In this paper, I will be discussing the behavior of a young girl named Rosie and her mother’s adventures at a lively local toy store. I spent approximately 30 minutes observing Rosie and her mother walk around the toy store. During this time, I observed Rosie interact with different objects and people. I was able to observe Rosie display her varying levels of knowledge in different areas. I was interested in observing her behavior in efforts to compare an aspect of her development to one in the Washington State Development guidelines. After observing Rosie for a half of an hour, I became interested in the level of her language skills. Specifically, I’m interested in how advanced her recognition, broad vocabulary, and vivid descriptions of items
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When she got to the dress up section, she began to put on the various outfits of Disney Princesses. When she finished putting an outfit on, she was able to identify the Disney Princess and tell her mother who the princess was. Rosie than was able to do an action that was remnant of the Disney Princess. For example, when she had finished putting on the outfit associated with Princess Ariel, she pretended she had a fork in her hand and began combing her hair with it. Rosie told her mother, “Look at me! I’m being just like Ariel!” After trying on a different outfit, Rosie began telling her mother that she was wearing Cinderella’s dress. Rosie then got down to the ground and began scrubbing the floor. She quickly looked up to her mother and said, “Mama! Cinderella does this too!” Lastly, Rosie put on a Princess Elsa’s (From the Disney film Frozen) gown. Once Rosie had this gown on, she began singing the song, “Let it Go” from the film. Once she had finished her dress up show, Rosie neatly put the costumes back and asked her mom if they could go look at the Calico Critters toy …show more content…
I found the article, “An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Literate Behavior in the Pretend Play Episodes of Four and Five Year Old Children”. This article was published in 1989, written by Kathleen Roskos. The goal of this study was to observe “the nature of literate behavior in the pretend play episodes.” (Roskos) The study collected data over a period of six months that was gathered from eight children, five girls and three boys. The data was gathered from unstructured interviews with the children and their primary caregiver, the videotaping of the naturally occurring play episodes, and the collection of literacy artifacts produced in the pretend play episodes. The findings of her study showed that each episode of pretend play tended to be a complex kind of pretend play with distinguishable features. In addition to this, findings showed that this pretend play relied on story making to provide structure and organization of the pretend play
When she got to the dress up section, she began to put on the various outfits of Disney Princesses. When she finished putting an outfit on, she was able to identify the Disney Princess and tell her mother who the princess was. Rosie than was able to do an action that was remnant of the Disney Princess. For example, when she had finished putting on the outfit associated with Princess Ariel, she pretended she had a fork in her hand and began combing her hair with it. Rosie told her mother, “Look at me! I’m being just like Ariel!” After trying on a different outfit, Rosie began telling her mother that she was wearing Cinderella’s dress. Rosie then got down to the ground and began scrubbing the floor. She quickly looked up to her mother and said, “Mama! Cinderella does this too!” Lastly, Rosie put on a Princess Elsa’s (From the Disney film Frozen) gown. Once Rosie had this gown on, she began singing the song, “Let it Go” from the film. Once she had finished her dress up show, Rosie neatly put the costumes back and asked her mom if they could go look at the Calico Critters toy …show more content…
I found the article, “An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Literate Behavior in the Pretend Play Episodes of Four and Five Year Old Children”. This article was published in 1989, written by Kathleen Roskos. The goal of this study was to observe “the nature of literate behavior in the pretend play episodes.” (Roskos) The study collected data over a period of six months that was gathered from eight children, five girls and three boys. The data was gathered from unstructured interviews with the children and their primary caregiver, the videotaping of the naturally occurring play episodes, and the collection of literacy artifacts produced in the pretend play episodes. The findings of her study showed that each episode of pretend play tended to be a complex kind of pretend play with distinguishable features. In addition to this, findings showed that this pretend play relied on story making to provide structure and organization of the pretend play