Child Observation Examples

Description of Child: Amia is a 3 year old girl Caucasian girl. She has pale blonde hair with a slight curl that flipped out by her ears. Her skin was a pale, a fair complexion and she had piercing blue eyes. Her height is estimated to be about three foot 2 inches. She wore a pink dress, floral tights and sandals. During my observation she demonstrated how she can be outgoing with her friends but also quiet and reserved when she’s with herself. She also showed how she’s developing and how well.
Description of the Environment: The day of the observation was on Friday, October 21st at 11 o’clock A.M. at the Shasta College Early Childhood Education Center. I signed in and headed to what is called the “Observation Room.” It’s was a dark room …show more content…
She demonstrated intrinsic motivation. When she was with a friend she would go play by herself. She would dig holes in the sand, dump water in the hole, go back and do it again. There was no method to what she was doing and there was not going to be an end result. She just did it because she wanted to and felt compelled to because it gave her pleasure. When she did things she didn 't expect to be praised for it and never sought after it. When she played with her peers she showed obvious signs of enjoyment. She would laugh and have a big smile on her face. Since maturation is required to play with peers, it is safe to say that she is mature in that aspect. She was a good playmate and her friends would call her name to come play with them. However, she showed that most of the time she needed someone else to let her join in order to become fully involved. Sometimes she would just watch others play instead of taking the initiative and joining them by herself. She did not demonstrate any rough-and-tumble play but she did run around and climb on the metal structure. Other than that she was mostly sedentary or not very