learningexperiences 091214
Resource Collection Assignment RC II Nine Learning
Experiences
Infants/Toddlers
Janique Bohannon
Rasmussen
RC II1
Science/Sensory
Age: Young Infants
Activity: Object Movement
Goal: To help children develop observation, curiosity and inquiry skills.
Materials: Tracking Colorful Objects
Process/Teaching Strategies: Place the child in your lap. Move a colorful object across the child’s visual field. Move the object to the left, right, up, and down. Encourage the child to track the object. Use a different object and repeat the process.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for young infants because it encourages observation, curiosity and inquiry skills.
RC II2
Language and Literacy
Age: Mobile Infants
Activity: Storytime
Goal: To help children to express themselves verbally and develop language skills.
Materials: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Processes/Teaching Strategies: Read the story “Chicka Chicka” to the children. Afterwards, talk about the story and what they saw in the book.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for mobile infants because it helps the children express themselves verbally. RC II3
Creative Arts
Age: Toddlers
Activity: Painting
Goal: To help children to express their creativity through art.
Materials: Paint, paint brushes, containers for the paint, paper and smocks.
Processes/Teaching Strategies: Assist each child in putting on his/her smock. Place all
materials at a table and allow the child to create a picture. Place the child’s name and date on the artwork and hang it in the classroom to dry.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for toddlers because it allows the children the freedom to let their imagination run wild. They can use their own ideas to create whatever they desire. It also encourages and supports creative thinking skills.
RC II4
Fine Motor
(indoor activity)
Age:
Experiences
Infants/Toddlers
Janique Bohannon
Rasmussen
RC II1
Science/Sensory
Age: Young Infants
Activity: Object Movement
Goal: To help children develop observation, curiosity and inquiry skills.
Materials: Tracking Colorful Objects
Process/Teaching Strategies: Place the child in your lap. Move a colorful object across the child’s visual field. Move the object to the left, right, up, and down. Encourage the child to track the object. Use a different object and repeat the process.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for young infants because it encourages observation, curiosity and inquiry skills.
RC II2
Language and Literacy
Age: Mobile Infants
Activity: Storytime
Goal: To help children to express themselves verbally and develop language skills.
Materials: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Processes/Teaching Strategies: Read the story “Chicka Chicka” to the children. Afterwards, talk about the story and what they saw in the book.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for mobile infants because it helps the children express themselves verbally. RC II3
Creative Arts
Age: Toddlers
Activity: Painting
Goal: To help children to express their creativity through art.
Materials: Paint, paint brushes, containers for the paint, paper and smocks.
Processes/Teaching Strategies: Assist each child in putting on his/her smock. Place all
materials at a table and allow the child to create a picture. Place the child’s name and date on the artwork and hang it in the classroom to dry.
Developmentally Appropriate: This activity is appropriate for toddlers because it allows the children the freedom to let their imagination run wild. They can use their own ideas to create whatever they desire. It also encourages and supports creative thinking skills.
RC II4
Fine Motor
(indoor activity)
Age: