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 …show more content…
I understood this phenomenon as John remembering his sister’s attempts at getting on the chair before and judging that he could not get on the chair by himself. There are four sources of information that individuals employ to judge their efficacy: enactive experience, verbal persuasion, physiological reaction, and vicarious influences (Zimmerman, p. 228). According to the idea of vicarious influences, people can develop high or low self-efficacy indirectly through other people’s performances. John saw someone similar to him fail, which decreased his self-efficacy to climb onto the high chair.
“It’s my first time getting my face painted!” Jane said. As my roommate approached Jane with the paintbrush, Jane immediately started to ask many questions about the entire painting process. Jane also wanted to touch the paint, the wet sponge, my roommate’s keychains, and anything my roommate had that Jane was not familiar with. At one point Jane wanted to paint her face by herself. Jane was seeking new things, and trying to incorporate the new things into her understanding of the world (Ormond, p. 310-311). In order to make sense of these new things, she was interacting with her physical environment (Piaget, 1952b; as cited in Ormond, 2003). She was also intrinsically motivated (Mattingly, 2017) to improve her understanding of the world of face painting which she had never experienced before.
John was curious about everything
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
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 1500 hours I was dispatched to 119 S. Main St. for an assault in progress. Schuylkill County Communications (COUNTY) advised me it is being reported that a male is assaulting two females out in the street. COUNTY advised me that screaming and yelling can be heard in the background on the telephone.
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
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.
get ahold of anyone. I later completed two Auburn PD motor vehicle forms and had
For our child observation project, we interacted with a seven year old boy named Nolan.
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.
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.
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.
The video shows an instructor for the daycare sitting on the ground with three stunning toddlers attracting in an activity. The video indicates that the teacher has a plastic bottle (the bottle is empty) that is left open and have a few wood clothespins. The three toddlers have as a minimum one or two clothespins each. The daycare trainer holds the plastic bottle in front of each infant individually with hoping that one of the infants would place the wood clothespin thru the opened pinnacle to finally drop the clothespin inside the plastic bottle. The video shows that the trainer has a plastic bottle (the bottle is empty) that is left open and feature some wooden clothespins. The three babies have at least one or clothespins each. The daycare instructor holds the plastic bottle in the front of each infant in my opinion with hoping that one of the toddlers might location the timber clothespin through the opened top to ultimately drop the clothespin inside the plastic bottle. By the stop of the video, the daycare trainer is aware that the third toddler (the 1/3 little one with the blond hair) is having an entirely tough time setting his clothespin inside the plastic bottle. The instructor noticed that he has about three clothespins in his hand which she took away two, leaving him with one clothespin, the teacher then shakes the plastic bottle to get his attention, once more using that time he eventually positioned the clothespin inside the
The child I’ve chosen for my observation is an lively child for being 9 years old, a girl named Sophia. She is 53 inches in stature and 30 kg in weight, Sophia is in average for her height and weight based on a CDC growth chart for age. (CDC, 2 to 20 years: Girl) She is developing normally and she is average for her age during the primary school years. I’ve chosen this particular child because she is much more active than most of children in the class. Most of times, Sophia is initiative to discuss and talk about the problems with the teacher in class. Also, she often voluntary raised her hand to give the response and answer the questions to the teacher. Not only that, she likes to talk with her classmate even the teacher is talking. From my observation, I feel like that Sophia will concentrate when the things are interesting her. If not, she will talk or do other stuff rather than pay attention on it. Thus, I believe Sophia is perform well at the aspect she likes it, meanwhile she takes less
Kian started an Aboriginal sand art project by using a paintbrush spread some glue, and covering the surface of a tray with glue. As soon as Grace, William, Arabella, Raphael, Aurelia, and Sylvester noticed what Kian was doing, they all gathered around the activity table and were very interested in the red dyed sand. They took turns to sprinkle a pinch of dyed sand all over the tray’s surface and to explore special characteristics of sand on the glue with their hands and fingers (EYLF 1.4, Engaging in shared play experiences). The children curiously examined the surface after it
This paper will be about an observation to a child, and the different behaviors of the child. After watching the child I will study her physical, cognitive, and social development according to her age. That will give us an idea of how children should behave at a certain age. I will also compare the theories of some well-known theorists according to my child’s behavior.
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.
Th met with mother. Mother reported the child suspension from school on Wednesday 10/4. Mother said that the child has little struggle with math subject and her math teacher. Mother promised to bring the child’s report card to show the child’s performance. Th affirmed and attended mother’s statement. Mother spoke about plans to devote time to review how the child is doing at school. Th commended mother’s plan to make time to check with child’s academic progress. Mother discussed the child’s trouble to wake and get to school. Mother reported successfully practicing time-time techniques to manage the child’s misbehavior, disobedience and aggressive behaviors. Th acknowledged mother’s success over the use of time-out technique. Th also validated mother’s strength through the ongoing challenges. Th explained reward system and boundary setting to enhance the child’s positive behavior. Th discussed examples of reward system such us buying cellphone or any other reward when the child sticks to the rules and expectations. Mother believes that buying a cellphone may not help to achieve long-term behavioral change. Mother reported that the child has inquired about the existence of God. Th reframed and encouraged the mother to use such opportunities to enrich conversations. Mother said that although the child’s father is an atheist she does not believe that is right. Th explained that if the mother avoids these types of