3.1

3.1 A plan addressing a child's early literacy and numeracy skills and interests:

Lesson Plan:

Targeted Audience:

·      A young boy aged 3 years old

·      Enjoys and learns best through hand on activities

·      He loves the outdoors

·      Enjoys using equipment’s and motorized equipment.

·      Engages with learning experiences through outdoor activities

Plan/objective:

Incorporating numeracy and literacy learning experiences through the use of the natural environment and to provide the young child with hands on interesting learning environment targeting the young boys needs and interests. I will be observing the child’s actions and weather there are any strengths and weaknesses throughout the session, which I may be able to modify. Through the use of this plan it will allow me to provide the child with literacy and numeracy skills and interest in which best suit his needs.

Activity:

To include early numeracy and literacy learning the young boy will have a choice as to which tool he wants to use or weather he wants to use his hands to dig with however he will be digging in the outdoors to find 10 elements. The 10 elements are of his choice, as he will then be creating a story, a play and or a picture using the elements he has dug up. Through this it is allowing him to explore the outdoors and to use him imagination. As he will need to count how many items he has found it will be incorporating basic mathematics learning for him. To lead into him creating a play or picture using his imagination explores the notion of early learning literacy. I will allow an adequate amount of time, as I want him to finish the activity to his speed and to not limit the use of his imagination. He will have access to all resources in the room, which include, paints, glue, paper, pencils, objects and many more.

Observations:

I will be observing and making suggestion to the young boy throughout the activity however I am aiming to achieve his maximal interest and for him to engage in the activity through his imagination therefore I will limit the amount of limitations and suggestions I will make. However I will be closely observing throughout, as I will assess weather modifications need to be made throughout the duration of the activity. I will then make critical and in-depth analysis of his final product and to question the boy as to what he has done and why he has chosen to do that. It will also allow me to observe the skills and interest that the child is engaging best through and weather i have provided him with adequate skills to suit his ability level. 

Modifications:

Some modifications may need to be made throughout the duration of the activity, which may include:

·      Change the use of tools he may use.

·      Provide him with ideas if he is struggling to use him imagination.

·      Use number blocks to assist with his counting.

·      Digging may be too complicated therefore he can collect any elements from the outdoors environment.

·      He may struggle to create a play or picture with the items he has collected therefore I could provide him with some items he could use.

·     A story could be read to help him with the topic as it could create suggestions and ideas for him.
    The skills needed may be too hard therefore make modifications to suit his ability.
    He may not find the activity interesting, therefore i can modify and suggest that the entire process can be performed outdoors.

Summary/strengths and weaknesses:

Through the use of this lesson plan it will allow me to observe and to provide a numeracy and literacy experience for the young boy. The strengths of this plan I believe is that it is focusing on a specific child and the child’s interest therefore I hope that it will provide an interesting learning environment for him. I have based it around the one specific child as I feel each child learns best through different strategies therefore I felt this strategy would create a rich numeracy and literacy early learning for the boy. However there are some possible limits and restrictions in regards to the environment available and the resources provided. Throughout the session I have provided modifications and or suggestions to try maximize the learning of numeracy and literacy through the use of observations and to identify when I need to take a place in his learning. To finalise the session i will create a in depth analysis which will prove me with future improvements and weather the child's skills and interests were met throughout this activty.