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I completed my final observation on October 15 at the UTC Children’s Center at Battle Academy. When I arrived to my classroom, the students were on a field trip so I quickly went down to the fire hall on Main Street to meet up with the class. At the fire hall, parents, as well as the two teachers accompanied the students. The students arrived back in their classroom around 11:10, and that is when the parents left. After the field trip the children ate lunch in the cafeteria, had a brief lesson in the classroom, and played outside. The class I observed was preschool, with most children around 3 to 4 years old. All the children seemed to be developing normally. There were 7 boys and 3 girls present in the classroom. I choose to observe child E. E’s father came on the field trip with him, and left shortly after they both …show more content…
E asking his father for one more hug and one more kiss display E’s strong attachment to his father. When the father leaves, this emotional connection is still present, because E asks the teacher where his father is going. E asking his teacher also shows E forming a bond with a nonfamily member, which is an important step in social development. Our textbook describes this as common behavior for a 3-4 year old child. Child E’s discussion, turned argument, shows how E handles conflict. Like the textbook described, E was quick to change aggression. E was suddenly raising his voice at K, which was very different from his discussion with K previously. The textbook also describes name-calling, which E demonstrated by calling K “meanie” several times. It was interesting that E used his language to describe his feelings towards K. Despite E’s emotions, he was able to verbally communicate with K. I think E showed advancement in changing aggression, because he was able to move his body away from K, before intervention became
It was 8:45am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015: The toddler classroom environment is open and well organized. The room has three sections. When first entering the room the first area near the door is open. A tan carpeted floor covers the area. To the right of the door, was a metal trashcan with a lid. The room leads into an open back room where the changing table is. To the right of the changing table is a small bathroom with off-white painted walls. The walls have a few pink and purple flowers painted on. The changing table has a bottom shelf underneath to hold the various sized diapers. Next to the changing table is a wooden shelf that held other supplies such as baby wipes, cleaning wipes, more packages of diapers, and some extra soft
To conclude child observation is a method to understand the child’s world, how they react within their environment. I found it really useful to learn about the child’s development, thoughts, focus on feelings and at different ages the child goes on developing his/her capacities. Every single context can change what the observer sees because a child can have different reactions in front of his/her parents and in front of a carer. Social workers learn from the experiences and reflect within their own practice. It is an important technique for social workers, needed to develop these skills associated with being a practitioner.
When I arrived to the preschool class that was outside, the ratio of teachers to children was 3:21, or 1:7. There were a couple of stations/areas for the kids to have social interactions, but I did notice all the kids were very tight, they all seemed to know each other well. The interaction between the teachers and kids were the teachers would stand in a group talking as the kids were outside.The child I did my observation on was 4 years old and her name was Tru. Tru had on white jeggings with colorful polka dots, a white shirt with a pink cat on it, pink vans and her hair in a low ponytail. For the two and a half hours I was there, the children were outside and Tru was sitting by herself on the play structure.
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.
I observed an interaction between a 35-year-old mother and her 5-year-old daughter. I focused on how easily the mother was able to drop her off at the preschool, how willing her daughter was to explore with and without her, and how they greeted one another upon the mother’s return. The mother was holding her daughter in her arms as they entered the classroom. She set her daughter down, and they both went to the bathroom to follow the classroom routine of washing their hands before starting any activities. When the two were finished, the daughter took her mother’s hand and led her to the crafts table to write one of her classmates a letter. The mother stayed at the table to cut out paper hearts for her daughter, as she wandered off across the
Colette Tayler (2015) describes the first eight years of a child’s life as years of
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.
Early childhood is considered the most important developmental phase throughout the lifespan. In early childhood, the physical, cognitive, language and psychosocial domains of development are equally important (WHO). For these reasons, the observer would analyze normal growth and development of early childhood using various development theories in this observation paper. For observing the subject’s behaviors and social interaction with others, the observer went to one of Jewish friends’ house to have dinner in Passover holiday, is one of the best known Jewish holidays for seven-days. The house has two floors and grass garden. Almost 30 people attended at the celebration. Most people were family and friends. There were roughly 13 children stayed in the house with their parents. Most of children were 5 to 10-year-olds. For exploring growth and development in early childhood, the observer chose one of girl, is a six-years-olds, whose name is IL. The observer monitored her behavior for 5 hours before and after dinner, was able estimate IL’s age, height, weight, physical appearance, actions, verbalizations, emotions, type of play/activity and interaction with others. First of all, her physical appearances were observed that her height and weight seemed like 120-125cm and 20 kg. She looked like taller and skinner compared to other peers in that house. She did not have two upper front teeth. The observer assumed her level of physical development using by the growth chart. Following the curve in the chart, IL’s rate of growth is normal, and also her height and weight are in balance. Also, gross motor skills were observed during that time. In addition, when she was showing her magic to peers, she pretended as magician. During this time, t...
from the first bar, she quickly swung her feet over to the side for leg support.
While walking through the front gates of County elementary school, you see children of all ages playing while they wait for the school bell to ring. Walking to the classroom that I will be observing you see students with their parent’s line up waiting to get signed in. The students are to be signed in by a parent or guardian for safety precautions, and shows that the child was signed into school. As a visitor, I am to sign myself in, this shows I was in the classroom, at what time was I there, and reason for visiting the classroom.
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
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.
As an early childhood educator it is my job to ensure that my classroom provides a safe and secure environment that is easily supervised with enrichment activities that are rich in play, teaching, people and experiences for all children within the classroom. Things that need to be considered when building an environment for children include space, equipment used, outdoor space needed and a flexible schedule that allows you to move in and out of the areas with smooth transitions.
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.