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Counting lesson Reflection:

The lesson was about counting from 1 to 5, I was pleased because I saw children

were so engageable to come in front of class to dance and present the “five little monkeys

song” song. I think the areas that went very well are supported children to achieve the LO

by applied (ZPD) through implanted two ways which are given instructions for the

activities to assist children in completing the activities and encourage cooperation

learning method by planned for group work to support children help each other and

develop their language through discuss and talk. For instance, in matching activities I saw

Latifah say for Ibrahim “this is 4, not 3,” and she held his hand and counted the point

with him so, this is a great example of cooperative learning. Furthermore, I think I was

effective with developed children in fundamental learning area of EYFS which

communication and language areas by is implemented ZPD strategy to providing

opportunity to support children to build up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their

experience by talk and discuss with group members. According to Vygotsky, he sees the

Zone of Proximal Development as the “area where the most sensitive instruction or

guidance should be given - allowing the child to develop skills they will then use on their

own” (McLeod, 2012). In addition, I believe that I was able to show student

accountability and make learning visible by document children work through used

checklist, take photos, observe their skills and writing notes about their understood and

achieved LO. According to Reggio Emilia documentation principals, it's believed that

“teachers use documentation to identify strengths, ideas, and next steps to support

learning.” ("What Is the Reggio," 2018).

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There are aspects request attention in next lesson which are avoid overusing

physical stimulation because I was given children chocolate for every answer but when

the chocolate finished I was really shocked because nobody wants to answer if there is no

chocolate result of that my MST advise me to apple moral stimulation instead of physical

so, in next lesson I will praise children by saying excellent, good boy and so in . . .

According to Pavlov, he believes that “links unconditioned stimulus with the

unconditioned response.” (McLeod, 2013). Also, my MST advise me to use timer to

manage the lesson time because I took 5 minutes.

Overall, from this experiment, I realize how essential to plan for differentiation

because as we all have a unique fingerprint, each student has an individual style of

learning; therefore, I planned for a different level of activities involved low, middle and

high level. Also, I was enforcement the VAK learning style. For instance, I applied

auditory styles when children listen to the five-little monkey song, visual when I show

them pictures of five monkeys and kinetical when they copy the movement happened in

the song. (The VAK Learning, n.d.).

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Reference:

McLeod, S. (2013). Pavlovian conditioning. Retrieved from

https://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html

McLeod, S. (2012). Zone of proximal development. Retrieved from

https://www.simplypsychology.org/Zone-of-Proximal-Development.html

Service, G. D. (2016). Early years foundation stage. Retrieved from

https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage

The VAK learning system. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.southwesterncc.edu/sites/default/files/VAK_Learning_Styles.pdf

What is the reggio emilia approach? (2018). Retrieved from

https://childdiscoverycenter.org/non-traditional-classroom/what-is-the-reggio-

emilia-approach/