Curriculum Experience Plan

Name: Carla Flores

Activity/Experience Name: Math Activity, Flannel Story. 5 Little Leaves.

INTENTIONS FOR LEARNING

Goal(s): Describe the general or long-term developmental focus of this experience.
List the California Preschool Learning Foundation(s) or California Infant/Toddler Learning
and Development Foundation(s) here:

Number Sense:

1.0 Children expand their understanding of numbers and quantities in their everyday
environment.

1.1 Recite Numbers in order to twenty with increasing accuracy.

Objectives: What specific and observable concepts or skills will the child learn, explore, or
discover? The child will be able to List the Preschool DRDP Measure(s) or Infant/Toddler
DRDP measure(s) here:

TCWBAT Count up to 5 objects using one-to-one correspondence; and Recites numbers in

order, on through ten.

TCWBAT Identify the new number of objects after one object is added to or removed from a set
of two or three objects.

EXPERIENCE PLAN
Activity Description:

In a big or small group, sing the song that goes along with 5 Little Leaves. Have the children
count down with each verse. Repeat as many times as the children want to and then leave it out
for them to play with.

Invitational Set-up: How will the experience be presented to invite participation or provoke
interest? (Provide a photograph of the set-up).

I will put the leaves on the board until a child either asks me or until I get a small group together. I
didnt take a picture of the set-up.

Specific vocabulary, teaching strategies, and open-ended questions you will keep in mind
(Using your textbook and/or Curriculum Frameworks, list specific ways you will promote
problem-solving and critical thinking beyond a simple recall of facts):

*Please photograph or video-record this experience and collect anecdotal notes.

I think the most important thing is to be sure that the children are interested. Keeping this is mind,
I could ask during the song what they think is coming next and see if they follow the pattern. This
can be paired with a reading, and have a different set of questions based on the book.

How is this experience personalized (i.e. modified) to meet the varying developmental and
individual needs of the children in your class? (e.g., older children, younger children,
specific needs or interests?)

The older children can help lead the activity and the younger ones can follow their lead. The
younger children can move the felt pieces that go along with the song.

Specific materials needed that are not already accessible to children:

The flannel set

Words to the song
Extension book (optional)

REFLECTION/EVALUATION
What did you do well?

I think I captured the childrens attention well because I did this in small groups on the carpet.
While doing it, other children heard and became interested.

How did the children respond to the experience presented? (Describe your observations
of childrens words and actions) What worked? What was difficult? Were there any
surprises?

One child in particular was interested, and he asked questions like, What are those leaves
doing? and How does the song go? I was surprised to see that more children came over when I
was in the middle of the song, they were doing other things and they stopped what they were
doing to see what I was doing.

What additions or changes would you make if you were to do this activity again? What did
the children teach you (e.g. about curriculum, teaching, or children)?

Its optional, but I would add a book to either the beginning or the end because the song is very
short. When I added the book to the activity, it kept the children engaged for a lot longer.

*Please photograph or video-record this experience and collect anecdotal notes.

*Please photograph or video-record this experience and collect anecdotal notes.