Community Observation: Sporting Event For my first community observation, I attended my sister's grade school basketball game. The game took place on March 24th, 2018 at 12 p.m. However, my observation starts at 11:15, because that is when my sister has to arrive at the game. The child I observed was an African American female around the age of 4. She appeared to be about 40 to 42 inches in height and about 38 pounds. Her weight was slightly below the average for her age, but she seems to be very physically fit, so I am not concerned. In this particular instance, the child was being supervised by a parent. She appeared to be very attentive to the child and played an active role in keeping her occupied during the game. Some of the things
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As you can see in my field notes, she spent a lot of the time interacting with me or my mom. At times, however, M could be very attentive, but the attention span lasted no longer than 5 minutes. During the periods of complete attentiveness, I did notice that M was sucking her thumb. Seeing as this happened every time M showed evidence of extended attentiveness, I am going to conclude that the two correlates in some way. When M was paying attention, she seemed to understand the basic concept of basketball. M knew to cheer when the blue team (my sister’s team) put the ball in the basket. M even inquired about cheering, which you can also find in my field notes. Aside from the small short-lived devotion to the game, M spent the majority doing several activities and distractions. M gave much of her attention to my mom, she was never in the same spot for very long, she partook in drawing, and she had a wide range of vocal outburst including laughing, whining, cheering, and just talking during the game. In relation to the drawing specifically, M seems to fall a little behind in the category of development. Solely based off of her age, M should fall under the pictorial stage (real objects) but based on what she drew me (it is attached to my field notes), I would say that she falls under the design or shape stage which is characterized more by 3-year-olds. I recognize that everyone develops at different paces, and it could very well just
As you can see in my field notes, she spent a lot of the time interacting with me or my mom. At times, however, M could be very attentive, but the attention span lasted no longer than 5 minutes. During the periods of complete attentiveness, I did notice that M was sucking her thumb. Seeing as this happened every time M showed evidence of extended attentiveness, I am going to conclude that the two correlates in some way. When M was paying attention, she seemed to understand the basic concept of basketball. M knew to cheer when the blue team (my sister’s team) put the ball in the basket. M even inquired about cheering, which you can also find in my field notes. Aside from the small short-lived devotion to the game, M spent the majority doing several activities and distractions. M gave much of her attention to my mom, she was never in the same spot for very long, she partook in drawing, and she had a wide range of vocal outburst including laughing, whining, cheering, and just talking during the game. In relation to the drawing specifically, M seems to fall a little behind in the category of development. Solely based off of her age, M should fall under the pictorial stage (real objects) but based on what she drew me (it is attached to my field notes), I would say that she falls under the design or shape stage which is characterized more by 3-year-olds. I recognize that everyone develops at different paces, and it could very well just