CHDV 210 Designs for Living and Learning

Chapter Reflections from

Textbook
Description of Material How I think Child(ren)
will engage with material
Obserations!Reflection
s after Teacher in
Charge
" #hen childhood centers
were expanding$
programs for teachers
emphasi%ed making
their centers a home
awa& from home (C'rtis
( Carter$ "))*$ p+",)+
-ake flowers to decorate
the dramatic pla& area+
I hope the children will
'se the fake flowers to
pla& in the dramatic pla&
area$ I set it 'p so the&
can p'll the fake flowers
from the pot$ so the&
can be picked and
carried other places+
.ome of the children p't
the flowers in their hair$
some of the children
made different
bo'/'ets+ .ometimes
the children 0'st p't
them into different things
the& co'ld find1 baskets$
bags$ p'rses+
* #hen designing the
learning center$ some
areas can be expanded
b& 'sing portable
screens or diiders so
&o' can create a smaller
space within a larger
space that is co%&
(C'rtis ( Carter$ "))*$
p+23)+
4 green ho'se made
from an old pla& tent+
I hope the children will
'se the green ho'se for
their gardening of fake
flowers$ or an& pla& food
the& want to p't inside+
The children seemed
interested in the new
addition to their
classroom+ D'ring circle
time the& asked what it
was+ Thro'gho't the
week the children
pla&ed in it a few at a
time$ the& did not 'se it
as often as I tho'ght
the& might+
CHDV 210 Designs for Living and Learning
5 To s'rro'nd children
with mother nat're and
ob0ects that engage their
senses adding nat'ral
items to the pla&gro'nd
will enhance the
children6s free pla& and
connect them to nat're
(C'rtis ( Carter$ "))*$
p+75872)+
9lanters$ soil$ seeds$
shoels$ watering cans+
The children will be able
to plant their own seeds
in a garden o'tside$ take
care of them and watch
them grow+
I hope the children will
want to plant in the
garden and take care of
it to watch it grow+
The children seemed
excited to plant their
seeds$ a co'ple of the
children waited right
awa& for their plants to
grow+ :er&da& the&
watched their plants and
watered them and
waited for something to
start growing+
2 ;Materials that are
offered as treas'res can
incl'de things with
interesting text'res$
smells$ sparkles or
patterns< (C'rtis (
Carter$"))*$ p+,5")+
Different t&pes of seeds$
baskets$ bags+
I hope the children will
engage b& taking part in
classif&ing$ co'nting$ or
patterning them+
These were placed in
the science center$ the&
were obsered b& the
children a few times$
picked 'p and shook
aro'nd$ b't none of the
children seemed
interested in opening the
0ars to look at the seeds
closer+
CHDV 210 Designs for Living and Learning
=> ;?earning to see details
in ob0ects$ prepares
children$ not onl& to
deelop skills for
reading and writing$ b't
also to represent items
with other media< (C'rtis
( Carter$ "))*$ p+,3))+
4n arrangement of
flowers laid o't in the art
center+
I hope children will want
to draw or paint their
representation of the
arrangement+ I hope
the& will be able to see
the detail of the colors+
On two different da&s
d'ring the week$ the
children painted with the
flowers as the painting
ob0ects themseles+ I
showed them one wa&
to paint with the flowers
and let them do the rest+