Visit 3 Child Development Date: 24.11.04 Time: 4:45 - 7:00 Age: 4 years 4 months Place:Zack's house People Present:Zack and I Aims and planning ----------------- From what I have seen of Zack, reading is a very important and enjoyable part of his day, which will help him develop intellectually, so today I am going to observe Zack's listening skills and his reading skills. I will observe these skills by monitoring him whilst I read him a story called "Billy's Beetle" (which has been read to him on numerous occasions by his father) and an unknown story called "Our Puppies Holiday." I will observe his reading skills while he reads a book called "Ben's stories." Expectations ------------ According to "Child Care & Education" by Marian Beaver, young children in particular, derive great pleasure in being told stories and I have no doubt that Zack will enjoy the story. It also says that, children will want the same books repeated over and over again. Therefore I expect him to be more enthusiastic about "Billy's Beetle." During my introductory visit I found out that Zack vastly enjoys reading. I consequently expect him not to lose concentration especially with the story he is familiar with. According to "A Practical Guide To Child Development," by Ian Hudson, children tend to concentrate more on things in which they are interested in. Thus Zack should concentrate more on "Billy's Beetle" than "Our Puppies Holiday" and I will find out how much he enjoys reading by analysing his concentration levels. Observations I told Zack that we would be both reading books today and he instantly stress... ... middle of paper ... ...im to feel pride and satisfaction rather than disappointment and frustration, this was recommended by "Child Care and Education" and increased both his confidence and self esteem. I observed his fine motor skills while colouring, which he didn't manage immensely and failed to meet "A Practical Guide To Child Development's" hypothesis that a 4 or 5 year old child should be able to express their knowledge accurately using a picture. While monitored his imaginative skills throughout, I was intrigued that he was experimenting and exploring with colours as expected according to "Child Development." I think that his imaginative skills are quite well developed for his age, possibly because he watches his two older brother's draw on regular bases. I will observe Zack again to see if his imaginative and physical skills develop.
The piece of work I have choosing to reflective upon is an Initial Assessment of a family of asylum seekers from Pakistan. The family consisted of a father, mother and their five children ageing from 12 years old to 2 years old. “An Initial assessment serves as a blueprint it will be mortified as ideas are tested out and new data and information is gathered. The social workers will continually reassess the nature of the problem, and the need for support when doing an initial assessment” (Pincus and Minahan, 1973 p 116). This essay will examine and reflect on my organisations practices and policy procedures when dealing with service users SU also discussing my own personal reflection whilst on placement.
Compare and contrast a child from younger age group with a child from an older age group.
Even if a parent reads to his or her child often, the child’s cognitive development is likely to be affected by his or her teacher. If the teacher does not succeed in inspiring the child, then it is likely that the rate of cognitive development will be lower than a child with a successfully inspiring teacher, regardless of parent to child reading rate.
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.
Preschoolers love to hear stories. Read to them loudly for four or five minutes. Carefully choose stories which can arouse interest in the minds of preschooler, so that he/she should insist on hearing the rest of the story. Small pictorial stories about natural phenomenon like rain, solar system, funny detective stories and animal stories can be used. Read continuously for a few minutes, carefully stop at that point where preschooler’s inquisitiveness will be aroused and then give them some time to relax. Wait till they request to hear the rest. Initially allow preschoolers to interrupt your reading with their own questions but slowly decrease the number of questions that can be asked in each session. Encourage them to ask questions at the end of each session. Don’t plan sessions longer than 5 minutes. Gradually, increase the time period of ea...
Where a child is thought to be suffering or likely to suffer considerable harm, the local authority is requisite under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 to make enquiries. Every Child Matters was enacted as a green paper alongside the Laming report (Laming 2003) emphasising on exploring a preventive approach pertaining to social work as opposed to reactive child protection methods. Amie Newton (4 yrs) has been brought to the hospital casualty department by her mother. On examination she is found to have a newly broken left leg. She also has an old, fading bruise at the back of her right thigh, measuring about 15cm by 1cm. She is slightly underweight and has a miserable appearance. The case study will approach its remit by exploring Furlong and Cartmel (1999)’s school of thought; their study set out to determine that many crimes are committed by adults. Amie Newton appears as a child subjected to ‘normal’ crime and victimisation of children behind closed doors according to (Brammer 2010). The study will undertake a design to explore the traditional parameters and how relevant they are to the guide of the legal framework and substantive law pertaining to social work. The study will further give in-depth analysis into Amie Newton’s family background and discusses the anti-discriminatory practice and the growing influence of the Human rights Act of 1989. As for the hypothesis posed, it will be possible to comment on the ‘Big Picture ‘approach to multi agency problem solving and the practical implications.
