Dinosaur Coloring Sorting and Counting

Name: Keanna Gordon Date: January 26, 2017 Age Group: 4/5 years old
Purpose (Observation OR Discussion):
My supervisor explained how her classroom portion of the centre focused on preparing
the children for school. The children in our class room are working to developing skills
necessary for the typical class room setting. Comprehension of colours and counting
are two skills necessary for young children at school.
Experience:
Label: Sorting and counting with dinosaurs
Objectives (three)
1- Enhance knowledge of primary and secondary colours
2- Work on the ability to count (from 5 to 30 depending level of cognition)
3- Exercise control over manipulating dinosaurs with minimal verbal instruction.
Description:
Who is involved?
This activity will be a one on one experience. I will take turns doing the activity with two
learners.
Where will the experience take place?
The activity will take place in the classroom portion of the centre.
What materials will be used?
The material used will include rubber dinosaurs and plastic saucers.
Implementation (step by step)
1) Invite the learner to do an activity with me
2) Show the learner the materials and give them a few minutes to play with them as
they wish
3) Ask the learner to name the different colour saucers
4) Ask the learn to sort the dinosaurs by colour without assistance
5) Correct any wrongly place dinosaurs, then ask the learner to do it again
6) Ask the learner to count the number of dinosaurs in a single coloured saucer (5)
7) If able to, ask the learner to continue counting the remaining dinosaurs (30 total)
Relevant precautions or restrictions?
N/A
Reflection:
Overall I think the activity went well. The first learner I did the activity with is a

very bright child. He had very little difficulty sorting the dinosaurs into the correctly

coloured saucers. Any mistakes that were made, he corrected by himself without

needing assistance. I was able to get him to count the first 5 dinosaurs, but he was

adamant about not wanting to continue counting the rest. I feel like cognitively the

activity may have been too simple for him. However I feel like it was a good way for him

to practice following instructions. He became fixated on repetitively naming the primary

and secondary colours, and also lot interest in sorting. He began playing with the

dinosaurs themselves, and I think it was good that I was able to redirect him to follow

instructions such as can you put the dinosaurs down? show me how you can stack

the saucers and can you help me clean up? Overall if I was to do the activity with him

again I feel it would need to be more challenging. Perhaps I could try to introduce

patterning, or come up with more steps to increase the difficultly level and hold his

interest longer.

The second learner I did the activity with found it more challenging. Naming the

colours was not difficult for her, but sorting was a bit challenging. She mixed up colours

that looked similar, such as red and orange or blue and purple. The first time though

there were quite a few colour mix ups, but the second time around she made fewer

mistakes. I feel like if she were to continue practicing this activity then it would be

something she would be able to master. If I were to do it again in the future I think I

would separate the colours that look similar so that sorting would be easier before
asking her to sort them all at once. As the activity was not overly simple for her it would

be something I would consider doing again in the future.

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