Mary Oliver Reaction Paper

Oliver was eager to participate in this exploration, he posed and responded to questions and was led by his own curiosity. Through utilising prior knowledge, listening, observing, predicting and problem solving, Oliver remained deeply engaged with the activity. Afterward Oliver was able to explain what we had investigated.

Key actions and conversations during the activity include Oliver’s natural curiosity and sharing his knowledge of the objects and their properties and movements, he demonstrated the ability to determine differences in size, texture, shape, weight, distance and highlighted movement limitations. Oliver closely observed, questioned anything he did not fully understand in an attempt to gain an understanding of the new information
Oliver demonstrated this knowledge through answering questions about size, texture, shape, weight and distance. The experience led to Oliver recalling a past event, where he had deepened his understanding of gravity and using a ramp, which in turn, changed the focus of the experience to adding and aligning a ramp in the right place for the marble to travel along. Oliver displayed confidence due to his fondness of construction play, he was eager to add to his creation and challenge himself, when the creation collapsed, Oliver showed no sign of disappointment and happily embraced the challenge of re-assembling it.

Oliver demonstrated scientific reasoning through answering questions posed by the educator and by utilising his knowledge of the objects, their properties and their differences and making predictions based on this knowledge.

Key aspects Oliver learnt during this activity include observing and predicting, this information was determined through the educator observing him and posing questions for him to answer Another aspect was that weight affects the speed a ball travels. Oliver demonstrated this understanding by explaining the reason the marble was quicker than the lighter balls and depicting the distance the marble travelled in his drawing. A basic understanding of gravity was also obtained, Oliver shared this learning through answering questions about how to move the marble through the tube and by Oliver challenging himself by adding elements to his