Observation of Child at Play Essay

The child that I chose to observe turned out to be the most interested in literacy out of the entire class. This four year old girl came into classroom and was offered the option of joining the carpet where the boys were playing with blocks. She did not want to join the boys on the carpet to play with blocks, instead she was given the idea from Ms. Christy to bring a book over for her to read. The child ran over to the book shelf to pick out a book. You could tell she was happy to do this. At…

birth through eight, and the effort and skills that it takes to create a stimulating learning environment. For my infant, toddler, and preschool observations, I spent my hours at the CCC Childcare Center located in our college while for my kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade observations, I spent my time at Casey Park Elementary School. During my observations at the CCC Childcare Center, I learned plenty about the methods and practices that go into early education before primary grades. The…

Foundation Stage 2014 and the BTEC National Children’s play, learning and development, as a duty of care staff must; provide an environment where children can grow and learn (Build positive relationships with children and their families, Know…

Observation Summary Today I observed in room 105, I observed this class transition from one space to another, into an activity, as the children’s begin to leave the gym the teacher gave them a warning sign that their time is almost up, once time was up the teacher begin to sing the song “let’s go”, the children’s begin to clean up and put their toys and bikes away, after that the children all lined up on the wall, one little girl side “Ms. K I wont to count” and the teacher said “ok”, once…

Observation Assignment Whiling analyzing the Caring and Sharing group, ages 3-5, the classroom setting played a major role in the amount and type of data that was able to be collected. The classroom was setup in an L shaped design. Throughout the room were different play stations offering opportunity for the children to find something that spiked their particular interests. Stations included technology such as computers, kitchen toys, playhouses, blocks, toy trucks, play doo and more.…

Observation is a significant method for acquiring knowledge of the common behaviors and developmental goals portrayed or achieved throughout a child’s transition into adulthood. Erikson developed psychosocial development stages that encompass a healthy, developing individual’s life. These stages allow researchers to examine the achievement or failure typically developmental goals during specific age group. The observation that was conducted included Erikson’s psychosocial development stage,…

My observation of my grandson Kayden who is seven; he is a second grader at Lafayette Middle School in Hammond. Kayden is the youngest of four grandchildren and is at times demonstrates keen sense of being a responsible young man. Kayden is seven years old but often times displays the Stage 3-of Initiative vs Guilt (Miller, 2011) seems to still have that need of exploration and trying to find his way because his brother is 14 and his sister is 17 and the age differences at times confuse Kayden.…

in style. Both observation sessions were conducted in similar fashion: at the same time of day, in similar settings, and with minimal intrusion from the observer. This was in order to limit the possibility of external factors affecting the study. For the purposes of the study, I took note of behaviours and interactions that were clearly sensitive, responsive, insensitive, unresponsive, or that addressed health and safety. I also had the parents answer a short survey post-observation to better…

Play Observation Play is mostly defined as, activity that is freely chosen, initiated and controlled by children. Play is crucial to learning, it can help language development, problem solving, social and emotional skills, and self-regulation. The classroom I went to observe is a NC preschool class that had thirteen students ages four and five. The observation took place at Heavenly Haven Child Daycare & Preschool Center on September 11, 2017. One of the types of play that was observed was…

concerns the themes of attachment between mother and child. Attachment is a term first utilized by John Bowlby (1988) to describe the emotive capacity for mother and infant to bond. The active child theme plays a large role in how a child constructs and operates both his or her own internal working models of himself as well as his own models of his day-to-day interactions with his or her own parents. The assumption is that the working models that the child has constructed, also influenced by the…