Child Observation Essay

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I arrived at the nursery gates late for my first observation, which was not a positive reflection of me. I composed myself then rang the doorbell, the gate unlocked and made my way through the playground toward the reception area. I was greeted by and unfamiliar face that introduced themselves as the manager, then Introduced myself and what I was here to do and whose room I would be in. She asked me which child I would be observing and what room she then escorted me to the room.

We walked toward the room and I was asked to take my shoes off before entering the room. The manager introduced to the members of staff that were looking after the infants in the room. She than exited and left me with a nursery nurses’ that introduced me to the child I would be observing. At this point a thought crossed my mind and wondered if parent knew if I was observing their infant and why. Or maybe they were already informed that student usually attend the nursery to conduct observation.

I had entered a very bright and colorful room with large windows filled with toys, book and other object infant would find interesting. One side of the room had a kitchen work surface that house bottles and other equipment used for the infants feeds and on the opposite side there was a small fridge. In the center of the room there was carpet on the floor with cots piled up on …show more content…

Mothers came to breast feed, to pick up their children and nursery nurses also came in to collect items that were in the room and ask staff members questions. I found this distracted me at time as I was meant to be concentrating on the child it it was difficult to do in this type of environment. This was due to the different things that were going on during my observation. However reflecting back Child A did not seem bother by the people coming in and out because Black was there getting her to engage with toys which was keeping her

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