Example Of Child Observation

Observations- practitioners ask the child to come over to them and do a task which the practitioner would like to see if the child can do it can be as simple as kicking a large ball to knowing whether a child know which way to read the book left to right.

| * Sleeps much of the time * Tries to lift head * Starts to kick legs and movements gradually become smoother * Starts to wave arms about * Begins to hold objects when placed in hand * Grasp reflex diminishes as hand and eye co-ordination begins to develop * Enjoys finger play * Learns to roll from side to back * Sees best at a distance of 25cm then gradually starts watching objects further away * Needs opportunity to play and exercise (soft toys, cloth

During the preoperational stage, the child tends to focus on single dimension. This was proven by Piaget’s conservation problems (Siegler, 2014). Other children like this 3 year-old tends to make similar errors. In this case, the grandmother poured milk from a taller container into a smaller bottle. The 3 year-old would perceived that the taller container would have more volume of milk and would not completely fill the smaller baby bottle; however, they actually had equal volume which brought startling/amazement as the unconditioned response to this behavior. The grandmother took the initiative of imitating a monkey when presenting the monkey cup to the baby. The 3 year-old baby was fascinated by the magic that this conservation measure

An individual can always learn new aspects of life when they are observing an infant. This observation took place in the home of the participant. The participant is familiar with the house. During the observation the child played with her toys in the living room. The participant was a 12-month-old girl who is cared for by both her mother and father. Other participant included the child's mother and the child's aunt. The mother is a teacher, so during this observation and in the summer, they both stay at home. The participant is the only child in the household. After an afternoon nap and snack, the child sat in her mother's lap on the couch in the living room. While she was with her mother, she stayed close to her mother and made eye contact with everyone in the room. The child then got down and played with her toys in the floor of the living room. She began with the toy closest to her and began pushing the buttons while singing along with the different rhythms. The next toy she found was a child's magazine and she quickly flipped through the pages and found pictures of other infants similar to her. After a quick look around the room, she proceeded to crawl over to the nearest shelf in the living room. She began to pull her self up to a standing position and began pulling items off of the shelf and putting them on the floor. The mother quickly diverted her attention by

The child’s sitting up behavior falls within the specified age range of physical development. The appropriateness of a developmental toy then has to align with the developmental guidelines of physical development, so that the child would be interacting within the proper milestones. A key to playing and interacting with this toy is the ability to sit up; therefore, a child would be within the age range of sitting up, in order to make the toy and its main functions at least accessible to the child.

At eight months old a child is expected to be more curious and become more aware of the things surrounding them. The child should be developing new strength and most babies will be starting to crawl by now, but it is not uncommon if your child is 8 months and is not crawling yet. The baby should developing motor skills, meaning they can figure out that they have the ability to move across the room to pick up an object that they want. They should also be able to skillfully handle toys, such as putting two building blocks together by stacking them. Eight months old is also the time where they haven’t quite figured out that things can choke them, so they still like to shove everything they can fit into their own mouths. The baby should be sleeping

For this child observation, I decided to observe my younger brother Jacob. Jacob is 5 years old, but he insisted that I write that he is almost 6. He is also in kindergarten this year and loving every second of being a loud, rowdy boy. I suppose I am at an advantage in this observation since I have seen the numerous developments in Jacob’s life thus far.

This study is performed on 2.5 year olds, and tests their ability to use their knowledge of the

Subject “Chris” is a 7 year old middle class Caucasian male. Observation is taking place in the child’s home over the course of two separate afternoons. Chris is a friendly and well spoken child who is small for his age. Chris is the youngest child in his family and both observations take place while his siblings are home. In each case one or both parents are absent.

Question: Could there be another reason why the infants looked longer when the location the actor searched was inconsistent with their belief about the toy’s location? If so, do you think the familiarization trials have anything to do with this, based on the alternative repeated observations interpretation?

Toddlers love eye catching and musical toys which they can listen, observe, and develop the ability to “hit” at toys to make movement and/ or sound. This Einstein Bendy Ball is appealing to infants at this age because it has many different textures that the child can explore with their mouth. Also because it’s a very colorful; therefore, it catches a young infants eyes. At this age, infants begin to develop and use the primary senses such as sight, taste, touch, and sound. When playing with this bendable ball a child is able to detect the colors, grasp and bring towards mouth to taste, and intently listen for the sounds that takes place.

I went to the Gracepoint Church’s Fall Fest on Halloween eve. Many interactive booths were prepared for the children, such as ring toss, dance floor, fishing for rubber dolphins, bean bag toss, beading station, and face painting. I hid behind my roommate who was working at the face painting booth that night. The location was perfect because of the high chairs at the booth gave me an easy view of the families in line and the children at the face painting station. I focused this observation on one pair of siblings, whom I will refer to as Jane (5 years old) and John (6 years old). Most children were impatiently waiting in line with their parents, including Jane and John. The two children discussed profusely what painting they wanted on their

I choose to complete my observation on a three year old boy. His name is Brayden and he was born 01/12/12. He is on the younger side of this observation. The observation was completed at his home and in his yard. Some of the objects we used where a ball, cups, a bowl, water, M&M candies, crayons, coloring books and play-doh.

Laura Schulz’s presentation, The Surprisingly Logical Minds of Babies, explores the idea of how babies and young children are able to learn so much in such a short span of time. In Schulz’s presentation, the viewers see multiple video experiments where she introduces babies to different balls and toys that make noises. I choose to explain and break down the first experiment, that she discusses. In the first experiment Schulz has a colleague reach into a bucket with mostly blue balls and a few yellow balls. The colleague pulls out three of the balls and when she takes each ball out she squeaks them. The colleague then pulls out a yellow ball and hands it to the baby. The child copies what Schulz’s colleague has done, but however the

My first thought about this subject was that it would be really fun and exciting because of the subject's description, "Observational Child Study", where we can already experience actual child observation. Fortunately, I was right. Our professor tackled amazing topics that really served as an eyeopener. We encountered topics about the characteristics of some of the disabilities like autism, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, learning disabilities, and also, developmental delays. We even had the chance to test ourselves using the checklists or the assessment tools used for assessing children with special needs. Observation is the main point of our subject. Our professor discussed some of the tips on how to observe children in a proper way. Narrative report was also included in the process. We made written reports about the 10-minutes observations we made from employees we've