Personal Narrative: Child Observation Of Children

I went to a daycare that Donna ran in her home and observed the children playing in the playroom inside and a backyard with a sand box, swing set, and play toys. I observed 5 children. Molly, Chris, Lilly, Kevin, and Carrie. I studied them for 3 days in a week back to back.
Molly age 4, Chris, age 4 Lilly, age 3, Kelvin age 3, and Carrie age 5. Molly and Carrie are sisters. When in the playroom they normally did small activities such and coloring, reading, or working on crafts. On day one all the children were coloring their own paper, but sharing crayons among them. They were quiet at the beginning, but about 5 minutes into the activity Carrie asked Lilly what she thought of her picture. Lilly replied with “ I like your Pink dog, can I draw one?” Carrie quickly replied with “No, Its my dog.” They then started arguing about whose dog it was. The arguing stopped when Lilly said she would draw a cat. Once all the kids were out side I noticed the girls all ran to the sandbox and began to build sad castles. Molly was building a castle while Carrie watched her. Carrie told her where to put things but she didn’t want to get her clothes dirty. Lilly on the other had played on the other end of the sand box by herself. She didn’t talk to the other girls when she would go and get things to dig her hole or create objects in the sand. Further back in the play yard were Chris and kelvin playing with some kick balls and fome bowling pens. Kelvin would throw the ball at the pen but Chris would kick it at them and they would score it on how many they knocked over. Some days after they played a little they would come back together and pick a …show more content…
It interesting the interaction each child has with the other while they play. Some play alone like Lilly did. I wonder if she has different social encounters, as she gets older and react different with social