1 year old experience

Group/Circle Time Program - FormatB (What to Consider) Name: Group of children or initials/code of individual child Written By: Planners Name Date: ________ Experience and setting: Name of experience, where the experience will take place (indoors or outdoors, age of children, individual or small/ large group.
Rationale	Learning Outcome and Goal	Reflection on Practice (You/children/group time/goal)
Reason for the group time. This should be linked to your observations.	Identify the specific outcome and goal. What do you want to achieve during this group time?	Questions to guide reflection Myself as an Educator What did I do well? What skills do I need to improve? Did I engage with children? Did I encourage collaboration and critical thinking? What would I change next time? Children Were children engaged in the group time? Did children ask questions and give comments? Group time Positioning - did it work? Did it flow? Gaining attention- did strategies work? Feedback from other educators/supervisor? Ask for feedback. How successful was the group time in achieving goals and outcomes? What lines of inquiry were raised? Did the children have a chance to collaborate?
Resources
What do you need? Remember you want to have everything ready so group time flows.
Intentional Teaching Strategies
Consider the following: Positioning Where will children sit? Where will you sit? Gain Attention Sing song: Open shut them, open shut them. Introduction How will you introduce children to the concepts or understandings you wish to share? What will you say? Set the scene so children understand what is expected of them. Tell them what they are going to do during group time. Main What understandings do you wish to introduce? Your goals for the group time? How do you want to present it? For example, if it's a story you may want to read through without interruption to ensure the flow of the rhythm. Question - what questions will you ask to encourage collaboration and engagement? Transition How will you transition children to the next routine or experience?
Future Planning- What next? How could you extend this group time within other areas of program?
This is where you consider options for extending based on your reflections. Think of ways to transfer your group time to the play area so children can further explore understandings in play you introduced. E.g.: a felt board story told in group time - moved to play area for exploration. Concepts about water conservation - could be implemented in routines; children could help to transfer water to the garden after water play.
Staff initials as acknowledgment of discussing reflection process and outcome with supervisor and observed group time: ______________