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1. Choose one activity that you have seen or would like to develop that fosters cognitive development.

2. Post a picture of your activity.

3. Share a description of your activity

4. Explain why it is an example of cognitive development

5. Do the activity at work the next day

6. Write a reflection on the activity: How did it go? What went well? What didn't go well? What would you do differently next time? Did anything surprise you?

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My activity fir the kids was a fox shape art. It was with construction paper brown for the body and the ears and white for the white part for the inside the ears and black for the nose and eyes. 

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An example of cognitive development is to make them realize that they can do anything. They were excited to do a fox craft with me.

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How did it go it was good and they did a good job. What went well is that they glued the parts where they were supposed to go and they had fun. What didn’t go well is that nothing did they all did a good job with the craft. I wouldn’t do anything differently but make a craft go longer cuz this craft wasn’t so long it seemed that they kids wanted to keep adding things to the fox. What surprised me that after the kids were done they were so happy and excited saying look at my fox and showing the other teachers what they made. The age group was 3 to 4 and they did so good I was happy. 

Lynnda

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This craft is based on the “THEME;THANKSGIVING” .I will have a simple drawing of a turkey, have toddlers split into pieces different colours of decorating papers using their hands, apply glue on the part of the drawing representing feathers ,then stick and press the coloured papers.Before this craft they learnt the sound of a turkey and saw its picture.

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It is a cognitive development activity because they will need to coordinate their eyes and hands to do the craft.Also when applying glue and sticking papers,they will need to be creative.When splitting papers they will develop their fine motor skills.

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1 The cutting of coloured papers into small parts was the mostly enjoyable part.The papers were thereafter scattered all over the floor
2 The toddlers managed to split the papers to smaller pieces though not evenly done.They applied the glue but with my assistance.They stick and pressed the coloured papers but they could grab a handful of papers at once.
3 The toddlers liked touching glue with their hands  and the papers would stick on them.They also wanted to tear the paper where the drawing was, as well.
4 In my other paper craft I will use sticky paper instead of glue where the toddlers can stick and remove coloured papers to allow more exploration.
5 I was surprised at how excited the toddlers were when they managed to do the activities.They would laugh happily when splitting the papers.

Margaret.

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Animal Prints in Play dough - Children will use arctic animal toys to create foot prints in play dough, They will observe the footprints & examine the similarities and differences of each foot print. 

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This activity Helps the children with memory, Helped the children sit still also memorize different shapes. 

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1. It went really well, kids were excited to we the for prints on the play dough & kept wanting to try different animals.

2. The children understood what to do, made it an easy activity while also building those memories & being creative.

3. A lot of play dough pieces on the table & floor, but a little fun cannot hurt us.

4. Will definitely add more animal options next time.

5. Yes, how well the children behaved & how much fun they had doing this activity. 

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Polar Bear Fishing, blocks instead of snow

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It makes them think how to find and look for the fish.

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The kids (2 year old) had really fun. It happened so fast .Instead of snow we used blocks to cover the fish.When winter comes we will try it again. Outside.What surprised me is that the kids find the fish really fast and they enjoy so much.

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This activity is called Paper bag turkey puppet. In this activity, the children will create their own turkey puppet using brown paper bag and different colours of construction paper as the feather. I cut different colours of paper ready for them since they are too young to use the scissor. I made a model, show to them then give instruction before distributing all the materials. We did this activity for our thanksgiving theme craft. 

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This activity is an example of cognitive development because it involves thinking and creativity.  They are learning about the parts of the turkey and where to properly place them. 

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The activity went well, the children enjoyed choosing their feather colour and gluing them onto the turkeys. They loved to rub the glue stick over and over, some put glue on the wrong side and some just want to use same colour of paper. I guess thats the challenging part where they needed extra help. 
While they building their turkey puppet. I was surprised by how much the conversation they had. Some of them shared what they knew about turkeys. This shows their curiosity and how sharp their memory is. 

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The kids recognize/ identify the shapes and they get to name other shapes that are not involved with the craft. I use pomp pomp for infants which helps with their sensory motor skills and the feel is close to the actual fox fur. By cutting the shapes the toddlers remember the finger and hand coordination.

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the craft went well with the kids showing independence and knowing when to ask for help. The infants surprising were happy with soft nose and were allowing the older kids to assist. This gave the older kids to shower case their maturity and hey actually end up changing Mr Wolf game to what is the time Mr fox. Then they will name Shapes and it lead to I spy game by naming or identifying the shapes around the house for example windows and doors as rectangles.
- the cutting part was a challenge which meant the shapes were unidentifiable and some kids were almost discouraged and glue end up being a toy by rubbing it all over the fox face and the whole craft being stuck on the table. Being the only instructor for different ages was a challenge which helped me in doing the craft different times for different ages. When the older kids helped the little ones helped me in pairing and making the next activity less chaotic.

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Children learn to identify and name colours ,they learn how to classify objects,its a foundation thinking skill,develop for us and attention, they can make decisions ,and learn to share.self correct mistakes that ocur

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it well because children were fully engaged and focused,they were able to recognize and sort colours correctly,same children began naming colours,. WHAT DID NOT GO.  A few younger children lost interest quickly,some mixed the Pom Pom up for fun.  WHAT SURPRISED ME .One child who rarely speak began naming colours aloud,children began helping each other being asked.  REFLECTION. The activity was effective ,fun,reveals each child learning unique stage.       GLORY

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For this activity,I prepared green foam sheets and drew line on them to look like fences on a farm.On each section of the fence,I placed animal stickers.I also prepared colorful popsicles sticks with matching animal pictures attached on them.The children will look at the animal on the popsicles sticks.Once they find the correct pair,they will use stick glue to attach the popsicle stick to the matching animal on the foam sheet.

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It is example of cognitive development because children think and learn by matching and recognizing animals.

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The activity went well and the children had fun making their farm animal fences.What really went well was how engaged and happy the kids were throughout the activity.What didn’t go well, some children needed a little help with using the glue and finding the correct matches, and some keep removing the stickers during the activity.Next time ,I would prepare larger animal pictures and provide clearer examples. I was surprised by how quickly some of the children  remembered the animals’ names and sounds .

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The children are learning other shapes and recognizing they are able to make so many other things using shapes, and also they are learning to cut shapes with scissors using. 

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The activity went very well so I wouldn’t do anything differently with this activity but i would let children make more animals using shapes, what surprised me was when one children finished a fox shape art they all really liked it and rushed to finished theirs so they could show their mom. The children enjoyed this activity and the age group was 4-5