How To Write An Observation Of Early Childhood

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I had the chance of doing the Observation of a School Age Children, which could be from the ages 6 through 12 years old. The chapters of the Middle child are on 11, 12, and 13 I did my observation on a very cooperative child his name is Isaac Ruiz he is in the second grade. In addition, he just turned 8 years old a couple days ago. He is a very smart honest and caring child and always has a good sense of humor. I had a very great time doing this assignment, not only did I think of it as an assignment but as a fun thing to do so I can interact and know more about children. For this assignment, I had to do five physical topics, five cognitive topics, and five psychosocial topics. The first one for Physical topic height / weight and nutrition,

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