Beanbag learning task
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This document provides instructions for a learning task using bean bags with children ages 4 to 6. The task aims to develop large motor skills, body balance, and shape and color recognition. Children will explore different ways of holding and moving with the bean bags. The teacher will demonstrate techniques and provide guidance during play. Assessment will involve observation of children's abilities to balance, throw, and catch the bean bags. Feedback will encourage thinking of new ways to play and build on skills.
Beanbag learning task
- 1. ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young Children Hajer Khamis Al.Badi 82935 Learning Task: Bean Bags Description: The child is going to play with the bean bag in the gym room or in the playground that is available in the school. The teacher role is to guide the child how to hold the bean bag and the possible ways that he/she can play movement and controlling abilities and with. Some ways are: putting it on the balance. They play with bicycles, balls, hand/'s back, feet, shoulder, head, or hoops, etc and they would play with arm and walk without falling off. Other bean bags. Playing with bean bags ways are to throw the bean bag up in develops child's large muscles (motor the air and catch it with both hands or skills) and her body balance. Also, it throwing it to a peer to catch it. helps in recognizing shapes (square, Children might suggest other ways, circle, rectangle, triangle) and colors just ask them to think out of new ways. (red, blue, yellow, green, black, purple, Learning Task Adapted from: etc). Sultan Qaboos University, Child Care Student Learning Outcome: Center, Gym Room. • Developing large muscle skills Age Group: and body balance (putting the bean bag on the head, shoulder, 4 to 6 years old feet, or hand and walking). Subject Area: • Developing the ability in Personal and Social Development throwing and catching the bean bag (leads to developing the Subject Strand: ability of throwing and catching Physical Activity things). Background Information: • Recognizing the basic shapes and colors for those children who do Children play with different materials that enhance their muscles or motor May 1, 2011
- 2. ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young Children Hajer Khamis Al.Badi 82935 not recognize the shapes and Description: child may colors such as 'black' or 'circle'. describe the bean bag shape and color that she/he has. Prerequisite Concepts, Skills & Values: • It also following the social theory by Vygotsky where the teacher • Following gym room routines in has to help the child to approach a selecting, using, and returning new skill level. materials. • The teacher demonstrates the • Large/gross motor control skill to ways of playing with the bean bag hold the bean bag without falling then the children plays alone or down. with partners. • Recognizing and naming the • The teacher has to provide verbal names of basic shapes and colors. explanation in playing with the • Body balance while walking. ben bag. Learning Theory & Instructional Student Characteristics Strategies: Accommodated: • This learning task is following the • Accommodating the bodily constructivist theory of learning. kinetic and spatial intelligence as Child has to explore many ways children has to hold the bean bag of playing with the bean bag. It in many positions and walk also encourages them to think out around. of new different ways to play • Children are engaged in this with the bean bag. Children are activity when they are ready to engaged in the following balance their bodies to hold the instructional strategies: bean bag and walk around at the Decision making: child will same time. decide whom will play with, Introduction of the Learning Task: the way will play with the bean bag. In the gym; May 1, 2011
- 3. ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young Children Hajer Khamis Al.Badi 82935 • Show the children samples of the Tools and Equipment Needed: bean bag different shapes and • Pattern of colors. the bean • Name the 'bean bag' for the bag. children and ask them to name it • Fabric because they may have not seen before. • Needle & thread • Show them one way of using the bean bags (or may show them • Scissors some of the possible ways/or • Filling beans like popcorn beans encourage them to think out of new possible ways but notify that you Preparation: will do at the beginning one way). You can give it to a tailor to For example; putting the bean bag design/sew and fill off with the on the back of the hand and popcorn or follow these steps: walking around. For the square: • Explain the rules of playing with the bean bag: not allowed to do, • Cut out t2 squares of fabric using and how to stop playing. a pattern of CD cover as an example. • Give each child one bean bag and avoid problems that might be • raised when the children choose With their favorite color or shape (save the play time away of problems) • When the time of play is up ask children to hold the bean bag between their hand and stop in right sides together and starting at their places. Then ask them to least 1/2 cm before one of the return the bean bags to you corners, sew three sides only. (or according to a specific color or a you can sew all sides but leave a shape. gab to be as a filling hole). May 1, 2011
- 4. ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young Children Hajer Khamis Al.Badi 82935 • Turn your bean bag right-side out. • To develop the body balance You can use a pen or a pencil to ability: use a balance board. push out the corners gently. Assessment Techniques: • Fill your bean bag with the • Observe the children while popcorn beans. playing (holding, throwing, walking with the bean bag) • Play with the child; asking her to throw the bean bag to you and catching it when you throw it toward her). • Record with videos or photo • pictures while playing in a group. Close Feedback Suggestions: the bean bag by sewing the last o How can you play with the bean side of it. bag differently? o How can you walk with the bean bag on your shoulder without falling off? Extension Activities: o What is the shape/color of the • Ask two children to play together bean bag that you have got? (throwing and catching the bean Evaluation Rubrics: bag). 1. Dose not try to play with the bean Enrichment Activities: bag. • To develop the large muscles 2. Holds the bean bag on her hand; (throwing, and catching/ holding): uses one way to play with the use balls with different sizes and bean bag. Does not have the colors. balance ability while walking and holding the bean bag on the hand. May 1, 2011
- 5. ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young Children Hajer Khamis Al.Badi 82935 3. Uses 2 to 4 ways of playing with http://familycrafts.about.com/od/easyse the bean bag. Has the balance win1/ss/beanbags.htm ability when walking while Vocabulary: playing with it. Bean bag, circle, square, black, blue, 4. Uses more than 4 ways to play color, shape with the bean bags; explores more and different ways to play with. Key Words: Has the balance ability when Bean bag, color, shape, fabric, needle walking while playing with it. & thread, balance, large muscles, Comments, Hints, & Suggestions: throwing, holding, walking o Ask the children to think out of new ways of playing with the bean bag. o Be careful when sewing the bean bag with the needle. o It is highly recommended when playing with the bean bag that children do not throw the bean bags strongly to others or toward the roof, so it will not hurt the other children in the room. o Keep the bean bags in a bag so you keep them away of the dust. o You can add other shapes with different colors in your collection. References: Child Care Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Gym Room. May 1, 2011