Child Observation Of Children

Observing a child is an admirable experience. It is amazing to see how differently children view certain situations compare from adults view. I recently observed three children. A one-year-old girl named Lily, and a three-year-old boy named Alan and a three-year-old girl named Gaby. The two little girls Lily and Gaby are sisters, which had a change in how they interacted with each other. This was a natural observation; the place was a classroom at a family daycare center. The room was decorated as an imaginary park. It contained a pretend kitchen with stocked utensils for the children to play. There were trains, cars, puzzles, books, and many more toys. The children played on a colorful mat in where they jumped and skipped. There was a treasure box inside the classroom where children pretended to play with any furry friends. Time of observation began at 11:00 AM and ended at 11:20 AM. The classroom population consisted of one primary teacher, one teacher’s aide, and eight children ranging from ages 24 months- 5 year old. Throughout the paper, I will be discussing on the three children’s activities. I will be describing their cognitive, physical, emotional, moral, and social characteristics. The three children looked physically on track with their developmental progress in related to …show more content…
She maintained a stable reaction towards her sister Lily and told her, “You need to be nice with the toys Lily; toys are for playing not throwing”. It was possible to examine this behavior of Gaby as having a high level of emotional regulation. According to Steinberg et al. (2010, p. 253) emotional regulation is the ability to think constructively about how to cope with feelings. Gaby most effectively has learned to regulate her emotions by observing the teacher what is bad or good behavior towards friends. Children begin to start learning that other people have