Child Observation Essay

1. When observing lab 1 the teacher told all the children that they needed to wash their hands before they eat their snacks. Female, Aditi, 11/23/2012, and female, Freya, 12/30/2012, both rushed to a small door that leads to a room where they wash their hands. The two girls stood outside the door until the rest of the group caught up to them. This is an example of cognitive development and language development because both of the girls knew exactly where to go when told to wash their hands and both understood what their teacher had told them to do. This is the girls’ way of problem solving, they needed to wash their hands, and so they went to the door of the room where they wash their hands without being shown where to go. According to our notes, this is normative cognitive and language development. By around 15 months children should be able to respond to a simple command. Children develop problem solving skills all
She was waiting in front of a door with Aditi, female, 11/23/2012, to be let inside to wash her hands. Both girls tried to pull down on the door handle to open the door but could not get it to open. Once they realized the door was not opening, they both turned to one another and started to “babble” to one another. Both were making eye contact with each other and practicing turn taking while babbling back and forth. Since both girls were turn taking and making eye contact while “babbling” this would be a form of social interaction for the two girls. According to the book, children of Freya and Aditi’s age usually do not interact with one another. They just play along side one another or just watch other children their age play. Unless the child is an older child, children between 18-24 months do not typically socially interact with others their age (Steinberg, L., Bornstein, M. H., Vandell, D. L., and Rook, K.S. 2011). Aditi and Freya are a little more socially advanced than their