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Date: 21st oct 2022 Title: outdoor play using balls with children Child / Children’s Name: Age/ Ages:
Observation:
Learning Story Children was playing outside with educator. There were two footballs to play each with two different children. One child thrown the ball by saying get set
go and all other children follow the ball except the child who thrown it and the child who had another ball. One child picked the ball from the ground and
Written another child jumped over him to get the ball. The educator who was involved in that play and the one child from them tried to separate them from that
conflict. After everything goes normal, the child who got the ball thrown the ball towards the other children who were within for their turn. The child who
Detail children’s wanted the ball previously got the ball this time and he was running all the way because of happiness. After that he thrown the ball and other children were
learning experiences running towards the ball so that they also get their turn. While doing so he did not focus on that topic a lot and started to observe other children who was on
the swing. The ball thrown by him was picked by another child and kept the ball inside his shirt and started to call I have a baby in my tummy. The boy
Focus on using a
kept the ball inside his shirt because of which educator approached and asked him to pass the ball. He passed the ball to other children but still he keeps
strengths, rather a
saying I have a baby in my tummy. The other children took the ball and started to play with the educator with joy. Educator passed the ball and the children
written account of
catch it and he was running away as his friend was chasing him for the ball.
what happened –
language dialogue of
parties involved
• They differ from
formal observations as
you can record your
own thoughts
Referenced Analysis of • According to Erik Erikson stage of initiative versus guilt can be observed as children are expressing their emotion during their play ( spring ridge
Learning Acedemy,2022).
Skills, developmental
domains & learning • We can observe that children are in the learning phase of turn taking as we can see there was a conflict due to lack of that (Garvis et al., 2019;
dispositions that have Nolan & Raban, 2019).
occurred
We can see that children are demonstrating the strong sense of competitiveness as children are actively participating and falling to wait fit their turn
Link to Theoretical
Perspectives (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009).
We can find that the children are changing their emotions and excitement before and after fulfilling their satisfaction like we can see the
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behaviour of the child who involved in the conflict loss his excitement and stated to focus on the swing instead of the ball (Arthur et
al.,2021).
Learning and
development linkage to
• Children have developed social and emotional well-being as they are showing various form of emotions during their play like happiness,
Early Years Learning excitement etc. [EYLF outcome 3.1] (DEEWR, 2009).
Framework
• Children transferred and adopted what they have learnt as the child kept the ball inside the shirt and pretended it as a baby in his tummy which he
had learnt or seen in his family [EYLF outcome 4.3] (DEEWR, 2009)
Follow Up for future learning and development
Taking turn
Self-awareness
Self esteem
Self-control
Self-realization
Taking responsibility
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References
Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S. & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafenswlib/detail.action?docID=6510808
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2009). Belonging, being & becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia. Retrieved
from
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-02/belonging_being_and_becoming_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia.pdf
Erikson’s Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt. (2022). Spring Ridge Academy.
https://springridgeacademy.com/eriksons-stage-3-initiative-vs-guilt/#:~:text=Erikson's%20third%20stage%20deals%20with,play%20and%20trying
%20out%20leadership.
Garvis, S, Philipson, S, Harrison, L, McCormack, J & Pendergast, D (2019), Child development and learning, (1st ed.), Oxford university press.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafenswlib/detail.action?docID=5611982
Nolan, A, & Raban, B (2015), Theories into practice: understanding and thinking rethinking our work with young children and EYLF (1st ed.), Teaching Solutions.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafenswlib/detail.action?docID=6686419
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