Small Group Time Webbing Week 9 PDF

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Small Group Time Webbing/ Table-top toys Week 9

Small Group Curriculum Plan

How to plan emergent curriculum - Webbing… leads to small group time, tabletop experiences, materials you use in your environment, movement and literacy experiences - Use children’s ideas, theories and actions as the starting point - Intentional - Responsive - Following these guidelines will ensure motivation and engagement in learning

Cycle of Emergent Curriculum 1. Observe 2. Document, Reflect, Question 3. Plan and Implement

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Goal of Emergent Curriculum - To inspire, delight, curiosity, celebration and inquiry in the classroom

Role of the Teacher Observe: - What strategies are the children using in play? - What is the intention in their play? - What do you hear them saying? Document, reflect: - How can we return the experience to the child? - How can we help the child experience this differently? - Use your observations to help you! Plan, implement: - What materials will best support their play and learning? - How will you present your idea? - Is this idea developmentally appropriate?

Teacher’s Role in Emergent Curriculum - To co-explore with the children - To provoke ideas, problem solving and extending - To take ideas from the children and return them for further exploration

Webbing What can early care professionals web? -

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Anything Characteristics of a child Interests of a child Observations about a child Children’s responses to “what we know about…” Questions we wonder about a given subject Children’s interests Domain-specific ideas related to a topic

- Activities to do related to a topic/interest

Topic Web - One of the most popular uses for a web - Teachers record children’s responses to things like: 1. What do the children already know? 2. What would they like to find out? 3. To whom do they think they could talk? 4. What places could they visit to help them find out more?

Curriculum Web Planning - Webbing provides an outline for planning ideas as they develop (provides a history) - Webs help adults understand clearly how children make connections in different areas of learning

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- Webbing creates a team approach to teaching and planning age-appropriate topics

Picking an Emergent Topic Observation: - During outdoor play children were very interested in their shadow, pictured here is one child Teacher extending learning: - Indoor she was encouraged to trace her body after the outdoor experience

Developing an Emerging Web

Table-Top Toys - Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and visual discrimination - Recognition of shapes, colors, and textures

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- Comparison of similarities and differences, matching, classification, and pattern recognition - Following directions, following sequences, and concentrating for completing tasks - Chances to practice creativity and problem-solving - Connect cubes, Mr. Potato head, gears

Teacher’s role during use of the toys: - Observing small motor skills and hand-eye coordination when children are using manipulatives - Asking questions that encourage children to think of different ways to use the materials - Giving assistance when a child requests it - Helping children clean up and organize the materials when they are finished using them - Replacing materials that are broken or no longer safe

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