Observation of Child at Play Essay

The Mini-University Child Development Center is a child development center that is located on Miami University’s campus. There is a variety of ages for the children that are enrolled. They have different rooms for different ages of the children that are enrolled there. I did my observations in the Purple Room, which is the room that correlates with three and four-year-olds. I had three observation visits to Purple Room, all of which were in the morning and the total amount of time spent…

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…

stereotypical behaviour when selecting gender roles in drama and imaginative play? In what ways do children allow those around them (i.e. peers) to influence their choices and behaviours? Research Design Data Collective Methods: Observations: I will conduct a full class lesson and will observe every child within the class, ensuring that there is both boys and girls. The lesson will be a drama lesson exploring the ways in which children play when presented with stimulus and asked to create a…

self-experience (play). The EYLF defines intentional teaching as ‘educators being deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful in their decisions and actions’.(DEEWR, 2009, p.15) In this essay, I will mention how intention teaching and play promote outcomes in EYLF, and what teacher’s strategies we will use to reach our expectations. Intentional Teaching: Play: For children, adults like parents, teachers, or caregivers can motivate them to understand the…

your looking at the individual child and the needs of that child. My setting works with many outside agencies in order that the in-dividual child has all they need in place to be included in all aspects of the school day. Some chil-dren will have an individual education plan (IEP) which will set out what they aim to achieve with-in a set time frame with support other children may need the school grounds to be adapted we have adapted our school in order for the child to gain access around the…

the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, play is things that people, particularly children, do for pleasure and not for work. Children acquire different experiences and knowledge through play. It is undeniable that playing is part of a child’s life and it has been used not only for earning but…

guidance for the support for play, learning and development and how these are used in my placement. The legislation that will be explored in this report will be the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and how this reinforces Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. (UNCRC). This report will examine how these frameworks support the role of play, pedagogical approaches, evaluation of play, learning and…

B.B. was 7 months during the time of the first observation. This is an in-depth analysis of child development theories in reference to the capabilities of B.B. during the observation. Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development- the Sensorimotor Stage. The sensorimotor stage is the first of four stages that Piaget founded in his theory. During the sensorimotor stage, “children know the world through actions on the world- sucking, throwing, pounding, etc. They know what they can see. Objects…

(ages 2 & 3 ¾ ) was being pushed in a stroller, the other child (age 5) was walking next to his parents. They visited every attraction and animals that they could on the trip. During the first part of my three-hour observation the family walked up to the section of the zoo were there were different kinds of farm animals, such as ponies, sheep, donkeys, goats, pigs, rabbits, and guinea pigs. As the family approached the animals the youngest child pointed at the goat and said, “horsie”. The mom,…

The observation is about the preschool program at Pasadena City College Child Development Center, located at 1324 E Green Street, Pasadena, California. The Center is funded by the state and accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The preschool program is serving children between two and half to four and half years old. During this observation, there are twenty-nine children in the classroom. There are five teachers, Ms.Kassandra, Ms.Mikki, Ms.Melissa,…