101629 Healthy Identities

Assignment 2

Planned learning experience 2

Childs/Childrens Name/s: La, Je, Jo, C, Le

Date: 30/05/14

What is the experience?

First, sing the handwashing song (Appendix A) with demonstration of how to wash
hands. Then provide the children to take turns taking photos of the children washing
their hands. Help the children create one large poster using butcher paper.

What is the learning focus? (be specific about learning, and/or development,
and/or dispositions and/or relationships and interactions that are the focus of
this experience)
The focus of this lesson is to provide children with a tool designed by them, featuring
them. It gives them creative control over something that is normally a menial task. By
giving them the camera, they need to cooperatively photograph the handwashing
process and decide for themselves which images will be appropriate for the poster. By
doing this, children may be more interested in proper handwashing techniques.

Why am I planning this experience? (link to specific observations and/or family

information)
As with all services, hand-washing and hygiene are part of the daily routine. After having
spent several weeks at this pre-school, it is clear that the younger children have
difficulty following the routine, as well as difficulty with the technique of handwashing.
This experience aims to cover the Early Years Learning Framework, in Outcome 3
where children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing
and children show increasing independence and competence in personal hygiene, care
and safety for themselves and others and Outcome 4 where children transfer and adapt
what they have learned from one context to another.

What resources do I need?

Soap, hand dryer. Butchers paper, markers, crayons, paper, scissors.

What do I need to do to ensure that this experience addresses health and safety
requirements?
Handwashing involves water and soap which are dangerous substances, if spilled on
the floor or on electronics. It is important that any water or soap spills are cleaned up
immediately, and that the soap used is appropriate for childrens use. Also, ensure that
these liquids do not come into contact with the camera being used, or the electric hand-
dryer being used.

When is the best time and place for this experience?

During morning session, after morning tea.

How will I interact with the children to scaffold their learning?

Begin the lesson by singing the song that the children are familiar with. Along with this,
practice the actions needed for handwashing. During the experience, take the children
to the bathroom and model proper handwashing techniques alongside them. Once
finished, allow the children to wash their hands one at a time and give the children turns
with the camera. Point out the stages of hand-washing as the child does it. Indicate
appropriate moments for the child to take photos.

How did it go? (Include details of how the child/children responded, how you
scaffolded their learning and how peers scaffolded each others learning)
It was difficult for the children to pay attention during the hand-washing song. It was also
difficult for the children to pay attention during my modelling of handwashing.
Children thoroughly enjoyed having control over the camera. Unfortunately, I had
access to one camera at the time. This meant that there was some dispute over the
camera. However, the older children kept instructing the younger ones when and what
to take pictures of, which was nice to see.

What changes did you observe in the child/childrens learning, and/or

development, and/or dispositions and/or relationships and interactions that are
the focus of this experience?
In the lesson, it was clear that the use of technology changed the childrens attitude
towards handwashing. It made it more interactive and more exciting. They also enjoyed
seeing pictures of themselves playing with the soap and water. It changed the way they
observed the handwashing process, and verbal reminders of the song and the poster
they made increased their efforts in handwashing. They couldnt remember each part of
it completely, but made an effort to do what they could.

What will I do next to follow on from this experience to support the

child/childrens learning etc.?
To reinforce their learning, the poster should be hung up inside the bathroom to serve
as a reminder of what needs to be done when washing hands. It should be reinforced
before entering the bathroom too to increase the chances of children correctly washing
their hands.

What have I learnt from this experience? (reflect on planning, scaffolding, health
and safety, relationships, meaningful curriculum, continuity of learning, etc.)
From this experience, I have discovered the importance of resources. In this case, the
use of one camera between a group of five children was not enough. It would be
recommended that more cameras were made available but due to budgeting, it may not
always be possible. In this case, it may be better to use smaller groups of children, to
teach and take photos and then they can design the posters collectively as a class.
This experience may have been out of the childrens age range. In this particular group,
the children were only just learning to write and spell. Because of this, it required myself
to do more of the writing. However, the use of the camera and taking images of
themselves in a familiar setting changed their attitude towards how they washed their
hands.