Child Development Observation Essay

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I will use the observations I collected to plan developmentally appropriate activities to help strengthen children’s developmental skills. For example, after observing children’s fine motor skills I will plan more activities that require children to practice cutting with scissors that allows them to strengthen the muscles in their fingers as well as help them practice holding scissors correctly which will also allow them to practice building their hand-eye coordination allowing them to hold the paper in one hand and cut with their other hand. I will plan a number of cutting activities such as using scissors to cut playdough, as well as cut others things aside from paper such as yarn, string, and straws and also cut papers of different weights

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