This writer observed toddlers at group therapy session with their mothers. The toddlers ranged from the age of 11/2 -3 year olds, there were 4 girls and 3 boys. In the setting, the toddlers had a variety of toys, books, coloring boards, puzzles to play with while their mothers were in therapy. I observed the toddlers for an hour to see how they interact with each other playing.
This writer will focus in this paper the differences of the toddlers in their motor and language abilities, the different types of play, the “mine” phenomenon and how toddlers handle conflicts within each other, how the toddlers show empathy and prosocial behavior and their self-control and control impulses.
What Individual differences among children do you notice in the area of motor skills and language ability?
In overserving the toddlers, I noticed that …show more content…
The toddlers were running around after each other, when a little girl (will be named Alexa) fell and started crying, she had a little scrap on her knee. Alexa’s mother came in to see why her daughter was crying, Mark went up to Alexa and gave a little kiss to her “booboo” as Mark called it. Mark then told her “all better”. Mark then proceed to lift his t-shirt sleeve to show her a “booboo” as he called it. Alexa’s mother told her daughter to say thank you and give Mark a hug, Alexa proceed but stayed very close to her mother. After a few minutes sitting next to her mom, the little girl realized she was missing having fun with her peers.
What Mark did for Alexa this writer believes it was a prosocial behavior in which the toddler did something to help Alexa. Mark first kissed Alexa’s scrap to empathize and to help her feel better and then showed her his scrap he had to let her know that it will be alright and that he understands the pain. Even though they cannot communicate with sentences children are able to understand each other with gestures, and their body
This writer will focus in this paper the differences of the toddlers in their motor and language abilities, the different types of play, the “mine” phenomenon and how toddlers handle conflicts within each other, how the toddlers show empathy and prosocial behavior and their self-control and control impulses.
What Individual differences among children do you notice in the area of motor skills and language ability?
In overserving the toddlers, I noticed that …show more content…
The toddlers were running around after each other, when a little girl (will be named Alexa) fell and started crying, she had a little scrap on her knee. Alexa’s mother came in to see why her daughter was crying, Mark went up to Alexa and gave a little kiss to her “booboo” as Mark called it. Mark then told her “all better”. Mark then proceed to lift his t-shirt sleeve to show her a “booboo” as he called it. Alexa’s mother told her daughter to say thank you and give Mark a hug, Alexa proceed but stayed very close to her mother. After a few minutes sitting next to her mom, the little girl realized she was missing having fun with her peers.
What Mark did for Alexa this writer believes it was a prosocial behavior in which the toddler did something to help Alexa. Mark first kissed Alexa’s scrap to empathize and to help her feel better and then showed her his scrap he had to let her know that it will be alright and that he understands the pain. Even though they cannot communicate with sentences children are able to understand each other with gestures, and their body