Being in this course for about half a semester now has helped me learn different things about a person’s development starting from way before they were born, that I hope to incorporate into this observation report. For my report, I decided to observe my seven year old cousin, Justin. I observed him for about fifty minutes during a small family gathering. While observing Justin, I did happen to notice some of his actions that I learned or read about from this class. I wasn’t able to get Justin’s exact height and weight but from looking at him I would say he is about the average weight for his age and a little taller than others his age since his father is also tall. His ethnicity is Mexican-American and has medium to dark brown hair, with …show more content…
Justin’s overall physical development is that he’s healthy and athletic. However during my observation, he played games on a phone after he ate. An example of Justin’s expressive language was when our cousin went on the Snapchat app on her phone and surprised Justin with a feature that switches their faces, and he said “Stop!” while smiling. Receptive language was when my aunts told him how much they loved him and asked if they loved him back and he’d nod and say “yes, I love you too” while smiling …show more content…
He has come over before, so I wasn’t surprised by his behavior but I was a little surprised after seeing him cry from my dog’s barking since it happened so quickly. This overall experience did help me change my way of thinking about the way children develop and I will try to use what I learned in other children I know, in a non-creepy way. Outside of textbook reading, I was able to physically see the different ways in which children’s different types of development show depending on what they’re doing. The observation doesn’t relate to my life now, but I am thinking of studying something similar to it in the
It was even reported that if this continued, he would be more than ready for preschool-type activities. This typically require children to stay on task or remain in “group time” for 10-15 minutes. We know that temperament is an important influence on development and the related concept of moderately novel activities but can also be determined by the experiences parents and early childhood settings provide. Temperament is linked to school success, good peer relations, and compliance with parents’ request. (Kail and Zolner, 203) Care begins prior to birth and continues through out a lifetime and encouraging high quality of care can offer learning opportunities that are based on the deep knowledge of your
He preferred people over objects and was able to focus his eyes on me and study my face as well as with others. He began to show more intense interest in his “These infants were usually happy and cheerful, tented to adjust well to new situations, and followed regular routines for eating, sleeping and toileting,” (Chess & Thomas,1986; Thomas Chess, & Birch, 1968). Referring to Kieran’s report, he readily adapted to the new people and situations in the pediatrician’s office making eye contact, smiling and vocalized to them quite a bit. Based on his behavior raising him through the Virtual Child, it was noted again that he smiles and interacts with nearly everyone and was able to
The environment in which an infant is raise, has to do a lot with his/her development. I was surprise by this observation because there were different personalities. Loui was the child who interact more with the students in the classroom. Also, he was surprise of the things that he was able to do by using his gross motor skills. Charlotte imitate the behavior with the toys that were in the classroom. On the other hand, Benjamin was insecure child that needed to be near his mom/dad. I learned many things from this activity. I was able to understand the concepts because I related to the observation. This will help me in my future
Physical: Oliver is a very physical young man, there are not too many moments he is not on the move. He experiments with different ways of moving, demonstrates balancing skills, uses gross-motor manipulatives, and shows fine-motor strength and coordination that is age appropriate. Oliver’s physical development is among one of his greatest strengths.
Children are complex, and the way a child develops differs from individual to individual. The study of children is a field that researchers, scientists, theorists and educators have been exploring for decades. CHYS 1F90 studies the foundations of childhood development and allows the students to look at the way children develop through multiple lenses. Many conclusions have been drawn, observing how, when and why children develop the way they do. Jerry and Samantha are both grade one students who are unrelated. Although these two students are both the same age, they are different on a variety of accounts. Jerry is a shy and introverted boy who quickly becomes uncomfortable while talking to adults, teachers and peers, contrariwise Samantha is immensely confident and demonstrates extroversion around others. After analyzing both Jerry and Samantha through a biological, learning theorist and psychoanalytical lens, the reasons for the first-graders differences are clear. Depending on the lens in which an individual looks through when analyzing the development of children, interesting and intriguing conclusions can be drawn regarding the broad topic of understanding how children develop.
Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.
For 12 weeks I observed a young pre-schooler Child C aged 31/2 years old, through my account I would give an observer’s view of Child C, three theories peculiar to Child C and my the emotions evoked in me as an observer. My observation assisted in my understanding of the changes in Child C as the week progressed over the 12 weeks.
