Centennial College Early Childhood Education

Student Name: Kristy Molnar

Agency: Morish YMCA Daycare

Age range of children: 2.5- 5

Centre Focus: Emergent Curriculum (two ongoing curriculums focus at one time.)

ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION

Over the course of my placement the children have been exploring the

different helpers within their community. While playing

restaurant I observed the children talk about healthy eating. The

children have also taken an interest in cleaning the dishes and play food.

This shows that the children have taken an interest in health and

safety. Children often play doctor and apply bandages/medicine to

dolls and each other.

POSSIBLE CUES

Strong language skills

Understanding of “healthy” and “junk food”

Interest in acting out what community helpers do

Exposure to health and safety (e.g. doctors, daycare, home, etc.)

Most children have a wide range of words in their vocabulary

All children are highly energetic and perform well when doing gross motor activities.

Daycare has a caterer for all meals and snacks served at the daycare. They only serve healthy foods.

Possible Interests Web:

Small group experience (circle) to confirm interest in the topic: (describe all parts of your circle)

Cut out pictures of food items will be placed on the floor. A sheet of paper taped to the wall that had two columns. One for healthy and one for not healthy. The children will be asked to pick one picture up. They then have to tell me what it was and whether they think it is a healthy item or not. The children then place it in the correct column.

I added an apple next to the column for healthy to help remind the younger children who are not able to read yet know which column is which. Afterwards I will place flyers and scissors on a table and the children canchoose their own food items.While they cut out their own pictures I asked the children what are other

healthy habits? (We then made the web seen in picture above)

Procedure:

• Piece of paper with two tables. One for healthy habits and one for non-healthy.

• Cut outs of healthy and non-healthy habits from flyers• Tape• Scissors• Food flyers

Consider the following and fully describe how you INTEND to explore your chosen experience with preschoolers

• How will you introduce the experience?

I will introduce this experience in a fun way where the children get to make choices and interact socially. I will call the children over to the carpet and ask them if they remember the answers they gave me when I asked them “what are healthy habits?” the day before. The children may recall that they had said fruits, vegetables, and no junk food. If not I will remind them.We will then look at the pictures and explore healthy vs. non-healthy foods.

• What lures might you use to attract the children?

I will be very enthusiastic and not too involved. I find when I stand back and scaffold when needed, the children have more fun because they get to explore and learn in their own way.I will use bright pictures of food I will use food items that are common or failure

• Preschoolers require support and guidance to fully explore an experience. How will you guide and support their interactions with the materials and each other and with you? COLLABORATION

I will ask them as they cut out their pictures from flyers about other healthy habits. If they have any questions I will try not to give the answer but to give a hint so that they think of the correct answer on their own.

• Closure is important in any planned experience. How will you end the experience with the children? What guidance strategies would be helpful to use?

As they are picking their own food items from the flyers to stick on the board I will ask the children about other healthy habits. When the children are done I’ll leave my activity on the table because it is required that there always is an activity on all tables at all times for children to explore. That way they can go back to it, add more, or move things around if they’d like.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR 6 EXPERIENCES IN THE PROJECT, COMPLETE THIS GROUP (CIRCLE) TO BE SURE OF THE CHILDREN’S INTEREST IN THE TOPICArrange a date, and time to implement your chosen experience using the elements you defined in your procedure.

Evaluation and Reflection:

NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS GROUP EXPERIENCE (CIRCLE):

How did it go? ARE THE CHILDREN STILL INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC? Yes, the children loved being able to pick and choose different food items they were all familure with. They were excited and showed each other what items they had. Some of the children traded amongst themselves to get items they liked or just wanted to put on the board. They then picked their own items and talked about healthy habits.

WILL THE INQUIRY PROCESS WORK WITH THIS TOPIC? WHY OR WHY NOT?

I believe it will for the following reasons:

Children were very interested in food related topics We have many food related items at the daycare The children have already explored restaurants when learning about

community helpers I have many members in my family that work with food. I know many

people who work in the health field so I have knowledge and a creative background to go far with this topic. My web bellow will show the many possibilities and directions I could go within this topic. You can see this in my second web below.

Friday October 26th 2012

Phase OneECEP 229001

Curriculum: Project DevelopmentProfessor: Maria RobertsStudent: Kristy Molnar

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Rationale for Healthy Habits ExplorationFrom November 5th – 13th 2012

With Kristy Molnar ECE student Centennial College

After exploring healthy habits through food that is healthy or non-healthy

with the children it is clear to see that they have an interest in this topic.

The children at this center are very bright and have already been exposed

to healthy habits through the choices (you the parents) have made and

introduced to your children. I intend to broaden their knowledge on this

subject through activities that will educate and allow the children to be the

creative individuals that they are. I look forward to updating you on your

exploration through healthy habits!

Some of the things will be exploring are:

The differences between healthy foods and non-healthy foods How vegetables are different than fruit Canada’s food guide, the food groups Germs and how they spread Routines Exercise and muscles how to stretch and be active

Please look for the documentation I will be posting around the daycare of our exploration of healthy habits!

Sincerely,Kristy Molnar

K (know) W (what do we want to know)

H (how will we learn it)

L

There is healthy food and junk food

The difference between the two?

Explore nutrition information

We gained knowledge on what Canada’s food guide is and the types of food you find on it.

Vegetables and fruit are healthy

What is a fruit and what is a vegetable?

Read books, cut open and explore fruits and vegetables.

While working with activities that involved fruits and vegetables like the Food Guide activity the children asked these questions and we talked about how apples and other fruits grow on trees and bushes while most vegetables grow underground or closer to the ground.

Exercise is healthy

How do you exercise?

Explore various movements through gross motor play

We Explored our muscles through exercise and dance. We warmed up like hockey players and then went outside to play

hockey. We heard some new words that describe the names of muscles.

Wash hands What are germs?

Explore how germs are spread from books and activities

We focused on the little parts of the body we should remember to wash like behind the ears, your elbows, neck, and toes. We explored how keeping clean makes you healthy through washing babies.