In child development, we are assigned a child to observe from the Deer Park Teaching and Learning Center, and track their development through the year. In this paper, I analyze Isabella Weissmuller 's development in physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development from the observations I have gotten from weekly observations in the Deer Park child care center.Then, I compare these observations with resources such as the textbook and handouts my teacher has provided me. To draw the conclusion I have, I used my journal entries dating back to October, the parents’ home report, the teachers from the center, and the textbook, Working With Young Children by Judy Herr. According to the home report, Isabella’s family has five members including Bella. Isabella has a mother named Jacqueline who is 34 and a father named Daniel who is 36. Isabella has two siblings, an older brother Jonathan, who is seven, and a younger sister Adelaide who is nicknamed Heidi, and she is two years old. Isabella Weissmueller, nicknamed Bella (Rose), is a four-year-old girl with brown hair and blue eyes. Isabella’s mother Jacqueline has a Master’s degree and is a speech-language pathologist. Bella’s father Daniel has a degree in Bachelor Science and is a chemist. Isabella’s parents believe her to be sensitive, and to accept new people easily. They find her temperament to be happy but can become very tearful. Bella seeks the attention of her mom, dad, and grandma at home. Bella’s parents are concerned that Isabella will occasionally do things with the goal of “riling up” Heidi. At home, Isabella does not display any nervous habits such as thumb sucking or nail biting. Bella is held responsible to keep her room clean and help make dinner in any way possible, no matter how small the task is. Isabella can self-dress, but she does need help with button and starting a zipper for her coat. When indoors, Bella enjoys playing with her dolls and barbies using a doll house as well as a tent castle and playing dress up. In her backyard, Isabella likes to bike, play on swings, and kick around a soccer ball.
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Jacqueline, Isabella’s mother gets involved when Bella is fighting with her siblings and not sharing. The method used to deal with this is timeouts were Bella sits on the stairs. Her father Daniel uses the same method when Isabella screams. Isabella will often scream or use a “whiny” voice when she does not get her way, and responds to discipline by crying. Isabella takes swimming lessons, plays soccer, and participates in a church play group. Bella will often play alone, and is able to entertain herself. When she does play with others, it is in a coed, mixed age group of one to three other kids. Isabella has been to Mexico when she was a baby, and recently visited Wisconsin and Indiana. Isabella enjoys spending time with her family and others, as shown in her development in the child care center. Physical development is described as in our textbooks as “physical body changes in a growing individual, such as changes in bone thickness, size, weight, vision, and coordination” (Herr 552). In child development, we observe physical characteristics, large motor coordination, small motor coordination, and health that the child presents. Isabella is slightly ahead in her physical characteristics due to her height. Isabella is taller than Kajsa, the other 4-year-old girl in the center, causing me to believe that she is taller than the average 4 year old. Bella Rose is average weight, as due to her tall height she looks to weigh about the same as Kajsa, the other 4-year-old girl in the center. Isabella’s large motor coordination is on track as expected for four-year-olds shown in her ability to walk up and down the stairs with ease and to skip. During large motor games, the High School Friends (HSF) arrange games that practice large motor skills while connecting to the theme of the week. Isabella has demonstrated her ability to walk up and down stairs without difficulty multiple times when going to or leaving large motor games. This skill was demonstrated on November 18Th when Bella walked up the stairs to go to the gym for large motor games with HSF.
Jacqueline, Isabella’s mother gets involved when Bella is fighting with her siblings and not sharing. The method used to deal with this is timeouts were Bella sits on the stairs. Her father Daniel uses the same method when Isabella screams. Isabella will often scream or use a “whiny” voice when she does not get her way, and responds to discipline by crying. Isabella takes swimming lessons, plays soccer, and participates in a church play group. Bella will often play alone, and is able to entertain herself. When she does play with others, it is in a coed, mixed age group of one to three other kids. Isabella has been to Mexico when she was a baby, and recently visited Wisconsin and Indiana. Isabella enjoys spending time with her family and others, as shown in her development in the child care center. Physical development is described as in our textbooks as “physical body changes in a growing individual, such as changes in bone thickness, size, weight, vision, and coordination” (Herr 552). In child development, we observe physical characteristics, large motor coordination, small motor coordination, and health that the child presents. Isabella is slightly ahead in her physical characteristics due to her height. Isabella is taller than Kajsa, the other 4-year-old girl in the center, causing me to believe that she is taller than the average 4 year old. Bella Rose is average weight, as due to her tall height she looks to weigh about the same as Kajsa, the other 4-year-old girl in the center. Isabella’s large motor coordination is on track as expected for four-year-olds shown in her ability to walk up and down the stairs with ease and to skip. During large motor games, the High School Friends (HSF) arrange games that practice large motor skills while connecting to the theme of the week. Isabella has demonstrated her ability to walk up and down stairs without difficulty multiple times when going to or leaving large motor games. This skill was demonstrated on November 18Th when Bella walked up the stairs to go to the gym for large motor games with HSF.