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Child Observation In The Classroom

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On the first day of observations, Ben entered the classroom and began crying once his mother left to go to the restroom. He ran after her and followed her into the restroom. Once she left, he was able to calm down and began following his teacher around. Eventually, Ben moved over to the coloring table and colored with the other students. He continued to try to talk to his teacher, Cindi, even though she was talking to other students. Ben played with other students and took a toy cash register from another girl. After he returned it, he then began to play with a toy and walked around the classroom showing it to his classmates and other teachers. He continued to play by himself, singing and talking to himself as he played. Before moving to the sensory table to play with a student teacher and another student, he gave his teacher a hug. He copied what the student teacher was doing with the beads and asked to take another girl’s beads before simply taking them. Ben was very excited about playing with the beads until he slammed his bowl down, screamed and ran over to talk to another student teacher. Later on, he returned to the sensory table only to watch the girl playing next to him. …show more content…

He ran to Cindi and smiled at her before going to the sensory table with a student teacher and another student. He then left to go play by himself for a while. After watching a video, he left the station and gave Cindi a hug. Later, while he is playing with the cash register, he takes a toy from another boy and then gives it back. Ben then saw the afternoon teacher and gave her a hug. Ben began singing and talking to himself about a nail for the reminder of the time before giving Cindi another hug. He then walked around the classroom and poked his

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