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Date 08/05/15
Toddler Class
Teacher-initiated
Child-initiated
In the
morning.
Building Waterfalls:
Pots
Pans
Chopsticks
Buckets
Boxes
Plastic containers
EYLF:
Outcome 4: Children are
confident and involved
learners
Children develop dispositions
for learning such as curiosity,
cooperation, confidence,
creativity,
commitment, enthusiasm,
persistence, imagination and
reflexivity
Resources
This activity could assess childrens abilities to recognise sounds and different
types of music and musical instruments. It could also assess childrens creative,
interactive and play skills. Their fine motor development can also be looked at.
The children learnt about musical instruments and about being able
to interact and play with them. They also learnt about imagination
and extended on their fine motor and musical skills. The children
also seemed to have lots of fun with this play-based activity. The
anticipated outcomes were achieved well, just like mentioned above.
Next we could create our own band with the made up musical
instruments. I learnt (like many other times), that children learn
through spontaneity when they are at such a young age. What
worked was being spontaneous with the shakers and Sara (the
group leader) playing music in the background. This worked
because it related to activities to do with music that the children have
previously done.
What didnt work was that there were only 3 shakers as more
children wanted to play at the same time. Next time I would make
more shakers. I learnt that as a teacher, you should be involved with
activities children do so that they become even more enthusiastic
about learning. From here, we could add extra musical instruments to
the mix and play along to music that is on the iPod. We could also
make more of our own instruments.
A transition for this activity could involve singing a song to the children or with
them. It could be any song, depending on the moods and interests of the
children at the time.
Real-life engagements
The children will be able to engage with real-life everyday objects that will act as
musical instruments for this activity. They will be able to see the different ways in
which objects can be used.
Play
Play is involved as the children will be able to express their creativity and
imaginary skills by coming up with their own pieces of music. The children will
also be learning social interaction skills which involve play too. Role-play could
even be included.
Differentiated teaching
I will make sure that each child has the opportunity to play an instrument if they
want to. I will not force anyone to join in and will try my best to make the activity
as exciting as possible for the children.
The children seemed to enjoy Lorens shakers. To enhance this, I played some music on a speaker for the children to dance to whilst making sounds.
The children shook the shakers, danced and smiled with delight; a great experience!