Child Observation Summary

Observation Summary

The first observation I intended was with the infants during the morning between 9:30- 10:30. The infants were 8– 12 months years old. One child that stood out to me showed signs of being overly attached to the teacher. Her name is Miyah and she just turned one years old. The teacher stated that Miyah would be transitioning to T1 (Toddlers who are 1 years old) because she was the oldest infant in the classroom. She also expressed that Miyah would have difficulty in T1 because she was very attached to her. Miyah would follow the teacher everywhere she went. When she became occupied and playing with toy she would frequently look up and see if the teacher was around. Miyah became uneasy when the teacher

I decided to focus on the difference between boys and girls. Viewing them as a whole group, most of the children were friendly/attentive and came up to me to figure out who I was. The boys showed a lot of aggression when they were fighting over toys. They would push, and hit each other and made statements such as, “its mines”. They showed signs of still being in the ID phase because they showed signs of selfishness, and didn’t want to share anything. The book elaborates on data that suggest “boys are more likely to score higher on scales measuring surgency whereas girls score higher on measures of effortful control” (Else-Quest, Hyde, Goldsmith, & Van Ule, 2006). It was evident that the girls were better at self-regulating and controlling their aggression/emotions. I noticed that the children were all developed on different levels. Some of them were forming sentences and interacting with the group and a few of them kept to themselves. The girls were very quiet and entertained themselves, and the boys socially interacted more. One of the boys that I observed was overly aggressive and seemed to have a hard time regulating his emotions. When he didn’t get the attention he wanted, he would cry even louder. Also, when someone wanted one of his toys he would get fussy. I think it would important to look at the goodness of fit between his temperament and parenting. The book states, “difficult temperament