Episode 6: Robin Landals-Hill/

Robin Lindals-Hill.    is an Early Childhood Education teacher from Alberta, Canada. She has been in the ECE field for 25 years.  Currently she works with children in the preschool age group.  She has a diploma in Child Psychology, Early Learning and Childcare as well as a diploma in Early Childhood Montessori. She creates resources for teachers, educators, parents and families to find new ways to play with the children in their lives. Over the years she has mastered the lesson planning process. 

Today she will share her lesson planning strategy which she calls the Child Led Planning Web.  If you are looking for effective ways to cut down on your plan time, this is a must listen!

Key takeaways

• Lesson Planning: the web emerges child led with the need of the teacher to feel prepared and organized.  
• Allows Admin to be able to track the planning.
• Misconception of the term child-led.
• Importance of observations in the lesson planning process.
• Respecting the child’s interests in the lesson planning process will cut down on classroom issues.  
• Plan with the goal in mind.
• Start with observation.  Look at youtube videos and practice observing.
• Observe the kids as well as the activity. 
• Put opened-ended activities out and see where they kids go with it. 

Links:

Robins website: https://www.theplaydatelady.ca/

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