Observation Of Observing Children

Observation Assignment Whiling analyzing the Caring and Sharing group, ages 3-5, the classroom setting played a major role in the amount and type of data that was able to be collected. The classroom was setup in an L shaped design. Throughout the room were different play stations offering opportunity for the children to find something that spiked their particular interests. Stations included technology such as computers, kitchen toys, playhouses, blocks, toy trucks, play doo and more. Throughout my observation children were able to move about freely under the supervision of caregivers. On average there was usually three to four care givers for roughly twelve children. The children were under constant monitoring, yet still able to explore for themselves. During …show more content…
When looking at pragmatic development the children were beginning to independently use these skills on their own with some prompting from caregivers. Observation showed that the age group was still in an egocentric stage seeing things mainly from only their side. This was evident when children interacted with one another. They would often become frustrated if the other children didn’t want to play the same game they did or did not play it in the manner that they wanted. Although this showed that pragmatics have not fully developed the use of polite speech throughout the classroom reinforced the idea that at this age pragmatics are beginning to develop as children grow in their use of social communication. Often their use of polite language was better with the caretakers than with their peers. The children would often use please and thank you when asking for something from their caretakers. If they failed to use this type of language towards their peers and a caretaker overheard, the caretaker would often correct the