Associative Play In Early Childhood

24-30 months | Enjoys playing with puzzles and building blocks. Increased independence. Increased sense of individuality. | Vocabulary of 200+ words. May initiate games by talking and pointing. Less 'baby talk' and more cohesive and understandable sentences. | Runs forward. Attempts to dress and undress independently. Improved agility – i.e.: can hop on one leg on the spot. | Shows affection towards others Parallel play. Imitates the behavioural models of others. | Not applicable |

She rarely or hardly starts disputes with other children, throws temper tantrums, or seeks revenge when feeling picked on. She also performed within the normal range in the Impulsive-Hyperactive subscale. She rarely or hardly calls out unexpectedly, interrupts, or finds it hard to play quietly. She scored within the normal to borderline range in the Antisocial Conduct subscale. She rarely or hardly ever steals, acts dangerously before considering consequences, or destroys the possessions of

This school is a licensed childcare program and NAEYC accelerated. The center is providing child care program for children age from 2.9 to 5 years old. There is 2 preschool classroom, I did my observation in preschool classroom room no: 1 on 10/2/2017 time from 9am to 10am. There are around 13 children in the classroom. All the children’s engaged several activities like

The physical development of a baby in its first six months of life shows limited range of movement but the beginnings of an ability to respond to stimulus around them. They show their reaction to people, sounds and movement by turning their head toward whatever attracts their attention. They will watch an adult’s face whilst feeding, but have already begun to shows signs of recognition as they will smile when familiar people are around them either because they can see them

During my observation the girl demonstrated that she was able to work in a team with her brother. She was friendly and well socialized. According to Erikson’s stages of social and emotional development this kind of behavior means that the girl was on the ‘school age’ stage. It is absolutely normal to be on this stage of social and emotional development at the age of 9.

At 6 weeks infants develop a social smile, at 3 month laughter and curiosity develop, at 4 months full responsive smiles emerge, from 4-8 months they develop anger, from 9014 months they develop a fear of social events, at 12 months the are fearful of unexpected sights and sounds, and at 18 months they are self-aware, feel pride, shame, and embarrassment. In the first two years, infants develop from reactive pain and pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness. Emotions in infants are produced from their body as opposed to their thoughts. Therefore fast and uncensored reactions are common in infants. During their toddler years, the strength of their emotions will increase.

I observed Harper, a 23 month old little girl that is full of energy. Also participating in the interaction with Harper was her mother and five year old sister, Mya. Harper is very friendly and outgoing. She is very interested “reading books” and loves to be read to. She enjoys helping her mother clean and do simple tasks. She seems to be very confident with and without her mother in her sight. Harper’s father is not actively involved in her life because he lives in another state.

The child has a strong essential for love as well as attention especially from his mum. However, they can be happy, rude, supportive as well as selfish. At this stage the child could be very irritable as well as their feelings could develop immediately. In addition, the children at this stage they’re very aggravated as well as he or she will not wait if the mother or the father says to them that they will bring them something, not only this but also if they want things from their parents they are impatient as

My babies eating patterns are consistent he was gaining weight. I was asked if I was going to change my feeding style but I believe the baby will cry if they do not get satisfied. So I will let his hunger be my guide. During the day he sleeps for 2 hour periods which is great for me. He is also smiling with familiar people and toys. I have not been exposing him to other people often to be in the safe side. I like how he focuses a lot on my face. It shows to me that he is very aware, and is showing signs of trust. Which it connects with the early

| * Repetitive play as the baby enjoys doing something over and over again * Crying if they cannot see their parent or carer * Maybe shy around strangers

The parents reported that their child’s pre and post natal development was normal without illness or injury. However, as an infant/toddler, he had been difficult to soothe when upset and demanded constant attention which his parents found difficult to manage.

At a certain age infants begin to resist the unfamiliar and are very vocal in expressing their feelings (Brazelton, 1992).

Stage 1: Age: 8 months Thomas and Chess’s classical temperamental categories used to describe children’s behavior which include: easy, slow to warm up and difficult babies (Feldman, 2017). At the age of 8 months my child, Jupiter was an “Easy baby” in terms of Thomas and Chess’s classical temperamental categories. Easy babies, are positive, quickly to adapt, show curiosity to new environments, and emotions are moderate in intensity (Feldman, 2017). Although Jupiter had a strong attachment to me and prefers me over others he’s very comfortable in new situations and loves meeting new people. When I would leave Jupiter at daycare he would begin to cry, however he would get over it quickly after I would leave.

During my observation Camila seemed to have a easy temperament. Very happy and loving child with a lot of energy and enthusiasm (Wright, 2013).

She was really responsive when her parents are right beside her during the whole activity. The teaching method used by us was effective as Tishika was able to understand us and she was aware of numbers from 1 to