While completing my practicum this last semester I observed an seven year old boy named J. J is a second grader in a mixed first and second grade Montessori classroom at Sandhills Primary School. He is smart and excels at science. J is also on the autism spectrum. He is the first born to his twin brother. They are not in the same class due to different academic levels, but they have a very good relationship. In comparison to his twin J seems to be more advanced academically and physically. While Kidwatching J I was able to learn a lot about the way that he thinks and learns. Throughout this paper I will discuss J’s physical, affective, and cognitive development.
I gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby girl named Luna. Jeffrey has taken quite a liking to being a big brother. He likes to hold and rocker her and helps with feeding her. Jeffrey is still a slow-to warm child. He can communicate fairly well and is now using mostly complete sentences and seems to understand most of what I say. He occasionally makes errors of overregularization. He has taken an interest in music and singsongs even though he usually repeats a certain part a lot. I encourage this by taking him to local performances of children’s musicals. Jeffrey has learned the routines pretty well and is reasonably cooperative for his age. He is rarely aggressive to adults or other children. Jeffrey’s fantasy play has become more elaborate and sometimes includes superheroes or cartoon
Since the beginning of time, fathers have had a profound effect on their child’s development. Over the years, the norm for traditional family dynamics of having a father figure in the household has changed drastically, and so did the roles of the parents. It is not as common as it used to be to have a father or father figure in the home. In this day and age, women are more likely to raise children on their own and gain independence without the male assistance due to various reasons. The most significant learning experience and development of a person’s life takes place in their earlier years when they were children. There are many advantages when there is a mother and father combined in a
To better facilitate development within Quan who is a three year old boy, it is important for teachers to have an understanding of where Quan is developmentally. Since there are many areas where Quan is struggling at home and in school, each developmental domain should be broken down and studied to determine his skills and areas where he needs to work on. This paper focuses on the developmental areas and the skills Quan shows in each domain through determining where he is developmentally by focusing on many sources. To gain a better understanding of Quan, this paper has five sections that contain many examples, interventions, and strategies that promote development in his cognitive, language, social/emotional, and physical domains. In each
Observation is important as the practitioner can find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations, additionally at the same time it identifies if children need assistance within certain areas of learning or socially (DCSF, 2008). Furthermore the observations check that the child is safe, contented, healthy and developing normally within the classroom or early years setting, over time the observations can be given to parents as they show a record of progress which helps to settle the parent and feel more comfortable about their child’s education. Observations are not only constructive within learning about an individual child, they can be used to see how different groups of children behave in the same situation and how adults communicate and deal with children’s behaviour (Meggitt and Walker, 2004). Overall observations should always look at the positives of what children can complete within education and not look at the negatives and all observations should become a fundamental part of all practitioners work alongside reflection (Smidt, 2009).
Human development has been a subject of interest since ancient Greece and Rome. Different approaches derive from two basic directions: the nativists` and empiricists` ones. The latter method is to regard human development as a gradual change which has been influenced by the individual`s experience .On the other hand, the former approach has found its roots in the biological structure of the human organism which considers our development as a series of stages. However, referring to human development only as continuous or gradual would produce inconsistent and insufficient understanding of the developmental process .As a result, combining ideas of both viewpoints(continuity and phases) will provide a more explicit of understanding of the developmental processes and their final aim which is to create individual`s integrity within the social norms.
There are many documented theories about early childhood development, contemporary research still concurs with some of these theories. It suggests, however, that we should be thinking more holistically, taking into consideration; respect for diversity, the wider community and equity, play based curriculums, intentional teaching and ongoing reflective practices when planning for optimal educational experiences for children (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009). I acknowledge that ongoing professional learning and reflective practices are a key element of the Early Years Learning Framework (DEEWR, 2009). I accredit working and collaborating with other teachers, families and local communities collectively contribute
As I personally take the time to have a reflection over the course of “Child and Adolescent Development” I find myself intrigued with the amount of knowledge I gained during this course this semester. I wanted to take the time to concentrate on three specific areas in which I felt I had the most growth, but also came as a challenge to me as well. It is important when reflecting over a course that I look at what I found to be challenging, as this was an opportunity of growth for me individually. In this paper I will review some of the main topics that I found to be interesting but also resourceful for my future aspiration not only as a family life educator but also a mother one day.