Learning Story in a Play School

Child’s Name: .......................... Date: .................................... Observer: ...............................
Focus A Learning Story
Taking an interest
Finding an interest here – a topic, an activity a role.
Recognizing the familiar, enjoying the unfamiliar, coping with
change
There are multiple kids in the video. They
are in a play school learning through play.
The class seems very crowded as children
are making noise. The class starts at 8:30
am so the day for all kids’ starts quite early
about at 7 in the morning. There is a boy in
the video and he seems quite obedient as he
is following the instructions of his tutor.
All of the kids enjoying each other’s
company. He seems very sincere as he is
having his meal without making any
problem to the tutor whiles others shouting
and not having their meal properly. There
is a girl and she seems an apple of the
tutor’s eye. All of the kids love spending
time in the class as tutors making learning
interesting. Playtime is 9:30 am to 10 am
and during this time all kids having lots of
fun with other kids. There is another boy
looks very active in physical activity as he
is roaming around all over the class. One of
the kids loves vegetable sticks, cheese and
milk in his breakfast as he is having all
these items in his meal. All of the kids
having fun and few of them are very active
and giving full attention in the class and
also focus on the topic which was being
discussed by teachers. Once teacher asked
a question related to the topic that has been
discussed by the tutors in the class one of
the kid gave the answer immediately
thereafter. There is a girl sat between two
boys and she seems very friendly and
familiar to other kids. During the meal time
that girl sharing her meal with others that
makes her a trusting kid. During the
remedial classes, a girl did not find any
difficulty in doing all the tasks which was
being shown by the tutor while others were
struggling. She was making it easy by
Being involved
Paying attention for a sustained period, feeling safe, trusting
others. Being playful with others and / or materials
Persisting with difficulty
Setting and choosing difficult tasks. Using a range of strategies
to solve problems when ‘stuck’
Expressing an idea or a feeling
In a range of ways eg. Oral language, gesture, music, art,
writing etc.
Taking responsibility
Responding to others, to stories, and imagined events, ensuring
that things are fair, self-evaluating, helping others, contributing
to program