ACTIVITY 13: Ball Shoot

Purpose:
Previous activity that required fine-motor development using balls
(Activity 3-Ball Box)

Learning Experience:
Objectives:
1. Create a durable activity
2. Involvement of coordination development
3. Exposure to the concept of cause-and-effect

ELECT: Cognitive 4.3 Cause-and-Effect

- Repeating actions that produce outcomes
- Distinguishing actions from outcomes
- Using actions that show the properties and functions of things
- Ensures that the infant is able to construct the relationship between
their actions and the reaction to the material.

Materials:
Large Container (empty protein shake container)
Industrial pipe (1 straight, 1 curved)
Electrical tape for rough edges

Who Myself and the Infants

Where Carpet Area

Description:
Place the ball shoot in the centre of the room
Allow the children to identify the object and engage in the activity
Demonstrate how the activity works

Teaching Strategies:
1. Sensory Engagement- fine motor
2. Modelling- displaying how to perform task so they can mimic my
actions

Reflection:
What went well
Enough materials (balls) for all participating students
All infants were interested
Durable

Didnt go well
 N/A

Learned.
Babies enjoy activities that have a result (ball coming out of the pipe)

Future experience
Create an activity that is more complex
o Have various entry pipes to give the babies options