I started off my observation, at a daycare and the first room I was able to go to was in the infant and toddler room. The age from one to three is the toddler years, which is very exciting and challenging for parents and caretakers. The language and interpersonal skills are being developed rapidly during this stage along with the motor, cognitive and physical developments. There are changes that can be noticed in the toddler such as the gaining of independence and struggling with separation (Sensening, 2016). When I had arrived at the daycare, the children were washing their hands after playing outside. While they were washing their hands, they were all singing their ABC’s. I was sitting at a table, observing the children as one little girl …show more content…
had caught my attention. Her name was Emma and she was one year and eight months old. She walked to the sink and stayed playing in the water before she washed her hands. After washing her hands, she started to run around the room. There was a large Tupperware container, she yelled out that it was a “box”. Another girl that I had observed in the same room was Leah. According to my observations and thoughts, she was too bright for her age and was well developed. She was able to speak out in complete sentences like, “look, my mom is here”. I remember from one of my reading, a study was examined as the base of the child care and how cognitive and language development is good for the child at an early age. It is important to take note that the process of growth and development of a child has a time span that is very crucial. In this regard, the quality of care and the advancement all starts at the home (Burchinal and Roberts, 2000). That study made me believe that both Emma and Leah had “normal” cognitive and language development. However, Leah was a little bit more advanced compared to Emma. After a while, Emma went to the play at the blocks area.
She stayed there for a while and then got up and left. She came back with an angry face. After she left, a little boy named Conner started to play in the block area. When Emma returned saw Conner, she grabbed the blocks from his hands. The way Emma reacted was an example of non-verbal communication because she did not use any words but instead used her actions. Emma and Conner in this situation fit into Piaget’s sensorimotor stage. The reason why I think that is because after the children were fighting over the blocks, the head teacher came and took the blocks away. That would make sense if children are fighting over a toy, the punishment is to take the toy away. When the blocks were taken away, both children had forgot about them and started playing with other object. Also, Jean Piaget’s theories on the development is for the infants in compared to the environment the child is exposed to the adjustment and contribution of his theory and this own work. As an infant the role is important in the study of the effects of psychology and how a child's personality play a role in his/her development process. The sensorimotor stage is the first stage of the cognitive development where the growth is rapid. This is where the actions of child will help him/her to distinguish between the right and wrong (Fischer and Hencke, …show more content…
1996). I also observed this little boy named Caleb who was two months old.
Caleb’s development made me think he was in the Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory in the set stage of Trust and Mistrust. He is in this stage because whenever he cries, a caretaker will attend to his needs. Another boy, Noah is one year and two months old and fits into the same stage as Caleb. Noah had woken up from nap and he had started to go and play. Well, he was perfectly fine for some but he started to cry. The head teacher, Audrey picked and calmed him down for a while and then put him back down to continue playing. After putting him down, she started to walk away and baby Noah started to cry once again and thing time had opened his arms out. Audrey came back and picked him up. This is an example of Trust and Mistrust because he trusted Audrey as if I would have went to him, he would most likely not have trusted me. From my research, I found out children rely on others, especially those that are older than them to learn more information. However, not all children will trust those that are older. At an early age, children learn to select a few people to trust. At the age of three and four year olds the knowledge and trust goes to those that appear familiar. That said, several researches have pointed out the pattern of trust and mistrust from individual children (Harris,
2007). I then went back to Leah, the second girl I had observed. I focused on her physical development and noticed that she has fine motor skills. When I was observing her, she was painting. She was hand painting but when she needed more paint instead of asking someone to help her, she got the bottle of paint and squeezed it. It was interesting to see the independence. When she finished painting, she got up and washed her hands. I noticed there was not a huge mess. I had noticed that Leah talked a lot more than the other children. Leah had called Audrey, the head teacher to come and watch her play. Audrey after watched had told Leah she was doing a good job. After Leah had finished playing with her toys, she went see what Audrey was doing and was asking her how she was. At that point, I could tell Leah liked to talked a lot and communicate with others which I was not expecting. For Leah’s age I was expecting maybe short sentences but instead I found her speech to be very developed. I remember when I had observed Leah and Emma first. Both girls were the same in age, their development was not close, Leah was little more advanced in her developmental stage compared to Emma. I do not think that is a bad thing, just means Leah has more of the attention in her development (Berger, 2014). After observing several children, I have learned that working hard with children will benefit them since it advances their development. Also, one has to be very careful of whatever he/she says around children because they always imitate elder people’s behavior. Taking care of children is very hard, I would know I am like a second mother to my fifteen year old brother and I have been there helping my parents with him since I was five. There is so much a parent and caregiver can do to help a child with their development process. I know not only learning from my family but as being a nursing major, when having small children the setting of their environment has to be clean and safe along with the educational aspect.
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.
Piaget has four stages in his theory: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. The sensorimotor stage is the first stage of development in Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development. This stage lasts from birth to the second year of life for babies, and is centered on the babies exploring and trying to figure out the world. During this stage, babies engage in behaviors such as reflexes, primary circular reactions, secondary circular reactions, and tertiary circular
Erikson’s first stage Basic Trust v. Mistrust, similar to Freud’s oral stage, involves learning to trust other people by means of learning that emotion via maternal nurturing. According to Erickson, children with attentive mothers become secure in the fact that mother will meet all their needs and in turn individuals...
The First stage in Erickson’s theory is trust vs. mistrust, this stage occurs during infancy, from birth to one years old. This stage is all about trust, it is the stage where you hopefully begin to trust not only yourself but others as well (Crandell and Crandell p. 36). An infant gains trust in infancy because they can not do anything for themselves, they depend on others to do everything for them therefore in this stage they develop trust in others, their caregivers, that they will do all that they can to take care of their well-being. Developing trust in infancy is crucial because this makes the individual grow up feeling safe and secure in the world. A positive outcome of an infant developing trust is that they grow up feeling safe in the world, a negative outcome would be that the individual grows up in fear of the world. There is no way to develop one hundred percent trust or one hundred percent doubt, Erikson believed that the best way to come out of this stage is with a balanc...
