I feel that this was engaging and effective because the literacy component was embedded in a gross motor activity. This is not to say that 'pure' literacy activities cannot be engaging, but that embedded activities are particularly attractive to me personally.
Activity title: Bean Bag Targets Outdoors
Date: 6th August 2013
Time Period: Morning
Who planned for: Primary
care group children’s names removed (whoever is available & interested) plus
other children who want to get involved.
Expected
Learning Outcomes
•
Relates
to Outcome 5 - Children are effective communicators
o Begin to understand key literacy and
numeracy concepts and processes, such as the sounds of language, letter-sound
relationships, concepts of print and the ways that texts are structured
•
Relates
to Outcome 1 - Children have a strong sense of identity
o Children learn to interact in relation
to others with care, empathy and respect
•
Relates
to Outcome 2 - Children are connected with and contribute to their world
o Children become aware of fairness
o Waiting their turn
•
Relates
to Outcome 3 - Outcome 3: Children have
a strong sense of wellbeing
o Children take increasing
responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing
•
Building
gross motor skills
Context
for the Session
• Relates to ‘Let’s Get Physical’ Term 3
Plan
Session
focus
•
Looking
at the fundamental movement skills in throwing and catching (body & head,
arms)
•
Using
letters / sounds to mark targets on a net
•
Using
fruit and vegetable cards to mark targets on a net
Preparation
•
Print
out first 2 sets of ‘Jolly Phonics’ and laminate - s, a, t, p, i, n, ck, e, h,
r, m, d.
•
Need
to have a range of bean bags for the children so they can choose ones that suit
them.
•
Check
weather
Teaching
and Learning Strategies
•
Introduction
(5 minutes)
o I will position myself outdoors and
engage a group of children in my new experience. As other children approach I
will encourage them to join in also.
o I will introduce my session by asking:
“I’m going to try out hitting these targets, who wants to join me?”
o I will explain that there are two nets, one with fruit and vegetable targets, one with letter
sounds.
o I will demonstrate that when they hit
the target, we need to say what the target is (or have a guess)
•
Main
teaching session (20 minutes)
o Ask each child in turn to choose a net
and throw 5 bean bags.
o I will observe each child, looking at
their fundamental movement skills and helping with identifying the targets they
have hit. For the very young children, the fruit and vegetables would be more
appropriate. For the older children, we can also ask them what words have that
sound in them.
o I will model both the movement skills
and the identification for the children and support each individual child that
is engaged in this experience to practice.
•
Conclusion
(5 minutes)
o I will ask each child in turn to tell
me their favourite part of the session.
o I will ask each child to tell me which
part of the course they found the most difficult.
o I will share with the children that
they can set up a similar experience for themselves using the equipment / materials available and the ideas from today.
Note - There was also a reflections / evaluation section here but I have removed it due to space constraints.