The way the young, old, and infants look at things has been the subject of a number of studies for many years. These tendencies are referred to as visual preferences and in infants this study can be referred to as early visual perception. Though interest in the study of visual preferences has declined, significant progress has been made in this field. This study however has been very instrumental in helping scholars understand early childhood development issues. Among these issues is how visual preferences can help infants process the stimuli they come across. The issue of whether or not infants possess visual preference abilities after birth has also shown great interest among scholars. This paper seeks to cut through the arguments and delve into the factual evidence. The paper will consider how infants process as well as respond to visual stimuli in their environment. In addition, the paper seeks to establish how age and experience affects this process. These two factors will help correlate visual preference with cognition and perception in infants. The paper will mostly focus on how infants process stimuli with respect to visual preference.
Early childhood education, although constantly evolving, was actually established and practiced as early on as the times of Ancient Greece and Rome. The foundation that early childhood education is based upon is to instill in children the skills needed to succeed later on in life, while making sure young children enjoy their time in schooling. Throughout chapter 3 in the textbook Who Am I in the Lives of Children, the reader is capable of evaluating just how greatly the methods for teaching today’s youth have evolved and changed for the better.
Children who are in preschool are generally between the ages 3 to 5. During this preschool age, children go through many different changes and stages of development. The development that occurs in this stage, just as in other stages, supports the child and sets a foundation for future development. The child goes through physical, psychosocial, cognitive, moral, and various other types of development during this stage of life.
My observations have led me to realize that children are capable of learning a great deal when they are stimulated by fascinating things and activities coupled with being given the time, attention and guidance needed “children are capable of great concentration when they are surrounded by many interesting things to do and given the time and freedom to do them” (Teaching english to young learners, p. 25). Also, that personal experience and social experience cannot be
From ages 5 to 11, they will begin reading and writing, using tools, and making things. When they interact with other k...
The article entitled An Analysis of Schema Theory and Learning Theory as Explanations for Variance in Adolescent Adjustment to Divorce is a research done with adolescents to see how well a child and his or her parents adjust to divorce. The researchers are trying to find a way to help children deal with divorce. The researchers are trying to see if there is a connection between a child?s age and their sex that affects the way they adjust to divorce. After trying to see if these two factors are connected, researchers then also study to see if a child?s relationships with his or her parents also have a role in the child?s adjustment. This research was done to help understand if schema theory had something to do with the children?s adjustment when it came to divorce. With all the possibilities, the researchers wanted to narrow it down using the schema theory. The schema theory is said to be a way of thinking, and not wanting to change what you know.
As I observed Ricky his cognitive development is somewhat normal. According to Piaget’s theory a child should by the age five should be on the Preoperational stage and be able use symbols such as words or pictures to represent objects. Piaget’ preoperational stage Infants and Children (p.322-326). According to the checklist Ricky was not able to draw on some letters and sounds such as f, s, t, and r. According to the Speech and Language checklist list by the age of five the child should master or say these letters. I also used the Speech and Language assessment to see if he tell me the day and schedule in sequence. Ricky was not able to understand or comprehend what I was asking him. According to Jean Piaget a child should do well to clock time and daily schedule. (Last Name, Article Title, Year)I observed Ricky he moved form center to center he became station in the library and took a book with cars and trucks from the shelf and set down on the bean bag and open the book and pointing with his finger...
Child development is study and research on children from conception to age 20. There are many different factors in defining what and why a child does something. For example if a mother has a disease or toxin while pregnant that causes damage to her fetus, this can affect the child’s abilities to properly develop. With my daughter being born at 26 gestational weeks I knew her chances of being delayed mentally, cognitively and physically, were greater than a child being born at full term. Family is another factor when looking at a child’s development. Did the child come from a blended family, a nuclear family or is the child living with relatives? These are all questions we as teaches and facilitators need to be aware of when evaluating a child. We also need to be aware of the child’s economic status. My youngest daughter went to a title one school, her teacher never her gave her homework. Her teacher explained that some kids in her class do not have computers, or internet, and others didn’t have electricity. “Teachers must be both theoretically knowledgeable and inventive.”...
As I personally take the time to have a reflection over the course of “Child and Adolescent Development” I find myself intrigued with the amount of knowledge I gained during this course this semester. I wanted to take the time to concentrate on three specific areas in which I felt I had the most growth, but also came as a challenge to me as well. It is important when reflecting over a course that I look at what I found to be challenging, as this was an opportunity of growth for me individually. In this paper I will review some of the main topics that I found to be interesting but also resourceful for my future aspiration not only as a family life educator but also a mother one day.