?”
- “What colors were used the most? What colors were
not used as much?”

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

materials.)
- A variety of washable paint colors will be provided
for children to paint with.
- Bean bags of various different sizes and weight will
be provided for the children to dip in the paint, and
throw, drop, rub, or stamp onto the canvases.
- Large canvases will be provided for the children to
create artwork on.

Adult Roles:
- Monitor children closely for the duration of the
activity, intervening if a dangerous situation occurs.
- Observe the interactions between children,
encouraging collaboration and communication
among peers.
- Ask probing questions that will encourage the
children to provide their own insight on the activity,
and self-reflect on their engagement.
- Observe the gross and fine motor skills of the
children, and the extent to which they are able to
utilize them in order to complete the activity.
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Resources & References:

Birth through kindergarten entry - learning and development standards. Ohio Department of Education. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2023, from
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Isenberg, J. P., & Jalongo, M. R. (2017). Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning (7th ed.). Pearson Education (US).
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