Jean Piaget was a Swiss phycologist who became especially interested in the development of children. His research lead to many great discoveries about children’s thought process, how they learn, when they learn, what things they learn quickly, how they adapt to different environments, and how they are self-accommodating in the way that they constantly revise their own knowledge. Piaget breaks down the ages in a slightly different way than Erikson. Piaget’s theory is broken down into 4 stages as opposed to Erikson’s eight stages of development. Piaget’s goes like this: First, the Sensorimotor Period (birth to 2 years), Second, Preoperational Thought (2 to 7 years), third, Concrete Operations (6 to 12 years), and last, Formal Operations (11 years to adult). During the Sensorimotor Period children learn that their actions make things happen, and that even things that cannot be seen still exist. During the Preoperational Thought stage children are learning how to interpret words and make something out of the pictures they look at. However, in her article, A Summary of Piaget’s Stages, Kendra Cherry states that “while they are getting better with language and thinking, they still tend to think about things in very concrete terms.” (Cherry, 2016). This means that they may still need to be told the same thing multiple times or be reassured when they are doing the right thing. Next, the Concrete Operational stage, the time in which children’s characteristics drastically change and they begin to use logic and reason. The last stage which continues all the way to adulthood, starts as adolescents who are beginning to have abstract thought process, they become concerned with philosophical, ethical, moral, and political issues which is carried with them to adulthood. Like Erikson’s theory of developmental stages, Piaget’s also can be equated with classroom behavior. Like Erikson’s theory of developmental stages,
In this paper I will discuss the pros and cons of an infant and toddler environment. The environment was observed and scored using the infant and toddler environment rating scale score sheet. One particular section was observed, which was the space and furnishings. The overall score for the classroom scored great. Although I noticed, certain areas couldn’t be observed in just one day. In my opinion the scale should be observed at least twice, to see if the observer will receive the same score.
Leroy is a 2nd grade African American student at Martin Luther King Elementary School. He is 8 years old and lives with his mother and two older brothers. His favorite school subject is math. He likes to play video games and basketball, especially when he is playing with his friends. Leroy’s favorite holiday is Christmas, for he gets to visit his grandma and enjoy all the delicious foods that his mom and grandma cook. When asked where would he go if he can go anywhere, he responded with Skate Park. He likes to skate around the park with his brothers. Leroy wishes to be like his older brother when he grows up.
It stands to a reason that children are magnificent human beings. Once they are born, they do not know much, but within time they get to learn more and more. For this paper I chose to interview a young girl who is ten years old and lives in a family with both parents and a younger sister. The sister who is eight years old is very close to her age, however, their personality traits differ significantly. The subject is Caucasian and currently goes to school; the subject is in fifth grade. The family has a middle class socioeconomic status and live in an apartment which is spacious enough for the four family members. The subject was observed and interviewed in her personal environment because she could feel more comfortable engaging with her family and show more of her real personality and how she acts on her daily basis. Later, I
N is sitting in a quiet corner of the room. He is holding a rattle in his right. He looks at the rattle and then puts it in his mouth. He takes it out of his mouth and then shakes it.
Observation provides important information that will help you better understand your students so you can teach them based on your observation results. I believe one of the most important things I learned during my observations was that if you know what level your students are at and what they need to work on it will help guide you with what you should be teaching them. All children are unique and learn differently from one another, therefore it is important to closely observe each child. It was very interesting for me to see how different each child was from one another, each child was working on achieving a different milestone. Formal and informal are the two different methods you can use when observing. I found that informal observations
Based on my experience I have to tell you that the first person who understand the child is the mother. You are a person who is closest to him and after that comes the role is his father. You and his father should bear all the responsibilities towards your son. This will be the most importance thing you should care about. Also, you must know everything about the autism and how it affects in your son, because your son has all the symptoms that appear in his behavior such as he doesn’t seem to want to play with other children and he won’t look and respond anyone talk to him. However, you must know the techniques and skills treatment that helps your son. In additional, there are many good methods that you should follow it. First, some language
I observed the child from Japan. Her name is Mari and lives in Tokyo, Japan. By observing her in the film, i noticed many differences from other cultures.
...preschool years they will learn to initiate and carry out tasks based on experience or exposure to those tasks. Interactions with parents, teachers, peers, and other adults are important in a child's life. These relationships actually shape the brain and lay the foundation for later developmental outcomes, from academic performance to mental health and interpersonal skills.
I used methods that help me make sure I held the children’s attention since this was truly important. I prepared a poster board in which I used many colors, colored pictures, and shiny letters to capture their attention. I spoke naturally with no papers to ensure a comfortable atmosphere with a nice flow. I simplified the topic to words they would understand, but also gave them some terminology. For example, when explaining the assessment done to the eyes with the pen light I mentioned the constriction (the getting smaller, what I said to them) and dilation (the getting bigger, what I said to them) of the little “black whole” in the center of the eye called the pupil. I also asked what does the heart do, one little girl said “it pushes blood” then I asked do you know what sound it makes, and I refer to the loop doop sound.
Erikson’s first stage of development is the Trust versus Mistrust stage that occurs from birth till the first 18 months of life. According to Erickson this is the period in which infants develop a sense of trust or mistrust, depending largely on how well their caregivers meet their needs (Feldman). During this stage of my life I was being taken care of by both Mom and Dad, but primarily by Mom. My mom was a stay at home parent while my dad worked. Both my