Examples Of Child Observation

The second 10 minute observation consisted of an art activity they did. She had cut out shapes of different modes of transportation and she had cut out pieces such as wheels, doors, windows, etc. The children's project was to glue the pieces to the cars. There was a example there, but they were free to do it how they wanted to do it. I would give the caregiver a rating of 3 for caregiver use of vocabulary. She used specific words such as wheel, tires, doors, etc. but she didn't really use too many new words. She stuck to the vocabulary they had learned in the previous week. She didn't really use any varied words throughout the activity to describe what they were doing. It was a quite activity overall and an activity she had a lot of wiggle room to introduce some new, rich vocabulary to the children.

She didn't really ask that many questions in the time they were doing the activity. She would ask if they needed help or more of something but she didn't really bring anything up about the activity that would engage the children. I would give her a rating of 2 for conversational turn taking. She engaged with one child about what they were doing. The child said “Ms. Gina, Look at my truck!!” And she responded with, “Wow! I like how you made your truck! Good job!” The child said, “Look at what my friend did! She looked at the other child's work and ended the conversation. I would give her a rating of 2 (very low 2) for extending children's language use. She didn't really converse with the children during the activity. The one time the child asked her to look at his truck, she did repeat a little of what the child said but there was no real extending and adding to what the child