Early Childhood Observation Report

Register to read the introduction… One male child kept to himself most of the time. I found out later that he was new to the toddler room from the infant area. He was still adjusting. The ratio of teacher to child is 1 to 4. The children had a foster grandparent in the room and the children were very attached to her since she spent most of her time communication with the children through eye contact, gestures such as smiling, rocking them and talking about the work they were preforming. Toddlers like to preform and it is certainly fun to watch. The other adult in the room was busy taking temps, changing diapers, wiping noses and disinfecting as much as she could. Special needs children are included in early head start. This room had a child with a disability of blindness but the child was not there during my observations. Services are supplied such as OT and Speech therapy for his disability. This teacher would address the group but never forgot the children were individuals. Teacher and children would do play as a group, but she made sure she address each student by name as she commented on their activity. …show more content…
Spontaneous curriculum that may have emerged from the children’s curiosity or interests consisted of what would fit inside the oven and what could not fit. The children open a play doctor kit and they all looked into each other’s ears. One female took the lead in this area and seemed to assert herself as head physician for the group. Teacher demonstrates flexibility when facilitating activities when there would be an eruption of what is “mine” and “no” between the children over a toy. Expressive language is the theme for this group. One child tries to bite the other but he teacher is watching and prevents the behavior from occurring. She was great at redirection with each