The Achmadis
Friday, June 16, 2006
William's Frog Experience
June 1st, 2006
It was one of Williams first days at Preschool. He had spotted the Life Cycle of a Frog in the Cultural Area. We went and got the tray with the diagram of the life cycle of a frog and the matching 3D representations. First, I went through the cycle with William and then showed him to correspond the representations on the board with the arrows, showing the cycle. William then had a turn and was quickly able to correctly place the representations in the correct cycle sequence. Then, all of a sudden William pointed to the fully developed frog's eye (which was yellow) and said: "This frog's scary."
Short term review:
William shows an ability to concentrate and pay attention in his area of chosen interest. William shows that he has the ability to "make decisions and choose his own materials." He shows skill in being able to correspond a one-dimensional picutre with a three-dimensional representation of the picture. William has an opportunity in the preschool environment to "learn strategies for active exploration, thinking and reasoning" making sense of the world such as looking for patterns, making comparisons, explaining to others (Tara-his teacher) and observing (when being presented with the excercise at the beginning). William feels safe to express his thoughts and feeling, and is able to do this using his verbal skills (Well-being Goal 1 and Communication Goal 2)
Where next?
- Engage William in furthur discussion about his thoughts (eg. What makes the frog scary? Why do you think the frog is scary? What does scary mean to you?) We ran out of time to furthur the discussion, as it was the end of the session.
- Show William the animal matching game in the cultural area to see how he might describe the animals
- Acknowledge William feelings, reassuring him that it is ok to feel scared
- Talk about how other people, animals, objects look and make us feel
- Sing "If You're Scared and You Know It" with the expressions and action that correspond
It was one of Williams first days at Preschool. He had spotted the Life Cycle of a Frog in the Cultural Area. We went and got the tray with the diagram of the life cycle of a frog and the matching 3D representations. First, I went through the cycle with William and then showed him to correspond the representations on the board with the arrows, showing the cycle. William then had a turn and was quickly able to correctly place the representations in the correct cycle sequence. Then, all of a sudden William pointed to the fully developed frog's eye (which was yellow) and said: "This frog's scary."
Short term review:
William shows an ability to concentrate and pay attention in his area of chosen interest. William shows that he has the ability to "make decisions and choose his own materials." He shows skill in being able to correspond a one-dimensional picutre with a three-dimensional representation of the picture. William has an opportunity in the preschool environment to "learn strategies for active exploration, thinking and reasoning" making sense of the world such as looking for patterns, making comparisons, explaining to others (Tara-his teacher) and observing (when being presented with the excercise at the beginning). William feels safe to express his thoughts and feeling, and is able to do this using his verbal skills (Well-being Goal 1 and Communication Goal 2)
Where next?
- Engage William in furthur discussion about his thoughts (eg. What makes the frog scary? Why do you think the frog is scary? What does scary mean to you?) We ran out of time to furthur the discussion, as it was the end of the session.
- Show William the animal matching game in the cultural area to see how he might describe the animals
- Acknowledge William feelings, reassuring him that it is ok to feel scared
- Talk about how other people, animals, objects look and make us feel
- Sing "If You're Scared and You Know It" with the expressions and action that correspond
:: posted by erika, 7:12 PM
