Observation In Young Children

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I was thinking that observation is one of most important elements in teaching young children. Even if I knew that it is important, I did not know the methods and skills to observe the children. By spending time in the classroom every week doing observations helped me a lot to practice and gain the right skills to observe a child. I was able to catch more behaviors in children that I have not noticed before because I was more cautious and tried to see in details of children’s behaviors. However, it was a bit of a challenge to observe a child while I am working in the classroom at the same time. I couldn’t really focus on observing my target child because I would get distracted by other children or did not enough time to observe fully because

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