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Friday, April 23, 2010

Aa is for Ants

I am taking a class called Creative Learning Environments and one of my assignments was to "describe a manner in which each of the eight learning styles can be promoted to learn about a single simple topic." This is the lesson plan that I turned in.

 I really enjoyed developing this plan and am planning to use this format for future lesson plans. This plan was intended to be carried out over the course of a week. The next one will be Bb for Butterflies.

 Aa is for Ants

ART

1. Goals for children's learning and development.
  • practice fine motor skills
  • review colors black, brown and red
  • appreciate the variety of color and form in nature
2. Brief description of planned learning experiences
  • look at pictures of different kinds of ant, noticing colors and other characteristics
  • color pictures of ants using crayons and chalk
  • make a model of an ant from egg cartons and pipe cleaners
  • make a construction paper ant
  • make a book of the drawn and colored pictures of ants to share with the class and parents
3. Accommodations for special needs and differences
  • help and encouragement with fine motor activities as needed
  • age appropriate cutting utensils
  • variety of choices in activities presented 
4. Materials needed
  • realistic pictures of ants
  • printed pictures of ants to color
  • drawing paper
  • crayons/chalk
  • scissors
  • egg cartons
  • pipe cleaners
  • 3-ring binder
  • sheet protectors
  • construction paper
  • glue sticks
5. Learning styles
  • Visual-Spatial
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT

1. goals for children's learning and development
  • learn to follow instructions in a fun way
  • children will learn to listen for different tempos in music - fast, slow - and move accordingly
  • children will enjoy learning together through song
2. Brief description of planned learning activities
  • learn the song "The Ants Go Marching"
  • March in time to do the differing tempos in the song - slowing down and speeding up the tempos on different verses in the song
  • sing the ant song and the As song together
3. Accommodations for special needs and individual differences
  • children may sing along or listen as desired
  • children may march to the beat or clap as desired
4. Materials needed
  • song sheets
  • CD player
5. Learning styles
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic
  • Musical
  • Interpersonal
  • Linguistic
DRAMATIC PLAY

1. Goals for children's learning and development
  • children will reinforce learned concepts and information through play
  • children will play together cooperatively or will enjoy time playing alone - understanding that both choices are acceptable ways of spending time
2. Brief description of planned learning activities
  • Plastic ants in block area as well as in the sensory area (rice/bean table).
  • Ant puppets in the puppet area.
3. Accommodations for special needs and individual differences
  • various sizes of play ants will be used 
  • children will have choices between block  play, sensory table and puppet area
4. Materials needed
  • blocks
  • rice/beans for sensory table
  • ant toys in various sizes
  • ant puppets
5. Learning styles
  • Bodily - Kinesthetic
  • Interpersonal
  • Visual-Spatial
  • Intrapersonal
  • Logical-Mathematical
  • Naturalistic
LIBRARY

1. Goals for children's learning and development
  • to foster literacy and the joy of reading
  • to reinforce tracking from left to right when reading
  • to allow children to enjoy and share the class book alone and with classmates and parents
2. Brief description of planned learning experiences
  • stock class library area with books, both fact and fiction, relating to ants. (Including the class book).
3. Accommodations for special needs and individual differences
  • provide a variety of book types and reading levels
4. Materials needed
  • a wide variety of books about ants
5. Learning styles
  • Verbal-Linguistic
  • Intrapersonal
  • Interpersonal
  • Naturalistic
SCIENCE/MATH

1. Goals for children's learning and develpment
  • observe and learn about ants as they work and grow in ant farm as well as in their natural environment
  • practice observation and counting skills
2. Brief description of planned learning experiences
  • set up and observe ant farm
  • go outside and look for and count ants
  • "Ants on a Log" snack - count the ants on each log
3. Accommodations for special needs and individual differences
  • providing a variety of activities to ensure that different needs and learning styles are addressed
  • providing assistance and direction as each child needs and desires
4. Materials needed
  • ant farm
  • ants
  • snack supplies - celery, peanut butter, cream cheese, raisins
5. Learning styles
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic
  • Interpersonal
  • Logical-Mathematical
  • Naturalistic

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