Observation Of Child Development

"Ever since I was a child, I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one 's potential"(Bruce Lee). I think this quote pertains greatly to how children grow up. The Assignment purpose was to observe a child between the ages of 2 and 16. Human Development is important because it shows what you can identify. For example, if there is anything wrong with your child or if your child is more developed than others. Plus, there is so much that you can learn from observing the child from how they react in their environment and around people. If you know what to look for in human develop it greatly helps in knowing what to do with a child when you least expect it.

It was 9:45am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015: The children were taking part in an art activity. On the piece of paper, each child had a drawn out bubble lettered number one. They were given each given four popsicle sticks and a small pile of glue. The teacher instructed them to use the paint brush to spread the glue out inside the number one and then place the popsicle sticks on top.

Within my ten hours of observation, I witnessed an Early Childhood, Childhood, and Middle Childhood classroom. Through the duration of these hours, I visited School 17 and School 30. My seven hours at School 17 consisted of experiences within an Early Childhood and a Childhood setting. The Early Childhood hours occurred in a Pre-Kindergarten classroom setting with Ms. Mitrakos. The Childhood observations occurred in a first-grade classroom with Ms. Hordan. My three hours at School 30 involved experiences within a Middle Childhood setting. These observation hours occurred in a 6th-grade math class. My observations within both schools inspired me to continue my passion for Early Childhood Education.

For each shelf, center, table, chair and anything that can hold a label, I would like to have it label with a little clip art picture on it. For the chairs around the eating tables, which are rectangular, I would like to have the children's name printed on them. That way the children know what is there chair and they see their name each time they want to sit on it. I believe that it is very important for children to associate the letters in the word with the actual object. Such as associating the letters S.I.N.K with the actual sink.

The pre-observation conference was held with the Health Care Cluster (HCC) instructor on September 10, 2015. The instructor is a twelve year veteran and has taught HCC at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) for all of those years with two years at the Brownstown campus and ten years at the Mount Joy campus. Before becoming a teacher she was employed in the medical field as a nurse, staff educator, and manager at hospitals in the Lancaster area. She has earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and has her Vocational II Teacher Certification.

Observing a child is a fascinating experience. It is amazing to see how differently children view certain things than adults view them. I recently spent an entire day observing a 10 year-old boy who was going about his daily routine. This child is a white American weighs approximately 75 pounds; he appears to be in good health. He’s a tall, skinny boy with long brownish, blonde hair. His attire consist of jeans, convers, and a hoodie. By the end of the day I could see how the child acted around others and I could also see how past psychologists theories work in conjunction with this 10 year old boy being analyzed.

Entering Room 5 at Metropolitan Family Services has opened the door to a new experience towards my early childhood education career. Mr. Jesus and his group of children have welcomed me with open arms and have offered an outstanding experience. Room 5 services children age three to five who come from low income families and majority are Latino and/ or African- American. Room 5 is also a Head Start classroom and services twenty children. Throughout my observation, I was able to explore the physical environment, activity areas, and future studies that will teach me how to effectively engage children to learn.

As I opened my folder where I placed my prospectus, I checked my subjects, especially my majors one by one and SPED 4 is included in the list. The description is "Observational Child Study 1" and I immediately thought of the learning and experiences that I would probably encounter in this subject and it really gave me excitement. Observing a child and their behaviors is really interesting to us, Teacher Education students, especially for us SPED majors because we will not only observe regular children but also those children with special needs. I imagined this subject as one of the things that would really be indelible not only for me, but for all of us, soon-to-be Special Education Mentors. I thought of this as the stepping stone of experiencing on how to really be a Teacher soon, and how it feels like to be one already. Seeing and discerning children with different personalities would really be hard, but for sure, it will really be worth it. This subject is an eye opener. Fun, knowledge, and a lot of information needed would really be present in it.

I enjoyed reading the article because I learned something very interesting. I thought the underlining reason for Maggie's issues was because she was hungry, thirsty and upset, but because of that I was blinded to the subtle hints of problems with her mouth. She was not eating because she had a tooth problem. I thought it was a simple problem but it was more complex then that. It's best to look deeper even if you think you have the answer. I wonder if anyone guessed the correct problem.

My first week at the Child Development and Family Studies Center went pretty well. I am in the four year olds room and my target child is Wyatt. Upon my arrival, Clarissa Doss (teacher) and Mrs. Sharon Fulgham (assistant teacher) were very open and friendly. I was introduced to class and the children introduced themselves. My first encounter with my target child, Wyatt, went great; I reintroduced myself to him and asked which area he would like to play in today and he quickly chose home living with his classmate Macy. While observing the two preschoolers, both had baby dolls and diaper bags; I asked both Wyatt and Macy ‘What are you going to do?” and “Does the baby need food?” .Both responded that they were taking their babies to the park and

When watching Drew, one of the children who I observed Wednesday, I really connected with his struggles. One of the teachers, I believe her name was Kristen, told me that Drew has a digestive problem which causes him vomiting profusely after meal time if he is not on his back. My brother, who is older than me also had terrible digestive problems that caused him to never want to eat and to see meal time as a punishment and something to fear. I now know that the teacher smacking his but to get him to sleep was really a good thing for him, but in the moment I just felt really sad that he was struggling so much and it was all because of something so simple: breakfast. The second thing that really kept emotional during my observation time was not

I have learned in this interview that the child's cognitive development is complex and sophisticated for the appropriate age level. The child is now developing more emotions on a deep level. Meaning she now considers her own emotions and the emotions of others than she would if she was younger. In the interview the child shows how she thinks of her friends before herself because she does not not want to hurt their feelings. The child is ready to pre naturally develop and is noticing the change. In addition I have learned the child also cares about her physical appearance and how her physical appearance could help her make her fit in with her peers. At this age most female 11 years old are beginning to go through puberty, hormones, and

In order to be a good educator, it is critical to observe children during their learning experiences. Observations allow the educator to determine what the child knows, can do and understand (Early Childhood Australia, 2012, p.1). Observations help the educator to implement experiences, which are of interest to the children helping to build on their knowledge. According to Curtis & Carter (2013, p. 16) educators have many demands and distractions; therefore learning to pay attention requires systematic study and ongoing practice. It was nice to conduct an experience with two children, however, I feel that in an early childhood setting there would be many distractions that I would have to overcome.

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.

Taking a step back to observe a child’s physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and moral development gives great insight into the mind of a child. I observed nine year old, soon to be ten, Abigail. Although small in stature, Abigail meets the physical developmental tasks for her age. As reported by the University of Washington's Child Development Guide, normal physical characteristics for nine to ten year old children include, “Engaging in active, rough-and-tumble play (especially boys); great interest in team games; good body control; interested in developing strength, skill, and speed; likes more complicated crafts and work-related tasks” (1993). Although, Abigail does not appear to meet one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) milestones for physical characteristics of children nine to eleven years old, which states “physical changes of puberty might be showing by now” (2017); overall, Abigail meets the physical developmental tasks for children nine to ten years old.