Articles for preschool
nursery children's care, learning and development
Information Communication and Technology
Remote
control toys for ICT
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Example activity
What
will the children do?
With adult support the children will use
the open space outdoors to instruct a remote control car
to go forwards, backwards, left and right.
They will observe the results of their
actions and take turns.
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The children will make a block structure
and direct the car through the pathways.
Areas of learning
These were originally based on England's
eyfs (2008) 6 areas of learning
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What are children able to learn through these activities?
based on England's
eyfs (2008) early learning goals
To be able to instruct a programmable toy
To use
a programmable toy to support learning
To use
everyday words to describe position
To be
able to work as part of a group, taking turns and sharing fairly
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Information and communications technology (ICT) levels
of differentiation
Recognises connection between remote
control and making car move
Recognises different buttons steer
different directions
Moves car purposefully
Recognises which buttons steer which
way
Gains increasing control over manipulating
a joy stick or buttons
Children’s individual targets that this activity
could meet
To
begin to differentiate direction and position e.g. forwards, backwards
To be able to listen to and follow
instructions
To be
confident to try out a new activity, explore and experiment
To be able to work alongside others,
taking turns
Adult input (including language to be
introduced)
Demonstrate how to make the remote
control car move
Demonstrate the different actions
of the buttons
Introduce correct vocabulary
Support children in taking turns
Forwards, backwards, left, right,
stop, turn around, back, other way
Areas & resources
inside & out for spontaneous learning
Using a programmable toy independently
inside e.g. programming a toy to move around a small
world environment
Taking apart a defunct remote control
device
Using TV remote controls in role-play
Using a range of simple toys that
have a one button press for an action eg scanner till, kettle, toaster,
microwave, phone etc
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A remote control car - robot - dog - cat
Questions
for assessment opportunities
What happened when you pressed that
button?
How did you make it work?
How did you make the car move?
Could you tell it to move over there?
How do you do that?
Observations
Are the children stimulated and
interested in this activity?
Is turn taking and sharing
the remote control happening with others in the group?
Are children listening to and observing
how to use the remote control?
Do they handle the control experimentally
or attempt to make the car move in a particular direction?
Are both buttons being used?
Is directional language being used?
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