Oscar is the child in my practicum that has language delays. He is almost three years old. His primary language is Spanish.
The goal of this activity was to increase Oscar’s vocabulary.
The objective for my first activity was: Oscar will be able to name correctly five out of the eight body parts.
For the first activity we sing the song “head , shoulders, knees and toes” in English and in Spanish. The students repeat the words in both languages. Oscar just looked at his friends. He seemed shy and reticent. Then I took the children to play with a puzzle of a body. Each child had a part of the body. I named the parts of the body and the children repeated them. Oscar was able to say “cabeza” (head) and “brazo” (arm).
It is important to embed the goals and objectives into the activities because it gives purpose to the activity. It helps us to evaluate which activities are appropriate for the child and shows what changes or modifications may be necessary to make the activities more effective for the child’s individual needs.
Hi Sandra that sounds like a fun lesson. It is great that you are teaching Oscar the body parts in English and Spanish so that he is able to expand upon his learning. I think that was a great way to embed his objectives into that particular lesson. It is awesome that you are bilingual and able to use your Spanish to reach out to primarily Spanish speaking children. They definitely need the exposure early in order to succeed in Kindergarten.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it shows whether or not the activity need to be modified. Sometimes the lessons we plan don't go as planned. That has happened to me a few times and I have to go back and modify it to meet the learners. There have been times when I had to redo the entire lesson and develop an entirely new activity. Also you have a wonderful activity for your student.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true. I glad you brought that out. An activity should have a purpose in order for the child to understand the concept that you are trying to convey.
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