Early Child Observation

On November 13, 2014 at Grossmont College’s Child Development Center, I observed Konnor who was born on March 11, 2011. At the center, there are roughly around 15 children between the ages of three and five; there is one adult for every six or so kids. The preschool center’s indoor environment is safely secured with a locked gate that separates the outside door which leads to the younger children centers and parking lot with the hallway to the learning and play area. There are two separate rooms, but they both have screen doors that lead to the same play area outside. The room on the left, which Konnor is placed in, was smaller

I got an appointment for observation on July 13 at De-Anza Child Development Center. I chose room No. 26 for observation. I observed one child from 3:26 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. There are total 10 children present in room no.26 at the time of my observation. Out of 10 there are 4 girls and 6 boys. They range from 3 to 5 years of age. There are three adults in the room, all are female. One adult for every 3 children- 1:3. When I entered kids are doing free play. I settled myself and started to observe a kid named Aaron. He is around 3 and half years of age.

On October 16, 2017, I observed in the infant room from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.. The child I observed was a female and just turned eight months old. Indicators given by the child during the observation, show that the child is progressing at a normal developmental pace and even excelling in other areas. Through observing her, I noticed her motor skills were excelling beyond what was expected. She was pulling herself up and standing. I would often notice her attempting to walk after she was standing or even balancing on one foot. She would often be standing on her toes and using her arms to hold herself up. She showed a lot of strength in her motor development. I even observed her using problem solving skills to look over a shelf that was

For this assessment I chose to observe my six- month old daughter, Abigail, interacting with her mother, Melissa. Abigail is our third child and Melissa is comfortable with her role as mother. Abigail was born full term and is a healthy baby. All developmental milestones have been reached up until this point. She is a happy baby.

Since my observation took the course of three days I have several findings. So day one’s observation begin with Regina and Gabriella who appear to be accompanying Annabel to what appears to be a building of great interest. While the exterior looked plain the inside does not the walls are lined with these brilliant garments the walls are also adorned with several looking glass. When they enter Annabel begins communicating with another human who then leaves and the three appear to sit on these rectangular prisms. The human from earlier comes back and she is followed by four other humans who each appear to be bringing a square on wheels and in these squares each appear to be carrying five brilliant garments. When I first entered the building there

8:00 – 8:05 As I walk into Auburn Early Education Center the thing that stood out was the condition of the building. The building appears to look modern, and there were a diverse group of children. In the Physical Education Center, there was a plethora of physical education equipment. There are multiple balls, paddles, hula-hoops, cones, and poly spots in mint condition. There were 12 instructors in total. There is a total of six stations, and two instructors assigned to each station. Each station consists of locomotor and object manipulation practice. There are paddles for striking, basketballs for bouncing, and foam balls for catching at two of the stations. The other four stations set were locomotor skill practice. Approximately 40 preschoolers

To quote child analyst Esther Bick, “one may have to sit with children for a long time completely in the dark about what is going on, until something suddenly comes up from the depth that illuminates it.” (Bick 1962, p.632). Infant observation is a powerful tool when working with children that helps clarify what it is that ‘comes up from the depth’. This paper will briefly outline the history, principles and value in infant observation. I will then further examine my own experience of infant observation of four year old S.

has been developing appropriately throughout this semester. B. is very outgoing and does not show any signs of shyness. However, he is starting to develop a sense of guilt and shame. According to Erik Erikson, between the ages of three and five, children are going through the initiative vs. guilt stage, in which they learn how to begin action, to explore, to imagine as well as feeling remorse for actions (McLeod, 2013). B. has shown guilt when reprimanded by his mother when hurting his brother. Thus, B. is developing appropriately in this area. B. is also able to show signs of frustration and acts out when things do not go his way. B. is very confident about his musical abilities. He is always singing and playing an instrument, and he often asks adults to watch him and applaud at the end. B. shows many signs of jealousy towards his brother. He was often irritated when his little brother was around and when his mother was attending to his brother’s needs. However, when in the spotlight, B. can be very funny and he laughs easily. Sometimes B. can revert to toddler behavior. He never sucked his thumb or pacifier, so these are not behaviors known to him. However, he does cry when unhappy or frustrated.

