Observation Of A Child

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Description of the Setting(s)
For my first two hours on November 1st 2016 I was at the great-grandmother’s house and for my second observation on November 2nd 2016 for the following two hours in order to get four hour in total was at his grandmother’s house. The first day it was form 9am until 11am. The main people that was present on this day was his great-grandmother, his grandmother and 2 aunts. And on the second day it was from 12pm until 3:30 pm and his grandmother, my mom, and his cousin were there.

Description of the Child
This is a brief, general description of the child based on your observations and interviews. The infant that I observed name was Mason and he was born on November 11, 2015. He was born premature (one month before
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He would kick his feet a little when he is watching TV or listening to music on the television or on the phone; where his grandmother downloading an app for him. He also moves his body and head side to side; he would bounce up and down as well. With both environments he did well adapting to them. The second day I came to observe him he was just waking up from a nap so when he came into the room he was looking around to see who all was there. He says mine when he is playing with his toys to let you know that it is his or when he is about to eat or given a bottle with water in it he also says “mine”. Baby Mason tends to throw a little fit when he gets changed or becoming impatient. For example, when his grandmother was putting on his shoes, he wanted to get down in play instead of getting shoes put on so he was getting impatient with her to do so. And when he was playing with his cousin he would want to share but then he wouldn’t and when she went to get a toy she wanted to play with he would come over and try to take it. But when she didn’t let him he got an attitude and started to whine a little bit or would just go play by himself.

Communication Development
Baby Mason didn’t really cry as much he was mainly whining when he wanted more food or to get down out of chair. He says “mine: when he has his toys or bottle or cup is he using at

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