Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Audrey Burns Lesson Title: Lets Make Some Music!

Date: 3/9/24 Grade Level:Infant Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Approaches To Learning: 1.a. Engages in new and unfamiliar experiences and activities

Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Creative Development: 1.b. Expresses self creatively through music and dance

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Observe how students react when different sounds or songs are played.

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to move their head or show
expression when music is played.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
- Attention with reaction
Safety Considerations:
No instruments or materials fall
onto one of the children.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and - Music
skill?) I will create a rubric with each child’s name and - Emotions
distinguish whether or not they held attention to the teacher - Attentiveness
and showed different emotions while different sounds were Procedural steps:
being made. - Greet the infants
- “Today we are going to do a music activity!”
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile - Take turns showing all instruments and making their sound
your evidence into a class or group view?) for a brief second.
If 90% of the students show emotion when different sounds - Notice any reaction from the students
are made. If we do not reach that percentage, we will - Pick an instrument and play it for a longer period
revisit this skill in another activity or revisit this activity at a - Change the height it is played, how loud or soft it is played,
later time. and how close/far it is from the child.
- Write down emotions or reactions from children.
Differentiation: - Move to next instrument
For children that are hard of hearing, the teacher could use - Continue with playing each instrument
other senses to enhance the experience such as animated - Continue to write down any observations
facial expressions, eye-contact, movement, or touch. - Make notes on the connections between students and if
there are any commonalities between reactions.
Adult Roles: The adults roles are to play each instrument Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on
and observe student reactions, attentiveness, and materials.)
emotions. Then the role of the teacher is to write down - Tamborine, drum, xylophone, whistle, maracas, notebook,
observations in order to assess the developmental skills. pencil

Resources & References:

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)
Rev. 1/2024