My Child Observation

Another indoor environment that supports children’s learning and agency is having a craft area set up with different colors and materials and resources giving the children choice and decisions and variety and giving them independence. The area will provide scissors, glue, paper, cardboard, feathers, buttons, beads, and plenty more sensory items. This area will be well organized so that children can select the particular resources and activites that they would like to involve themselves in, once again giving the child agency. This is sending the message to the children that we trust them with their decision and the materials they may chose and when they choose them. Trust is something educators and children need to build with each other in

Teaching Strategies: Use the rice or sand to hide the objects, with the spoons and magnifying glasses have the kids look for the leprechaun’s gold, or find four leaf clovers.

The activity was introduced at large group time. I told the children that the alphabet letters went missing and asked if they could please help me find them. Olivia took each small group down to

For this activity, I have chosen three simple toys which I think most of the children’s love to play with. The first toy is a Fisher-Price Kick and Play Piano Gym. It is recommended for age from birth-1years old. They have this toys in different colors and is unisexual. The cost of this toy is $37.22 with free shipping. Parents can help their kids to know about actions and reactions. They can put their child foot near to the piano and when they hit the key they will activate the fun. Baby can play this toy four different ways, it has 5 different activity animals and large mirror to play with. According to manufactures, new discoveries are made and key developmental skills get stronger

The purpose of this paper is to locate, observe, and collect information on a school-aged child between the ages of six and 17 in different settings. Once the child is identified, a pseudonym will be assigned to the child. The child will be observed on his development, to include: school performance, emotional characteristics, social characteristics, cognitive characteristics, motivational characteristics, self-concept, interests, language development, moral development, and health. Also, the child will be placed in proper development stages according to theories based on the work of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erickson, and Kohlberg. The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive portrait of the subject.

Ensure the resources provided to the children are open ended with the intention that children can use the resource in more than one way. It would be advisable to make sure the items have more than one function. This can encourage children to be creative and use the item in the way they wish.

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Berger, K. (2011). The Developing Person through the Life Span. (8th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers

I begin observing Faith Sanchez a six-year-old, who is in the first grade at Emerson Elementary School on November 7, 2017 over the course of three days. The observation took place at the child’s home, where we had access to the materials needed for the different set of skills that I would be conducting during the observational period. The reason for observing Faith was to see if her Physical, Cognitive and Psychosocial domains are developing at the average range for a school age child or if she was showing signs of atypical development.

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.

This observation took place September 26, 2014 at a daycare in Homestead. A friend of mine is a teacher at “My Little Angels” and while waiting for her, I sat down to watch some children playing. There were many kids to do the observation on, but a little girl playing kitchen set caught my eye. I started watching her from 2:00pm to 2:33pm. It is fascinating what kids do and what we can find out about their behavior by watching them for just thirty minutes.

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

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

o Ensure opportunities for children to interact with one another and adults on an informal basis.

Note: If they get bored quickly with the items available, then the items are not interesting enough for the child. Try to choose items that have a deeper lesson built in or an extention of an item they previously liked. If the child is frustrated they could be too challenged by the items available. Find something a bit less complex or easier to manipulate. Here in lies the challenge of every adult wishing to aid the development of the child, finding the correct challenge for them. Keep observing and trying different ideas, you will find it!