I performed my observation on a 3-year, 5-month old girl, P.H., from rural Oklahoma. She is the middle child of three children. During weekday working hours, P.H. spends 4-5 days a week with her grandparents. Her parents, siblings, and P.H. do/have not received any special-needs (speech or language) services. I was able to observe several aspects of communication, motor, social, sensory, and literacy development.

The child that I had observed for this experience plan was J. J has just turned two years old or 24 months. J is a white Caucasian toddler with strawberry blonde hair that is slowing becoming red. J is slightly tall for his age and I believe he weighs around 20 to 25 pounds at the max. J has rosy red chubby cheeks with blue eyes, J also has a small scar above his right eye from where he fell from his grandmother’s stairs.

In early childhood it is important to observe children because it allows you to form a bond with the child. It helps you with setting up centers according to the child's needs. It takes the opinion of what the teacher assumes the child needs and force them to base there information on facts. It helps you with organization. It also introduce new things to the child based of there development. When creating a lesson plan it helps you decided what topic to use based of what you learn from the children. For children that are quite or not willing to participate in group this will help you see where they are

I observed a lot of autonomy in Theo, he was able to move around without any help, he was even able to maneuver up and down stairs without assistance. He turns pages of his books by himself, feeds himself, and tries to copy what the adults around him do especially if they are doing cleaning activities. He tries his best to do all of these tasks alone, until he becomes frustrated enough to ask for help. He also learns the cause and effect of his behavior fairly well, it would take him a few tries to remember an action he did before, but one he recognized the result he could do it confidently. One specific example that I recall, we were all outside and he was gathering leaves that had fallen in the yard. He saw that I was sitting on the stairs watching him and he came over with the pile of leaves and gave them too me. I said “thank you”, this continued at least five or six time and on the last time he put the leaves in my hand but I delayed saying “thank you” and he stopped and looked at me waiting for me to say “thank you” and once I did he went back into the yard and continued playing. I found this interesting because he seemed proud of his actions when I told him “thank you” and the one time I hesitated, he picked up on it and waited for the result he had consistently been getting from his action. I also experienced him show signs of guilt when he got in trouble for doing something. At one point he hit his grandmother and got scolded for it, he immediately began crying, having full awareness he had done something wrong. His mother said to please not do that again because it hurts people and she said “I love you. Will you please go tell Nana that you are sorry?”. He shook his head yes and went over and apologized and suddenly became happy again and moved on from

As a child is born there is no greater love for a parent. Seeing a child go from babbling to graduating and becoming an adult can be one of a parent’s greatest accomplishments. However, what is astonishing is being able to witness the development in each milestone of a child’s life. When a child starts learning new words or learning who they want to be in life. These milestones are all a part of life and each age develops a new sense of self. A doctor, scientist, teacher, etc. My paper is based on the observation of early childhood aged children from our church ministry.

I walked into the Childhood Development Center at Saddleback College. I saw a receptionist and a student signing their name at the receptionist's desk. I stood behind the student waiting to sign my name. When the student left, I went up and signed my name on the date of Friday 09/08/2017 and time 8:00 am. After I signed my name, the receptionist guided me into a room called red. When I walked into the red room, the first thing that caught my eyes was kids playing and talking. I was really intrigued to see how they were really enjoying. In the red room, I saw many different stations of activities that kids could do. For example, there was a train station, building block station, play-dough station, and etc. I also saw small tables with chairs, forks, and spoons, where kids can eat. Not only that but a playground outside as well. The whole atmosphere of the room was great. Kids were seen all over different stations playing around. Other kids were walking in the room with their parents. One kid I observed was reading a book. He was a short boy, who was about the age of three. He had small black hair and almond-shaped eyes. He was wearing a yellow shirt and black shorts. The second kid I observed was playing around. He was a short boy, who was four years old. This boy had spiky brown hair and big round eyes. He wore a red shirt with trucks on it and a blue pant. After an hour, the instructor decided to go into another room and the next room I was in was called blue. The blue

My observation took place in 3-4 yrs. old preschool class. During my observation, there were 2 teachers and 7 children.