Observation of the Child at Play On Friday I spent the morning with Jacob who is six years one month old at College America. The morning began with a physical assessment and an interview of Jacob, and the afternoon I was able to observe him at play. Jacob is in first grade and he is the oldest child in his family with a younger brother and a younger sister. After doing a physical assessment and an interview with Jacob he appears to be an overall healthy and happy child with no obvious physical
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Child Observation Report Lecturer: Dr. Stephanie L. Knight Observer: Afra Mohamed Taha Observant: 3-4 year old boy Topic: Entire Observation Setting: Airport. A family consists of a father, a mother, three daughters and a son. Goal: Observing the boy to see his entire behavior, in addition to his reaction to reinforcement and punishment. Time: 52 minutes Method used: Systematic
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Observation is the heart of child-centered emergent curriculum planning (p. 103). By observing children we are able to identify skills as well as interest. After reading both curriculum plans, I think Corrine’s curriculum represents Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP). She became imaginative and curios about Lena. She observed her interest, and arranged for Lena to discover something new the following day when she only found red and blue paint out on the ease. Lena got exited and starts
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Makeea S. Patterson Workshop Three - 3.5 Dropbox Child Development Paper 7 July 2015 Human Behavior/Social Environment (SWK-342-01A) Indiana Wesleyan University Instructor Beth Griffin Subject: The child I chose to observe was 12 year old girl named Kimeko, of African-American background. This observation took place in her home, on a Friday evening, between the hours of 4PM-6PM. As this was my first observation experience, I was somewhat apprehensive about how Kimeko might react about me watching
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For my observation, I chose my niece Chevie who is 24 months old. I thought that her birthday would be a great opportunity to observe her interactions with adults and other children her age during a festive gathering. It did not disappoint and I feel like I was able to gain significant insight into the behaviors of this age group. The observation took place at Chevie’s home with her parents, grandparents, other adult family members and friends and 5 other children approximately Chevie’s age
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While I was observing I saw a child who was making "hon hon" noises by opening his mouth and making the noise though his nose. The children giggled at first but then ignored him when he made that noise again. The two teacher seemed to ignore the behavior and eventually he stopped making it. I saw the Aid a few times remind the student to stay focused and mentioned what his rules were. The teacher mentioned to me that sometimes she has him get a drink of water when he needs a break. However she also
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small, with an average student teacher ratio of 6 to 1. She loves going to school, and is social and excited to learn. Sylvie takes swimming lessons, plays little kid soccer, and likes going to the rock climbing gym with her mom. Sylvie is an only child, her dad is a 41-year-old emergency room nurse, and her mom is a 37-year-old part time student. Sylvie’s family is middle class, and lives in a small house in a quiet neighborhood with her parents and her dog, Charlie. She has her own bedroom, a bookshelf
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2011) 3. The first child I observed doing physical things was a girl named Aditi who was born on November 23, 2012. When Aditi was done with her snack, she got up and threw her trash away, and then went over to a table by herself and started doing a small muscle activity by putting a puzzle together. Once she got tired of that she walked over to the other toys and picked up an airplane and started flying it around the room, which she used large muscles for. The second child I observed was a boy
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Kimberly came to my appointment yesterday. She shared with me her frustration in staying at the current shelter. Her story was similar to what you and Sharon told me. She looked slightly irritable while sharing with me couple of the incidents. She was also worried that I would be disappointed on her for ‘creating’ the issues in the shelter. As I suspected, Kimberly seems to experience many confusions as different staff and long-term shelter clients explained some rules and regulations. She said
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Becky woke up from her morning nap. She cries and slowly crawls down her bed to find her mom. “Mommy”, then cried again. “Aunty, where mommy go?” she asked. I replied, “mommy go work. She come back later okay?” She replied, “okay aunty”. She went to play in the playroom. Becky grabs her teapot and cups. She sat down on the picnic table. She sat a teddy bear in one chair, and a doll on another. She drinks the cup. Put the cup down and poured the tea around the table. As her younger sister woke
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