EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Xheni Lila Date: Age Group: Kindergarten Room (4-5 years old)

Purpose: Purpose:

Reason for developing learning
experience. This could be in
response to an observation,
discussion with the site
supervisor, Ontario Curriculum
Objective, etc.
With this activity I wanted to enhance their learning and expand
their thoughts. I wanted to focus on getting the students to
connect what they see to text (11.7) by using pictures to match
their first letter.

Observation

- Document what you saw and

heard
- Document non-verbal
communication (i.e., body
language, facial expressions
and voice tone)
- Document in detail: who,
what, where, and when
- Documentation should be
written in past tense,
objective, and in anecdotal
format
OR

Discussion

Document the discussion

between you and your site
supervisor that led to the
planning

OR

Curriculum Objective

Describe the curriculum

objective youre aiming to
meet/enhance through this
experience
Learning Experience Alphabet Picture Matching

What are you planning in 3 Objectives

response to your purpose?
- Label your experience
(e.g. Painting with cars).
- What are your 3
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. What
interests are you
extending? What strengths
and opportunities for
growth are you
enhancing/supporting?)
Please Note: You should
refer to appropriate
pedagogy to support your
discussion around
strengths and
opportunities for growth
(e.g. ELECT, How Does
Learning Happen, Ontario
FDK Curriculum, etc).
- According the FDK curriculum the children should be
able to use pictures to support what they understand in
text, with this activity the students will be able to match
letters and pictures (11.7)
- They will also be able to use their language to
communicate and reflect with the pictures they see (1.6)
- They will also be able to connect pictures to words (9.1)
Who will be involved in the experience?
I will be doing this activity with the SKs.
Where will the experience take place?
I will be implementing this activity indoors, on a round table.
Materials Used
- 26 letters in a shape of a cone
- 52 pictures with corresponding letter in shape of a cone
(Letter K cone Picture of a Kite and Key in scoops)

Describe the experience: How will the activity be implemented?

- Who will be involved in I will start by getting the children to sing the ABCs. I then will be
the experience? putting out the pictures scattered on the table while holding the
- Where will the experience cone I will ask the students what letter I am holding and can they
take place? (e.g. Indoors find a picture that starts with that same letter. One by one they
or outdoors? In the will be able to do this and then they will let me know what
dramatic centre, the picture they are holding. This will continue until all the letters
creative table, etc). and pictures have been matched.
- List the materials and
resources you will use Teaching Strategies
- Describe the 1. Do it signals The students will be able to tell me what
implementation of the they know about the picture and I will be able to get a
experience, with a step by clear understanding of what the children do and do not
step description know
- List and describe 2 2. Questions I will be asking them basic question to get
teaching strategies. How them to understand the activity better and expand their
will you use them? Why thinking.
have you chosen these
strategies?