Purpose: Today I attended the newborn-6 year drop in program. All
Reason for completing the task. week there have been drop ins at both the Cumberland This could be based on an and Aldershot locations for March break, however for observation you made, a today, this drop in is the exact same as the typical Friday conversation between you and morning drop in from 9:15am- 12:00pm. For the your site supervisor, etc. afternoon, the ROCK fee for service program is cancelled and will start back up next week. The drop in program started and ended with circle time. In the program the activities included free play art and sensory activities. The center is set up with toys for free play as well as books for reading. Task: Objectives: What are you planning in 1. To give the children the opportunity to engage in response to your purpose? new activities/toys that they may not have access -Label your task (e.g. bulletin to at home. board focused on the importance 2. To allow the children to interact with other of play-based learning). children to build their social skills. -What are your 3 objectives for 3. For the parents to converse with other families this experience? (i.e. Why are you 4. For parents to have the opportunity to ask the creating a bulletin board on the professionals any questions they may have importance of plat based regarding their child(ren). learning? What message are you 5. To give the family a chance to get out of the house sending?) and experience a chance of scenery. Description: Describe the experience: 1. We had the room set up with a creative and -Describe the completion of the sensory activity. The space had a wide variety of task, with a step by step toys due to the wide variety or children that attend description. this program. There were toys age appropriate for age zero to six. 2. The creative table was set up for open art with a wide variety of art materials to manipulate. 3. There was also an art easel with paints. 4. The sensory activity was play-dough 5. The the sensory bin, there was coloured snow with scoops and cups. 6. Around the room as well as at the door, there are many resources for the parents such as flyers, pamphlets etc. 7. The educators are present as well as other professionals to answer the parents question/concerns. Reflection: The drop in filled up very quickly today, but is also -What went well? emptied quite fast. The group was predominantly young Provide examples of how you children, but around 11:30, the younger children left and know it went well. preschool/school aged children remained. The children -What didnt go well? Provide were very interested in the sensory bin activity. A student examples of how you know it from Sheridan put snow in the bin and coloured the snow didnt go well. with the children. She also brought eye droppers so that -What did you learn? the children could mix the coloured water to experiment -What might you do differently with colour mixing. Today, as opposed to yesterday, next time you implement this same parents seemed to notice their childs needs better. When task and why? children started getting tired, parents left. Previously this -Did you make any adaptation or was not the case. Overall, the drop in seemed to be very modifications? If so, what were successful and enjoyable for both the caregivers and they? children. -What type of experience might you plan to extend on this one?