Date 11/07 – 15/07/2016

What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
Mon – Amelia – The children will develop their sense of taste and explore another healthy option to eat.
Tue – Sam – The children will be able to explore the paint through painting on a different texture.
Wed – Sam – Extending on IH interest around tactile exploration, this activity allows her and the other children to explore a new texture and the objects throughout the shredded paper.
Thur – Amelia – The children will develop and new way to be creative and expressive through paint and stamping.
Fri – Amelia – With the leftover fruit from the week I will bring in my nutribullet and the children can help me make smoothies.

Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in
Mon – Amelia – All of the children showed an interest in trying the pancakes. We put jam and banana on top of them which was enjoyed. Because it was a packet mix there was not much that the children could be involved in. They had a turn at shaking the mixture up in the bottle.

Tue – Sam – The children all seemed to really enjoy painting on a different medium. It was great to see how EM decided to explore the tin foil, by crunching in between her hands, as well as painting on it. I think that the children liked how the tin foil would make noises as the used the paint brushes on them.

Wed – Sam – The children all really enjoyed exploring the shredded paper, some of the children also explored the the paper with their sense of taste, but found that it wasn’t very good to eat. AC enjoyed finding the trucks that were throughout the shredded paper.

Thur – Amelia – Today didn’t go as smoothly as things usually go and Sam was in the preschool so I didn’t feel I could set up and provide this experience without the support from another teacher. I will make sure I implement this planned experience in the morning when Sam is there to support me.

Fri – Amelia – The children showed an interest in the brightly coloured fruit platter i had prepared earlier. We talked about the different fruits that were on the plate and had a taste of the mango which was an unfamiliar taste to most but Elle loved it.
I also provided the stamp painting today and only a couple of children were interested to give it ago.