Infancy and toddlerhood is the focus age-range for my developmental observation. This developmental period is heavily connected to my future career in Child and family Studies. I was very interested to observe development within the family context, so I examined my infant sister, Reagan, and her interactions with our mother. In order for me to observe them, I video streamed a camera to their home in Senoia, Georgia. This was a very unusual and interesting experience. With the help of an infant development stage questionnaire, Piaget’s developmental theory and Vygotsky 's sociocultural theory, I was successful in watching or observing her gross motor development and problem solving skills.
Reagan is a beautiful and rambunctious ten month old baby girl, who was more than willing to have some one on one play time with her mother, Marianne. I asked for the camera to be set up in Reagan’s room, with a few of her play toys around her. I wanted to examine Reagan’s stage in infancy development. So, while she began playing Marianne and I referred to the Age and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) for ten month old …show more content…
175). Hands on activities, either alone or with a family member, is the most beneficial form of play. Our modern generation is being introduced to technology and so-called ‘educational’ videos, but by sticking a child in front of a screen all day, this detracts from the creative form of playtime. An article in Time magazine proposed that there is “mounting evidence suggest[ing] that passive screen sucking not only doesn 't help children learn, but could also set back their development […] even if it includes educational programming such as Sesame Street, [it] delays language development. Babies require face-to-face interaction to learn” (Park, 2007, para.
Reagan is a beautiful and rambunctious ten month old baby girl, who was more than willing to have some one on one play time with her mother, Marianne. I asked for the camera to be set up in Reagan’s room, with a few of her play toys around her. I wanted to examine Reagan’s stage in infancy development. So, while she began playing Marianne and I referred to the Age and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) for ten month old …show more content…
175). Hands on activities, either alone or with a family member, is the most beneficial form of play. Our modern generation is being introduced to technology and so-called ‘educational’ videos, but by sticking a child in front of a screen all day, this detracts from the creative form of playtime. An article in Time magazine proposed that there is “mounting evidence suggest[ing] that passive screen sucking not only doesn 't help children learn, but could also set back their development […] even if it includes educational programming such as Sesame Street, [it] delays language development. Babies require face-to-face interaction to learn” (Park, 2007, para.