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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
The daycare that I visited was Rosemont Daycare and Preschool. This center is faith based and I was able observe the “Duck Class” which was the age group of four and five year olds. I went to observe on February 11th and 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 and the 18th from 3:00 to 6:00. On the 11th and 16th, there were a total of 12 children in the Duck class. At 9:00 the children were engaged in circle time meaning that the children were learning about their bible verse for that month which was “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.” The children then discussed what they thought that meant. On the 11th I was present to see the children, the ones I decided to observe were Kali, Roslyn, Fiona, and Brayden. When the children were doing crafts I sat near the counter island in the class room so I was out of the way but still able to see and hear what the kids were doing and saying at the table.
Toddlers are the epitome of curiosity and energy. From ages 1 – 3, toddlers are always on the go and want to learn about everything in their world. As with infants, no two are alike; each toddler is unique in his or her developmental stages, and each accomplishes milestones at different times. “Although children develop at different rates, there are common stages of development that serve as guidelines for what most children can do by a certain age” (Groark, McCarthy & Kirk, 2014). As seen in the hatfieldmomof3 (2011) video, one observes toddlers at play and can determine the age of the toddlers by their actions and the milestones they have accomplished.
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.
The facility I did my observation at was Tutor Time in Fairfield, and I arrived there at 3:15pm. When I arrived there, I could instantly see that it was a child centered program by the feel of the artwork the kids had made that were on the walls, the passing classrooms and it smelled like sugar cookies throughout the building. It was very quiet in the office area and in the halls when I was walking to the class of preschoolers.
The infant that was observed for the purposes of this essay was Phoebe, a two-month old girl, born via cesarean section at thirty-eight weeks of gestation to interracial parents. She was observed in her own home, in normal behavior and interactions between her and her mother. The observation was separated into two different one hour sessions.
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.
On November 13, 2015 I observed a kindergarten class at the school where I work as the BAC Director. The students were between the ages of 5 and 6 years of age. The student were studying community helpers.
For the majority of my preschool observation, the children were outside. It was very hard to get a good idea of what they did at this preschool and what the kids and teachers were saying. Just from my observation, I realized how different my preschool was. I went to St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Preschool in Shepherd. It was very different because my class was very small. It had eleven people in it, while the class I observed had about twenty people in it. Also, these children go to school all day and they will not all end up in the same graduating class someday. At my preschool we only went for half days and the majority of the students that went to my preschool graduated with me. I think both of the preschools had pros and cons. All day school is most likely better because students will get used to going to school all day and be more prepared for kindergarten. Having a smaller class may be better because it is more one on one. The one thing I think that was really good about my preschool is that we all graduated high school together. I think that it is very fun to get to grow up with the same people. I think both preschools are very good, they are just very different.
The child I observed was born on February 21st, so the baby that I observed is just weeks old. The baby is white and a male. The baby is a friend’s child and I observed him in the living room of their home and in his personal bedroom while he was in his crib. There was two couches in the living room, a television, two end tables, and a big sectional rug which was where the child was most of the time. There was 4 adults. The mom, the dad, my mom, and I. There were no other children in the house at this time.
I observed at St. Eve’s Learning Center location in their preschool room. The center has a naturalistic feel to the environment and all of the staff is friendly and welcoming. The classroom displayed best practices, modern theories and research, and followed expected standards set by their accreditations.
Following my observation day in the gym with children from 18 months to kindergarten age I was able to notice a lot in term of child development and the impact physical education has on self esteem and growth of young children. I found that most children less than three lacked the coordination and fine motor skills seen in the older group of children.These children were also much more attached to their parent. I did however notice with some of the younger children is that if placed with a sibling or older friend they will try to mimic the abilities of the older individual and attempt to show skills they otherwise would not have until an older age. A good example of this was on the gymnastics mats one child was able to do flips off of his
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
The researchers explained the focus of the paper, the subjects, and methods used in a way that was understandable and useful to me because as both an early childhood educator and a parent of a child who is currently having speech therapy, I have a great understanding of why having reliable instruments for the screening and assessment is necessary, especially for early intervention to take place. Children with special needs can easily fall in between the cracks especially in a classroom setting if they are not able to receive the extra support they need to help them develop accordingly.
The two children that I have interacted with this week at the Early Childhood Education Center from the Willows group is Emily and Harriet. I got a chance to interact with these two girls this week. They are both so much fun to play with and be around. With Harriet, we played in the dirt box and played with the musical instruments. We also played with her stuffed little gray and white cat and a toy tiger. With Emily, we played doctor and played in the kitchen area. Together Emily and I played nurse and doctor to make her little baby feel better and got to play dress up with it. We also played some in the kitchen to make food for the baby as well. From what I have learned from Harriet and Emily is that they have two different personalities.
In electing to observe a kindergarten class, I was hoping to see ‘real world’ examples of the social development, personality types and cognitive variation found within the beginning stages of “Middle Childhood” as discussed within our text.