The observation took place indoor at my relative 's house. I went to observe the child on Tuesday at 12:00 in the morning. When you first enter the house and walk through the hallway, you will see that the kitchen is on the right side and the dining table on the left. After passing the kitchen and dining table, you will see that the living room connects to the back-yard. The living room 's walls had multiple picture frames and decoration pieces hanging along with a brown color clock. Moreover, the living room had dark green sofa 's, television, a coffee table and variety of toys that include a white writing board, a box of legos, soft toys, barbie dolls, kitchen sets, play house, books, ball, building blocks and a blue color table along with
This paper will explore my findings of my observation of a young boy, age 28 months, named Jax. Jax is fun little man and happens to be my nephew. I will discuss the attributes and characteristics of Jax that I witnessed in the few hours that I had observed him. Starting with motor development skills, I observed that Jax is a very favorable walker. He is well coordinated, and loves to run. Still, just like any two-year-old, he still stumbles frequently. He loves to play with his toys and can pick up and grasp his toys well. He is great at maneuvering his toys and putting them where he wants them. I did notice that he did favor his right hand regularly. Jax did love to throw things, and catch them as well. However, he seemed to be a bit better at catching things, more so than he was at throwing
In this assignment I am going to describe a child observation that I have done in a nursery for twenty minutes in a play setting. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic observation through the key developmental milestones based in Mary Sheridan (2005) check-list and provide a theoretical explanation to support the naturalistic observation.
Upon entering the room at first glance, I noticed that there were a variety of developmentally appropriate toys scattered across the floor. According to Guyton (2011), using toys to support early childhood learning and development is a good way to help three to five year olds to learn. Use of learning enhancement toys, along with the help of the teachers, facilitates development in early childhood across various development domains, which consist of cognitive, physical, and social emotional.Based on my observation, this child is without a doubt developing his motor development skills normally for his age. At different times throughout the whole observation, Anth was able to grasp and drop toys and hold crayons showing that he had developed arm control. Thus, after a couple of seconds of holding them tig...
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.
The child that I selected to observe through the course of this semester is a Caucasian female. Her name is “R.” She was born on April 24, 2013. She is currently 10 months old, but will be turning one year old at the end of the semester. “R” is a child who is very active. She has an independent but outgoing personality. At this stage, she exhibits uncertainty with strangers and other people she recalls but has not physically seen in a period of time. Some of “R”'s favorite activities include tossing objects, mirroring actions and movements, music, a...
An example when an adult was scaffolding an infant during the time I was observing Lab 1 would be when George of 1 year and 3 months was wobbly walking and exploring his surroundings and worryingly one of the instructors said “no, no” and instead he walked towards another designated play era and uncertain he looked back and made eye contact with the same instructor. She reassured him that he could go play into the area by gesturing and saying “that’s okay ” so he proceeded to play in that area.
The baby gets tired of this and begins to walk around the house exploring everything. (This shows his short attention span.)
Leroy is a 2nd grade African American student at Martin Luther King Elementary School. He is 8 years old and lives with his mother and two older brothers. His favorite school subject is math. He likes to play video games and basketball, especially when he is playing with his friends. Leroy’s favorite holiday is Christmas, for he gets to visit his grandma and enjoy all the delicious foods that his mom and grandma cook. When asked where would he go if he can go anywhere, he responded with Skate Park. He likes to skate around the park with his brothers. Leroy wishes to be like his older brother when he grows up.
The assignment was to observe a preschool child’s (3 - 5 years) level of cognitive development in symbolic representation, conservation and classification. The observation took place on November 5, 2015 at San Jacinto College Central in room C6-124 at 10:10 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. In this observation, there were two boys that were being observed; boy W and boy L. Boy W was born on November 3, 2011 (4 years old). Boy W has been coming to school since he was 6 months. He is an only child to a mother and a father. He has a friend that who is a very girly girl and goes to the same school as him. Boy L on the other hand was born on September 13, 2010 (5 years old). He comes to school with his mother and is picked up by his Gigi (dad’s mother). Boy