The document outlines a student's placement at the Morish YMCA Daycare where she observed children aged 2.5-5 exploring community helpers and showing an interest in health and safety. It then proposes exploring the topic of healthy habits over a week-long period with activities focused on nutrition, exercise, handwashing, and more. The student believes the children are interested in this topic and that an inquiry process would be effective based on their engagement and background.

1. Centennial College Early Childhood Education
Student Name: Kristy Molnar
Agency: Morish YMCA Daycare
Age range of children: 2.5- 5
Centre Focus: Emergent Curriculum (two ongoing curriculumsfocus at
one time.)
ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION POSSIBLE CUES
Over the course of my placement Strong language skills
the children have been exploring the
Understanding of “healthy” and
different helpers within their “junk food”
community. While playing
restaurant I observed the children Interest in acting out what
talk about healthy eating. The community helpers do
children have also taken an interest
Exposure to health and safety
in cleaning the dishes and play food. (e.g. doctors, daycare, home,
This shows that the children have etc.)
taken an interest in health and
safety. Children often play doctor Most children have a wide
range of words in their
and apply bandages/medicine to vocabulary
dolls and each other.
All children are highly energetic
and perform well when doing
gross motor activities.
Daycare has a caterer for all
meals and snacks served at the
daycare. They only serve
healthy foods.

2. Possible Interests Web:
Small group experience (circle) to confirm interest in the topic:
(describe all parts of your circle)
Cut out pictures of food items will be placed on the floor. A sheet of paper
taped to the wall that had two columns. Onefor healthy and one for not
healthy. The children will be asked to pick one picture up. They then have
to tell me what it was and whether they think it is a healthy item or not. The
children then place it in the correct column.
I added an apple next to the column for healthy to help remind the younger
children who are not able to read yet know which column is which.
Afterwards I will place flyers and scissors on a table and the children can
choose their own food items.

3. While they cut out their own pictures I asked the children what are other
healthy habits? (We then made the web seen in picture above)
Procedure:
• Piece of paper with two tables. One for healthy habits and one for
non-healthy.
• Cut outs of healthy and non-healthy habits from flyers
• Tape
• Scissors
• Food flyers
Consider the following and fully describe how you INTEND to explore
your chosen experience with preschoolers
• How will you introduce the experience?
I will introduce this experience in a fun way where the children get to
make choices and interact socially.
I will call the children over to the carpet and ask them if they
remember the answers they gave me when I asked them “what are
healthy habits?” the day before.
The children may recall that they had said fruits, vegetables, and no
junk food. If not I will remind them.
We will then look at the pictures and explore healthy vs. non-healthy
foods.
• What lures might you use to attract the children?
I will be very enthusiastic and not too involved. I find when I stand
back and scaffold when needed, the children have more fun because
they get to explore and learn in their own way.
I will use bright pictures of food
I will use food items that are common or failure
• Preschoolers require support and guidance to fully explore an
experience. How will you guide and support their interactions

4. with the materials and each other and with
you?COLLABORATION
I will ask them as they cut out their pictures from flyers about other
healthy habits. If they have any questions I will try not to give the
answer but to give a hint so that they think of the correct answer on
their own.
• Closure is important in any planned experience. How will you
end the experience with the children? What guidance strategies
would be helpful to use?
As they are picking their own food items from the flyers to stick on the
board I will ask the children about other healthy habits. When the
children are done I’ll leave my activity on the table because it is
required that there always is an activity on all tables at all times for
children to explore. That way they can go back to it, add more, or
move things around if they’d like.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR 6 EXPERIENCES IN THE PROJECT,
COMPLETE THIS GROUP (CIRCLE) TO BE SURE OF THE CHILDREN’S
INTEREST IN THE TOPIC
Arrange a date, and time to implement your chosen experience using
the elements you defined in your procedure.
Evaluation and Reflection:
NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS GROUP EXPERIENCE
(CIRCLE):
How did it go? ARE THE CHILDREN STILL INTERESTED IN THE
TOPIC?
Yes, the children loved being able to pick and choose different food items
they were all familure with. They were excited and showed each other what
items they had. Some of the children traded amongst themselves to get

5. items they liked or just wanted to put on the board. They then picked their
own items and talked about healthy habits.
WILL THE INQUIRY PROCESS WORK WITH THIS TOPIC? WHY OR
WHY NOT?
I believe it will for the following reasons:
Children were very interested in food related topics
We have many food related items at the daycare
The children have already explored restaurants when learning about
community helpers
I have many members in my family that work with food. I know many
people who work in the health field so I have knowledge and a
creative background to go far with this topic. My web bellow will show
the many possibilities and directions I could go within this topic. You
can see this in my second web below.

6. Friday October 26th 2012
Phase One
ECEP 229001
Curriculum: Project Development
Professor: Maria Roberts
Student: Kristy Molnar
300664797

7. Rationale for Healthy Habits Exploration
From November 5th – 13th 2012
With Kristy Molnar
ECE student Centennial College
After exploring healthy habits through food that is healthy or non-healthy
with the children it is clear to see that they have an interest in this topic.
The children at this center are very bright and have already been exposed
to healthy habits through the choices (you the parents) have made and
introduced to your children. I intend to broaden their knowledge on this
subject through activities that will educate and allow the children to be the
creative individuals that they are. I look forward to updating you on your
exploration through healthy habits!
Some of the things will be exploring are:
The differences between healthy foods and non-healthy foods
How vegetables are different than fruit
Canada’s food guide, the food groups
Germs and how they spread
Routines
Exercise and muscles how to stretch and be active
Please look for the documentation I will be posting around the daycare of
our exploration of healthy habits!
Sincerely,
Kristy Molnar

8. K (know) W (what do we H (how will we L
want to know) learn it)
There is healthy The difference Explore nutrition We gained
food and junk between the information knowledge on
food two? what Canada’s
food guide is
and the types of
food you find on
it.
Vegetables and What is a fruit Read books, cut While working
fruit are healthy and what is a open and with activities
vegetable? explore fruits that involved
and vegetables. fruits and
vegetables like
the Food Guide
activity the
children asked
these questions
and we talked
about how
apples and
other fruits grow
on trees and
bushes while
most vegetables
grow
underground or
closer to the
ground.

9. Exercise is How do you Explore various We Explored
healthy exercise? movements our muscles
through gross through
motor play exercise and
dance. We
warmed up like
hockey players
and then went
outside to play
hockey. We
heard some
new words that
describe the
names of
muscles.
Wash hands What are Explore how We focused on
germs? germs are the little parts of
spread from the body we
books and should
activities remember to
wash like
behind the ears,
your elbows,
neck, and toes.
We explored
how keeping
clean makes
you healthy
through
washing babies.