Samantha Mirabal Observation

Observation of Samantha Mirabal
Samantha is a-three-year-old Cuban- American girl. She was born in Miami, on August 25, 2010. She lives with her mother, her father, and her two sisters, which are older than her. Her mother was born in Miami and her father was born in Cuba. They are Christian and they go to church every Sunday. Samantha can communicate either in English and Spanish. She goes to daycare from Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The reason Samantha goes to the daycare is because both of her parents work. Her mother is a nurse and her father is a lawyer. Also she goes to ballet class twice a week. According to her mother Samantha is a smart, healthy and happy child, who most of the time is having fun and loves to play.
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She went to the sand area and sat down next to her sister. Her sister was playing with the sand, building sand castles putting sand into a bucket and flipping it around. The subject observed her and wanted to perform the same activity, but she could not. It was difficult for her to put the sand in to the bucket and flip it around. The sister saw that Samantha was having difficulties performing the activity. Then the sister explained to her how to do it and after several tries Samantha was able to perform the activity perfect by herself. After this Samantha started noticing that her mom was walking away from her, on her way inside the house. Samantha soon started panicking, dropped the bucket of sand and ran crying all the way to her mother. Once the mother heard Samantha crying she immediately picked her up and right away, the crying

Samantha sat down on the mini table and began playing with her Edushape building blocks, which are building blocks that have different shapes and colors. They are 2-3 inches tall depending on the shape. Samantha was making bridges and towers. Minutes later, a 3-year-old child walked over and wanted to join Samantha and build with her. Samantha grabbed all her Edushape building blocks and would not let the other child play with her. Samantha’s mother walked over and explained to her how important sharing is and that she should play with the other child. Samantha understood immediately and they began to play together. As the sun began to go down, Samantha’s mom told Samantha it was getting late and they had to leave. Samantha refused and kept on playing. The mother convinced Samantha that it was late and she still had to shower. Once they got to the house her mother gave Samantha a lollipop as a reward for obeying her. After this, she went to her room and used the restroom by