Focus On ChildrenErin Sternhagen & Melanie Selken

Damien, Gabriella, Kaden, Lucy

Friday, May 1, 15

Kaden & Lucy

Friday, May 1, 15

Kaden & LucyKaden -

Age 5Kaden is very quiet

His favorite is dramatic play and he loves sand

Lucy -Age 5

Loves to be creative, and colorVery energetic

makes a picture for Melanie all the time

Friday, May 1, 15

Damien & Gabriella

Friday, May 1, 15

Damien & GabriellaDamien -

Age 5Loves to play with his baby brother

very quiet and calm, loves to play at the toy center

Gabriella -Age 5

Attempts to play with her sisterDoesn’t mind moving around to different stations

always gives hugs to Erin

Friday, May 1, 15

Planning Process

Friday, May 1, 15

Planning Process

✴ We studied all about preschoolers and development.

Friday, May 1, 15

Planning Process

✴ We studied all about preschoolers and development.

✴ Chose our buddies off a list randomly.

Friday, May 1, 15

Planning Process

✴ We studied all about preschoolers and development.

✴ Chose our buddies off a list randomly.

✴ We visit our buddy once every week to get to know them and understand them.

Friday, May 1, 15

Planning Process

✴ We studied all about preschoolers and development.

✴ Chose our buddies off a list randomly.

✴ We visit our buddy once every week to get to know them and understand them.

✴ Based on what we know about them we chose an activity we think all four of them would like to do. Together we panned an activity.

Friday, May 1, 15

Lesson Plan

✴ Subject: Art

✴ Our Objective: To be able to create a splatter paint box using creativity and art skills.

✴ Our safety concerns would be paint in the eyes or mouth.

Friday, May 1, 15

Splatter Box✴ Materials Needed: Paint (different

colors), paint brushes, rubber bands, shoe boxes, paper, aprons

✴ We wrapped the rubber bands around our shoe boxes and opened all the paint.

✴ Soon we gave them brushes and they would go to work running the brush along the rubber bands and creating splatters.

Friday, May 1, 15

Reflection✴ Positives:

✴ They were very excited as we said, “Ready to get messy and paint?!”

✴ They got right to it and enjoyed it

✴ They girls wanted to keep painting over and over with more paper.

✴ Level of Student Engagement: Girl: High Boys: Low

Friday, May 1, 15

Reflection Cont.

✴ We understand our buddies more

✴ Our planning process took up a lot of our time so it turned out better.

Friday, May 1, 15

Unexpected:

✴ The boys were not as excited to paint as the girls were. They wanted to be done.

✴ They girls were overjoyed with happiness

✴ We did not get as messy as we thought!

Friday, May 1, 15

Next Time

✴ Try and make it more educational and enjoyable for the boys and make it equal.

Friday, May 1, 15

Friday, May 1, 15