Observation In Early Childhood

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On February 15th, 2017, I had the opportunity of being a guest at The Village Preschool located in Visalia, California. The classroom that I was assigned to had a total of twelve children that all ranged from the ages of four to five years old. Specifically, the classroom had five female students and seven male students. Upon arrival, the teacher introduced me to the children and explained to them that I was a guest from Fresno State University and would be observing them. To allow the children to get comfortable around me, she allowed me to actually sit with and participate with the children as they completed their activities, which really enhanced my experience. The children quickly warmed up to me and before I knew it, they were calling me Ms. V.J. and interacting with me through conversations and asking me for help in completing their activities. However, for the purpose of this assignment, I chose to write my well child assessment assignment on a four-year-old Hispanic male named I.M. with short brown hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing jeans, a black t-shirt, and a pair of black Converse sneakers. The reason I chose to write my …show more content…
was putting a ninja turtle puzzle together along with the rest of the kids at the table. I noticed he started putting the outer edge puzzle pieces together first. Then once the border of the puzzle was complete he began to fill in the middle part of the puzzles by matching the colors. There were a few times where he asked his classmates or the teacher to assist in putting pieces together. After he completed the puzzle, he tore the pieces apart and placed them in the appropriate container from where he had originally got them from. Thereafter, the preschoolers were allowed to get a “table job” once they completed at least one puzzle. The “table job” that I.M. chose was farm animals that came along with a farm that had to be built by placing the blocks together and matching the

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