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Originally Posted by kell83
 hey i have to do a written plan for a creative activity but dont know how to set out my planning,i am doin an activity on goldilocks where the children have to make up a bear face using paper plates i have brought different shades of brown felt,brown wool,pompoms and googly eyes for them to stick.
i have a planning sheet from work,but i am stuck on what to write for learning intentions and the bit where it says language/challenges/children. xx |
Hi Kell,
You are clearly stuck as I helped you with this question the other day - and I don't blame you if you are not being helped at work. Does your manager know you are unsure? - if not, ask to go on a planning course - there are very often 3 & 6 week courses to help you feel confident in practice.
That aside, none of us know the children you are planning for - their ages, their stages, their dispositions, whether they are SEN, their particular interests or areas they need help in i.e. you may have a child who does not have a very long attention span, does not share and their language also needs to be encouraged.
You may decide to keep within the theme you are going to play a board game of Goldilocks (just using for an example), you are going to play along with this child and one other. With just you and the two children this gives you lots of opportunity to encourage language, questions, following intstructions. For learning to share you could allow the child to take a turn, then the 2nd child, then the 1st child again, then you etc , so that the child has a turn every other go whilst you and the other child are waiting your full turn. This helps keep that childs attention thus helping them to learn to share, built up their concentration and you are also encouraging their language whilst you talk through instructions etc.
So the learning intention for the above child was that you intended to help them progress in sharing, building up or extending their concentration and encouraging them to talk.
Your outcome was - did it work?
if so, what will you do next?
If it didn't work, why not?
Was it because there were too many objectives?
Was it a bit ambitious trying to do sharing, concentration and language all at once?
Could you or the child not keep up with too many things on the go and with distraction or interaction with the other child?
Your learning intentions do not have to be giant steps, just a tiny step is still progress i.e. the game went well and helped 'Jonny' learn to share. Next time, I will see if he can wait his turn every third time rather than roll the die every other go.
And don't forget if it doesn't work -it doesn't matter as long as you evaluate why it didn't work and what are you going to do about it next time to make it work?
You could simply write - the afternoon was not the best time to play a game 'Jonny' was tired.
What have you learn after reflecting?
To play the game when Jonny is eager to play when he arrives in the morning.
Now, whatever you have planned for your activities - what do you want the children to get out of it?
Your googly eyed bear mask you are making? -
will the children be using one-handed tools?
will they need hand-eye coordination?
Look at the skills needed to do the activities you have chosen and ask why have you chosen them? - was it to cover the learning intentions above or soemthing different?
You may have different reasons and different learning intentions for individual children.
I hope this helps. Try and read the EYFS pack, it really will help you. Google it to order your own copy by telephone or online if you do not have your own copy.
help with planning
well thankyou once again,im sure ill be posting something else im stuck on pretty soon lol x
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