Examples Of Child Observation

I arrived at the nursery gates late for my first observation, which was not a positive note to start on. I composed myself then rang the doorbell, the gate unlocked and walked through the playground toward the nursery reception. I had been looking forward to this opportunity all day and finally the time had come. I was greeted by and unfamiliar face that introduced themselves as the manager, then I introduced myself. She asked me which child I would be observing and which room then she escorted me to the room.

I was asked to take my shoes off and place them on the shoes rack provide. We then entered the room and was introduced to the member of staff that was responsible for the room (whom I will be referring to as Miss Black and Miss Blue). The manager exited, I was then told there was a change of plan and the child I would be observing was pointed out. At this point a thought crossed my mind and wondered if parent\s knew I was observing their infant and why. Or maybe they were informed that student usually attend the nursery to conduct observation and have previously signed a consent form provided by the nursery.

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She would pick up different objects shake them, then insert them into her mouth repeatedly, and sometime rubbing them against her mouth while open. The majority of the observation I watched Child A do this and realised that she may be teething. Then child in front of Child A took the rattle she was playing with and Child A started crying. Miss Black then got another orthopedic pillow to support Child A’s back and returned with more rattles for the infants. Then seemed content and started plying with the new shaker she had been given. Again Child A explored the shaker with her mouth then proceeded to shake it, which she did repeatedly. She seemed pleased with the noise the object was making and made noises to show her