Child Care Observation Examples

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, A., 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 had caught my attention. Her name was Emma and she was one year old 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. By my observation, I thought she was a bright for her age and was well developed. She was able to speak out in complete sentences …show more content…
Also, something important is that you have to be very careful what you say around them, because they will learn and repeat you. Taking care of children is very hard, I would know I am like a second mom 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 as