Early Childhood Observation Paper

As an early childhood teacher, it is important for us to notice each child’s progress in the developmental stages. This includes cognitive development, physical development, and emotional development. We need to take the time to observe the children to find the areas they are strong in. Then, we can use this to help them better the developmental stages they are lacking. For this project I went to the Campus and Community Children’s Center and observed the younger preschool class. They looked to be about three years old. While I was there they were playing outside in the back play yard. For the ten minutes of observation I watched a girl that was playing on the monkey bars. When the students first got outside the girl I was observing noticed the play yard was wet. Then she proceeded to wipe down the slide with her hand. See saw her teacher had towels in her hand and went up to her to get one. This observation she made is apart of her cognitive …show more content…
I noticed at one point in my observation she helped a friend put her glove in her coat pocket, but it didn’t look like they said any words to each other. Once the glove was in her pocket they ran off in opposite directions. While running to get in line for the monkey bars the girl I have observed patted a boys head, but again they didn’t talk. This shows that the girl is friendly with the other children, but seems to like to do things by herself. She doesn’t seem to want to play with the other kids in her class. Then towards the end of my observation a boy cut in front of the girl I was watching after she was waiting patiently in line, and she reacted by shoving him off the block. She continued to get on the monkey bars and the boy stood there and watched her. Although she shoved him there was no confrontation after. This shows that her language skills to solve a problem are lacking, and that she acts quickly to how she