Early Childhood Education
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Name:Brandy Foster Lesson Title: Head, shoulders, knees and toes activity
Date: Grade Level:Toddlers Circle one: ECE PKSN
March 12, 2024
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Domain- Physical Development and Wellness
2.f Demonstrates increasing understanding of safety practices and behaviors.
2.f b- Cooperates and/or stops a behavior in response to a direction regarding
safety.
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):Domain- Physical Development and Wellness
Develops knowledge about the body, its parts, and how it functions.
2.a 3- Points to basic body parts when asked.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Students should be able to know about different movements in the song with different body parts.
Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience
One/Two Assessed Instructional Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
Objective(s): The student will be to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
able to... skill?) Head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, song,
Identify and use their movement to movement
know where each body part is in I will collect data by writing the students names and
the song observing to see if they can match the movement of the
Keep up with the song and song.
allowing to remember where I will record data by playing the song a few times to see if
the children can identity each body part with the song and
each body part is without the song
Developing memory and By not playing the song and letting the children do it by Procedural steps:
cognitive development while themselves while I sing it, students will be able to use their
participating in the movement memory skills to practice their movement I will first have the class come together and have them stand
Following directions carefully while being spread apart.
Once the students are spread apart, I will play the video of
the song with students from the video doing it with them so
they can see it visually
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile While the song is playing, students should follow along and
One Assessed Developmental your evidence into a class or group view?) identity each body part by moving to the sounds of the song.
Skill Students will touch or point to each body part as they see and
Students will be able to go at a hear it in the video
slow pace, identifying each body I will monitor the students as a class first by looking at all of Students will be able to practice this a few times with each
part throughout the song and the students other in small groups to understand the song fully.
gradually go faster when it's being I would observe the students individually, additionally
played faster. getting all the data as a class and seeing how the
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Early Childhood Education
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children did.
Monitoring all the students can help me to see who is
struggling with the movement of the song and those Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on
Safety Considerations: Students who can achieve this. These students can help those materials.)
should be able to hear the who are struggling. Video of head, shoulders, knees, and toes
sounds(no outside voices)
* Spread out so no one
accidentally hits someone else Differentiation:
* Pay attention to the words to Adult Roles:
the songs I will work with the students who are struggling with the
movement of the song by having a video playing for them to
* No running, playing around, see where to identity each body part of the song. My role would be to make sure that all the students
hitting, shoving, making fun of First, I would let the whole class do the song and the understand movement and identity the body parts of the song
someone if they mess up second time, break into smaller groups to practice If students are struggling, I would want them to practice more
movement. and work with other students who can accomplish this activity
The students who are struggling can be helped by students I want students to have fun, be safe while doing this and
who understand movements from the song and to closely learn about movement through dance, as well as learning
monitor them. new things.
Resources & References:
Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)
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