Essay On Early Childhood Observation

During my observation, I was able to witness a few things between the children there and how they socialized with each other. When first arriving, the whole class was in a circle and the teacher was giving instructions on the activities that were going to happen. After the teacher explained the activities, the children were split up into groups and went on to the activity with a teacher. The different activities that were being offered were; drawing, building, playing with play dough, and a science section. There were not that many activities offered, however if the children did not want to do any of these activities they were allowed to play something else. As the children went into their sections, they began to do the activities, I made sure to stand somewhere where I would not be in the way of the children. Once I found I spot I began to observe the children. There was an activity in which was science based and only 5 children at a time could be there. The children got to learn about how plants work. This activity was conducted by 2 teachers and was really ruled inforced. The children knew how to listen and what …show more content…
The teacher who was interacting with the boy in the drama area then began to focus on the girls and help them with the dresses. As other girls saw that the dresses were being taken out, they began to get closer and wanted to play. I noticed this engagement between two girls, in which one of them had this one dress, and the other took it out of her hands because her friend wanted that dress. The girl who had the dress got upset, and the way that the teacher handled that situation was with giving the girl another dress. As she was trying to grab her attention towards something else, the child started to see all the different dresses, she then began to smile and chose a dress, which she then put on and began to play with the other girls who were also playing dress