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ECED4080 Creating Materials for Use by Young ChildrenHajer 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
with. Some ways are: putting it on the
hand/'s back, feet, shoulder, head, or
arm and walk without falling off. Other
ways are to throw the bean bag up in
the air and catch it with both hands or
throwing it to a peer to catch it.
Children might suggest other ways,
just ask them to think out of new ways.
Learning Task Adapted from:
Sultan Qaboos University, Child Care
Center, Gym Room.
Age Group:
4 to 6 years old
Subject Area:
Personal and Social Development
Subject Strand:
Physical Activity
Background Information:
Children play with different materials
that enhance their muscles or motor
movement and controlling abilities and
balance. They play with bicycles, balls,
hoops, etc and they would play with
bean bags. Playing with bean bags
develops child's large muscles (motor
skills) and her body balance. Also, it
helps in recognizing shapes (square,
circle, rectangle, triangle) and colors
(red, blue, yellow, green, black, purple,
etc).
Student Learning Outcome:
Developing large muscle skills and
body balance (putting the bean bag
on the head, shoulder, feet, or hand
and walking).
Developing the ability in throwing
and catching the bean bag (leads to
developing the ability of throwing
and catching things).
Recognizing the basic shapes and
colors for those children who do not
recognize the shapes and colors
such as 'black' or 'circle'.
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Prerequisite Concepts, Skills &
Values:
Following gym room routines in
selecting, using, and returning
materials.
Large/gross motor control skill to
hold the bean bag without falling
down.
Recognizing and naming the names
of basic shapes and colors.
Body balance while walking.
Learning Theory & Instructional
Strategies:
This learning task is following the
constructivist theory of learning.
Child has to explore many ways of
playing with the bean bag. It also
encourages them to think out of new
different ways to play with the bean
bag. Children are engaged in the
following instructional strategies:
Decision making: child will
decide whom will play with,
the way will play with the bean
bag.
Description: child may describe
the bean bag shape and color
that she/he has.
It also following the social theory
by Vygotsky where the teacher has
to help the child to approach a new
skill level.
The teacher demonstrates the ways
of playing with the bean bag then
the children plays alone or with
partners.
The teacher has to provide verbal
explanation in playing with the ben
bag.
Student Characteristics
Accommodated:
Accommodating the bodily kinetic
and spatial intelligence as children
has to hold the bean bag in many
positions and walk around.
Children are engaged in this activity
when they are ready to balance their
bodies to hold the bean bag and
walk around at the same time.
Introduction of the Learning Task:
In the gym;
Show the children samples of the
bean bag different shapes and colors.
Name the 'bean bag' for the children
and ask them to name it because they
may have not seen before.
Show them one way of using the
bean bags (or may show them some
of the possible ways/or encourage
them to think out of new possible
ways but notify that you will do at the
beginning one way). For example;
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putting the bean bag on the back of
the hand and walking around.
Explain the rules of playing with the
bean bag: not allowed to do, and how
to stop playing.
Give each child one bean bag and
avoid problems that might be raised
when the children choose 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 their places.
Then ask them to return the bean
bags to you according to a specific
color or a shape.
Tools and Equipment Needed:
Pattern of
the bean
bag.
Fabric
Needle &
thread
Scissors
Filling beans like popcorn beans
Preparation:
You can give it to a tailor to
design/sew and fill off with the
popcorn or follow these steps:
For the square:
Cut out t2 squares of fabric using a
pattern of CD cover as an
example.
With
right sides together and starting at
least 1/2 cm before one of the
corners, sew three sides only. (or
you can sew all sides but leave a
gab to be as a filling hole).
Turn your bean bag right-side out.
You can use a pen or a pencil to
push out the corners gently.
Fill your bean bag with the
popcorn beans.
Close
the
bean
bag
by
sewing the last side of it.
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Extension Activities:
Ask two children to play together
(throwing and catching the bean
bag).
Enrichment Activities:
To develop the large muscles
(throwing, and catching/ holding):
use balls with different sizes and
colors.
To develop the body balance ability:
use a balance board.
Assessment Techniques:
Observe the children while 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.
Feedback Suggestions:
o How can you play with the bean
bag differently?
o How can you walk with the bean
bag on your shoulder without
falling off?
o What is the shape/color of the
bean bag that you have got?
Evaluation Rubrics:
1. Dose not try to play with the bean
bag.
2. Holds the bean bag on her hand;
uses one way to play with the bean
bag. Does not have the balance
ability while walking and holding
the bean bag on the hand.
3. Uses 2 to 4 ways of playing with
the bean bag. Has the balance
ability when walking while
playing with it.
4. Uses more than 4 ways to play
with the bean bags; explores more
and different ways to play with.
Has the balance ability when
walking while playing with it.
Comments, Hints, & Suggestions:
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.
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References:
Child Care Center, Sultan Qaboos
University, Gym Room.
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/
easysewin1/ss/beanbags.htm
Vocabulary:
Bean bag, circle, square, black, blue,
color, shape
Key Words:
Bean bag, color, shape, fabric, needle
& thread, balance, large muscles,
throwing, holding, walking
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