Scenario: Anne - Discussing Shapes During Lunch
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:01 pm
Learning through Lunch
Anne, the Educator in the 4 - 5 year old room is sitting with a small group of children at the lunch table. When Jacob (4 years 6 months) opens his lunchbox he exclaims excitedly “Look Anne, I have triangle sandwiches today!” “So you do” says Anne, “I have biscuits today and they are a rectangle shape. I wonder what everyone else has.” The group continued discussing the contents of their lunchboxes and the variety of foods that everyone has brought. Anne provokes the children to notice the shapes and sizes of different foods and compare them. They discover that Lee’s sushi is round like Georgia’s crackers; that bananas are a crescent shape like the moon; and that apples have a star shape in the middle of them when you cut them in half. After much discussion and debate it was decided that Kahlia’s rice was an oval shape.
Identify the learning that occurred as a result of Anne’s interactions with the children during this routine experience.
As a result of Anne’s interactions with the children during this routine experience is that They can learn about Shapes & sizes.
Is it Correct?
Suggest an experience that Anne could plan to follow on from this discussion.
Routines offer Educators opportunities to interact playfully with children and support and facilitate their learning and development.
Identify two this could be achieved in each of the following;
(i) Nappy change time:
(ii) Packing away:
Anne, the Educator in the 4 - 5 year old room is sitting with a small group of children at the lunch table. When Jacob (4 years 6 months) opens his lunchbox he exclaims excitedly “Look Anne, I have triangle sandwiches today!” “So you do” says Anne, “I have biscuits today and they are a rectangle shape. I wonder what everyone else has.” The group continued discussing the contents of their lunchboxes and the variety of foods that everyone has brought. Anne provokes the children to notice the shapes and sizes of different foods and compare them. They discover that Lee’s sushi is round like Georgia’s crackers; that bananas are a crescent shape like the moon; and that apples have a star shape in the middle of them when you cut them in half. After much discussion and debate it was decided that Kahlia’s rice was an oval shape.
Identify the learning that occurred as a result of Anne’s interactions with the children during this routine experience.
As a result of Anne’s interactions with the children during this routine experience is that They can learn about Shapes & sizes.
Is it Correct?
Suggest an experience that Anne could plan to follow on from this discussion.
Routines offer Educators opportunities to interact playfully with children and support and facilitate their learning and development.
Identify two this could be achieved in each of the following;
(i) Nappy change time:
(ii) Packing away:
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