Childhood Observation

The year was 1999 when we moved to Colorado from New Mexico. I was just a year old. My father recalls searching restlessly day and night to help support me and my mother. Coming to a new state was difficult; moving from basement to basement was their only option. Fortunately, a little after our arrival, my father found a job working construction and we were able to get a small apartment.Although small, it was still fulfilling in every way. Money was scarce at the time, as well as food. As he talks, he mentions a weekend night when he and I were spending some time together in the living room. I was a year old, and I was hungry. I decided to go to the kitchen and find some milk. When I made it to the kitchen, I opened the fridge. My father says,

It was a cold pretty windy night in Forest City. I was in 7th grade and I was staying at my best friend at the time Haley’s house. She also had Daelynn over but we won't really as good as friends. I remember the exact time when we thought of this amazing idea. It was 11:56 at night and daelynn has been smoking weed for awhile and she thought she needed some so she asked us. “Why don’t we call Jordan and ask him and Andrew if we could buy some weed from them.” Now at this point I was ready. I was preparing myself to do this crazy thing that we were about to do. Haley and I agreed to it and so she called Jordan over with his best friend Andrew. By this time it was about 12:08. They said they would but we would have to meet them at the courthouse

The second interaction I observed was a child went over and grabbed the ring stacker toy. She started to shake the pieces which contained beads that made noise. The teacher walked over and allowed the child to really explore all the pieces of the toy before she intervened. She was laughing along with the child when she got excited that the beads were moving. I would give this interaction a seven on the QQCIIT scale for supporting object exploration. This is because the teacher allowed the child to explore multiple toys and pick one to really explore. She helped her maintain interest in the toy and she helped her explore the object by also shaking a bigger, different colored ring. Once the child noticed the middle piece that the other rings

For our child observation project, we interacted with a seven year old boy named Nolan.

It was 9:45am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015: The children were taking part in an art activity. On the piece of paper, each child had a drawn out bubble lettered number one. They were given each given four popsicle sticks and a small pile of glue. The teacher instructed them to use the paint brush to spread the glue out inside the number one and then place the popsicle sticks on top.

I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional, physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the built in parenting skills we all possess. When children are born they have no sense of fear but quickly develop a fear of what

The topic I decided to observe is lack of focus in younger children. My observation was done at the Violet Elementary baseball field on May 4th. The practice was for a travel baseball team of boys at around the ages of 8 and 9.

My observation experience was at the Kalamazoo Public Library Central Branch. The students were around 6 months old to 8 years old. The staff was one older women and two men, an older man and a younger man. They performed a play for the families and their children. I learned that it’s important to keep the children’s attention and try to involve them in the activity. The children did a much better job of being quiet when the performers were talking to them. Also, I learned that children will pay more attention if they are laughing and smiling. The play had some silly parts, but every child had their eyes on the performers during those parts.

I looked around and suddenly realized that I was surrounded by children. Watching the children's eyes full of expectations, body slightly sweat, and breathing heavily, I can not imagine a few years ago how annoying they are.

I was able to observe the oldest preschool classroom we have at the center I currently work at for one hour. The classroom has about 20 children, ranging from four to five-year-old’s. They are the classroom that gets the children Kindergarten ready. There are three teachers that work in the classroom: Teacher P., Teacher A., and Teacher J. The large group time started after the children went to the bathroom, about mid-morning. Teacher P. leads the group time and teachers A. and J. did room prep.

Through out the observation both children were moving from place to place. The little girl would grab one toy then go find another one. She would play one type of activity then go back to building blocks. She would stack blocks and connect the rail road tracks for the train. For approximately 3 minutes or more the girl would stay fully engaged trying connecting the railroad tracks. She would forget that she was in a room full of other toys, for a moment I possibly thought she could be autistic because she was able to stay focused on one activity for a long period of time and not engage other children. Her fine motor skills were adequate for her age she was able to hold objects in her hand. While she was fascinated in putting together the railroad

The student I chose for this case study is a young boy, who I will call Jessie. He was observed in a classroom at an Early Childhood Learning Center. Jessie is a 3.6-year-old boy. He is the only child on his maternal side. Jessie has black curly hair, brown eyes and he seems to be the average height for his age range. He loves going to the park, having books read to him and watching his favorite television program Bubble Guppies. Mary states her son is a loving boy that loves hugs and good praise when he does something good. According to Mary, he has an older sister and brother on the father’s side. Furthermore, she recalled Jessie’s dad telling her his daughter is developmentally

I sit at school or amongst friends and I love to observe. I’m definitely a people watcher. I listen to thoughts and feelings and the way that people my age interact. It’s really fascinating actually. The variations in personalities and the manner in which people talk to others. Many personalities fit into the same categories. I guess that’s why those certain people tend to group together. The thing I notice most about people is their maturity level. Just in the past few years I’ve watched so many people’s maturity change so drastically. So I’ve had this thought, kinda like, how will these people do when they have to make their way in the world on their own. I’ve realized from experience, and from watching others, a statement that can be put as simply as: There comes a point in life somewhere between junior year of high school and sophomore year of college where you have to realize the world no longer, nor did it ever, revolve around you.

My first day observing at Highland Primary was super eye opening and I learned a lot about the system of teaching. I love my cooperating teacher and the class is amazing. The students have loved helping me them with projects and learning new things.

The next morning, I woke up and went on my usual routine of lying in bed for 10 minutes after my alarm started to ring. My eleven-year-old sister came in and said,”Brian! Get up!” I replied with,”No.” After she got out of my room, I turned off my