Experience 1

Conestoga College Early Childhood Education Program
PL.#2 Documentation of Learning and Development: Planned Experience 8%

Planned Picture Book
Student Name: __Manpreet singh_______________ Date Experience Occurred: __5 feb

2024_________ Age Group: __before and after school( mix age group)
A planned experience is an experience that follows the children’s interests, developmental level, and/or
emerging skills. As an educator, you will need to engage in careful observation of the children and
respond to what you observe. One way of doing that is through a planned experience. These types of
experiences may occur in any environment (indoors or outside).
Complete the top half of this form BEFORE the experience occurs
Why: Observations
What have you observed as currently happening in the program in relation to the children’s interests
and/or emerging skills and their developmental levels? Make specific notes of what you have observed
the children say/do.
From the beginning of my placement, I noticed that in the program children have a strong
interest in animals and picture books that contain animals and during outdoor play
sometimes I see that often kids involved in role-play situations involving animals, they
pretend to be different animals and building a home for their animals in the sandbox. When
kids make circles, they ask about different animals and their characteristics and they love
to hear about new animals. Children also like nature, sometimes during playtime, they do
something behind the trees, and they love to play with the trees. They have a full stack of
small animals made of plastic, they usually place them on the ground and play with them.
Why: Inferences (Interpretations)
Based on your observations above, what do you think it means? Consider possible emerging interests,
children’s curiosities, concept exploration, and developmental aspects. Also consider your own
curiosities and questions.
I noticed the kids and I got to know about their interest in nature and animals and their
habitat. They get curious when I talk about animals and their habitat. They are curious
about the characteristics and behavior of various animals. So, activities that involve animals
and nature help foster their curiosity and help them support their understanding of the world
better around them,
Who: Consider the child/children

Consider the children you are preparing this experience for. How will you ensure Equity, Diversity and
Inclusion are a part of the design of your provocation? Note anything that you should consider in the
pre-planning stage.
To promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in the design of this event, I intend to
incorporate a picture book with a wide cast of characters and ideas. Furthermore, I will
consider any cultural backgrounds represented in the group and want to select a book that
respects and reflects their perspectives.
What: Planning the experience
Based of your observations and inferences, choose a picture book. Describe the pictures and what
happens in the book. Explain how you are preparing for reading the book. Talk to your cooperating
educator about when and where you might read the book? Knowing yourself and your tendencies, what
will you need to be aware of? (e.g. Do you think you will need to make your voice louder? Will you
need to slow down or speak more clearly than usual? What kinds of questions do you plan to ask? How
will you keep children engaged?)
For the intended experience, firstly I chose a book which contains lots and animals and
their information like habitat and name I don’t know the names of the books but I chose it
while I was looking at various books one by one I opened books and I found one book
which contains animals species all across the globe then I head towards my cooperating
educator and discussed the books and character, during the circle time I gather children
and I starts reading books sometimes I also ask some open-ended question on the basic
of books and kids answered it well. For reading the books I first prepared myself and
started reading loud so everybody could hear it there are a lot of animals in the books
one I started reading pages one by one. children seemed to be curious and asked a lot
of questions to me and I started answering one by one. I always tried that my voice clear
and audible to kids. The picture books also contain greenery and trees beside animals
which makes them look realistic. Books seem to be a very good choice for kids they
foster creativity and help in the cognitive development of the children. I just need to
focus on my pronunciation of some words because I noticed sometimes some kids don’t
understand some words, but I am continuing to work on it and I am getting better day by
day.
Complete the bottom half of this form AFTER the experience occurs
How: Reflect on learning and development

Reflect on the book and on the experience you facilitated. Describe how it supported children’s learning
and development. Consider a variety of learning aspects as well as various aspects of development
*Note you are being marked on the quality of your reflection and your level of overall engagement with
this task – not on how well the book you chose *worked*.
The "Animal book" introduced kids about animals. Children identified animals and replicated their
sounds in order to pick new words. It was interesting to guess which animal was beneath each flap,
causing their minds work overtime. It allowed kids to think and learn about animals in a playful
manner. As a result, they not only learned about animals and their distinctive features, but they
additionally enhanced their communication and ability to reason. It was like a game, and they learnt
a lot without knowing it.
Reflect: Your emerging abilities as an educator

Reflect on of reading the book. Did the children seem engaged? Did anything unexpected happen?
How did you handle it? What would you do differently next time? What did you learn about the
children and/or yourself through this experience?
During the Storytime with the book, kids were very interested in guessing what animal
was hiding behind each flap. However, one child became upset because they found the
anticipation too much. I immediately comforted the youngster and asked them to help
open the flaps, which calmed them down. Next time, I'll keep an eye on the pace, so no
one gets overwhelmed. It taught me to be adaptable and mindful of children's emotions
during activities. I now have an improved understanding of the kids' preferences and how
to customize activities to better fit them.
Co-operating Educator Observations/Comments
Co-operating Educator’s Signature _______________________________________

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Conestoga College Early Childhood Education Program

PL.#2 Documentation of Learning and Development: Planned Experience 8%

Student Name: Manpreet singh___________ Date Experience Occurred: 5 feb

Who: Consider the child/children

How: Reflect on learning and development

Reflect: Your emerging abilities as an educator

Co-operating Educator Observations/Comments

Co-operating Educator’s Signature _______________________________________

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