Infant 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

Today is my first day doing my practice observation in the Infant Room Classroom Number 3, my fears are how the infants go reaction to see me because I am new person for them that they never have seen before, how the teacher go feel to have a student in the classroom, if they will support me and cooperate with practice, and how the parents will response to see a new teacher in the classroom, I know for my teaching experience that parents are very special about the people who is round to their children.

Toddlers and preschoolers are at different developmental stages, and therefore require their teachers to use different approaches and techniques to further learning. I completed my observations at the Bright and Early Children’s Learning Center where I observed a toddler classroom and a preschool classroom. My observations took place from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on the 21st and 28th of September. The first day that I observed I was placed in the toddler classroom which had two teachers, Miss Ashlynn and Miss Miranda, and six students, most of whom were two years old. In the preschool classroom there was one teacher, Miss Stephanie, and eight students, each of whom were 3 years old or 4 years old. While the rooms were physically similar, the teachers used different strategies and activities to appeal to the different age groups.

It seemed like she liked playing with others more than just playing by herself. When the little boy came over to knock the blocks over she started laughing, because she thought it was so funny. Also, when she was in her crib after she got in trouble, and the child approached her again to play she quickly stopped crying and began to play with him. Even when she was walking with the walker she wanted someone to play with her and when she started “chasing” the other child with the walker she laughed again. This shows me that she is very social and plays well with

Obiel Macedo, a one year and seven month old infant accomplished many tasks on the developmental checklist. I went to his house, his mother and baby sister were present while I was with him. We sat down and I handed the infant a small container filled with different size blocks. Immediately he grabbed the container, poured out the blocks and began to build a tower quickly. Once he was done creating the tower of blocks, a few seconds later he knocked it down vigorously and started all over again. Then, I handed him a red crayon and a blank sheet of paper, but instead of writing on the paper he went up to the wall and scribbles spontaneously.

All children are different in their unique way. The goal of this assignment was to observe different children in an uninterrupted environment. Although all the children observed were the same age, they all acted differently during their observation. The differences in the way we react to different situations are what make us human. These differences can be explained through the theories that different psychologist have developed over the years. Some children react better to things like praise from a teacher or being able to be creative in the activities that they are participating in.

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In addition, during my observation, Sydney was able to demonstrate the following gross motor skills. Sydney was placed in a sitting position on the table as well on the floor and was able to sit up unassisted for brief periods of time. Although Sydney appeared to be unstable at times, her mother closely spotted her to ensure her safety. Most babies are able to sit up by themselves unassisted for short periods of time (Oswalt, n.d.). By being able to sit upright and support the weight of her head in the proper position, shows Sydney has developed her core body strength and has met this developmental milestone. In addition, while lying on a blanket on her stomach, Sydney was able to lift her chest and head. According to American Pregnancy Association, most infants at 6 months old can lift their chest and part of their stomach while lying face down (First,

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

accent but it was nowhere near as strong as Mrs. B's and she spoke very softly as if she was afraid of the power within her

I observed a twenty-four month old named Caiden. He weighs twenty-six pounds and is thirty-four inches tall. He had blonde hair and green eyes. Upon arrival, he appeared very happy, full of energy, and ready to play. I had a puppy with me, so I was very interested to see what his reaction would be. Fortunately, Caiden loved the puppy. Caiden and the puppy were nearly the same height, and Caiden kept tapping the puppy’s head. After playing with the puppy for about five minutes he took off running towards the cows. He ran right up to the fence and started to “moo” at them. He did this for a few short minutes. Next, he ran back to the driveway where his parents were. He began picking up rocks and asking me to hold them. Once he gave me a handful of rocks, he would get his own handful and want to throw them. This activity was repeated about eleven times. After he got tired of the rocks, he went into the barn and started to pick up empty gas cans (the big ones that were about the same size as him). He would drag them from one side to the other. I asked him why he was moving them and with the most serious look on his face he responded, “daddy does it.” Once all the gas cans had been moved to his liking- took a significant amount of time- he started to point to the top of a shelf, saying “that, that.” I eventually figured out he was pointing to a rope. He wanted to put it around the gas cans. Later, his mom gave him some goldfish for a snack. Each time he picked up a goldfish he

After the girl was eventually settled in though, there were no further problems during the day and she seemed to enjoy herself, have good social contacts and a healthy interest in learning.

She is not nearly as much of a loner as Emma. She enjoys being around people

Mila did very well using her spoon to eat the fruit for breakfast. When it comes to eating with a spoon she slowly picks it up with her right hand, but sometimes waist it. After eating breakfast, Mila washed her hands and played with the toy baby’s. As I watched her I noticed that she sings and rocks the baby to sleep. She shows a lot of love to the toy baby by hugging it, squeezing and feeding it. When Mila wants something she gets my attention by smiling and pointing her finger. Today I had a ball in the dramatic play area rolling it back and forth to Pierson and Annabel. While playing Mila and Maddie joined in by sitting beside on another. We each rolled it back and forth to one another. As we played, Ms. Myrna changed everyone’s diaper

In observing a normal newborn's behaviors and activities, reflexes play an important role. They help to identify normal brain and nerve activity. In my observation of Baby A, she demonstrated reflexes of rutting in finding the nipple of her bottle, sucking, head turning and grasping of my fingers. Although she was born full-term, she was quite small in stature and weight. She also showed alertness to senses of sight, hearing, taste and touch. Of course, at first, she slept most of the time while she was in my care, but as she aged, she became more active and alert. The key element to keeping Baby A happy was taking care of her physical needs first…diaper changes, feeding and burping. Although she is still very small in weight and height, she shows no sign of delayed development and is now a happy, healthy toddler.