Preschool Observations Essay

For my observation paper I visited Hilltop Child Development Center and spent an hour in a preschool classroom. The children were having free time when I arrived. Some were flipping through picture books, others were doing crafts, and one particular boy, was playing with dinosaurs. This boy’s name was Ben and I decided to focus my attention on him. Throughout this hour I took note on his level of social, emotional, and physical development in order to determine his chronological age. Ben was…

The experiences that I have had in the past that lead me to pursue this career path was a simple preschool observation that I needed to do as an assignment for a child development class. I was then majoring in communications and had no interest in becoming a teacher, let alone a preschool teacher where I would be interacting with children as a part of my job. I did not understand children therefor I did not care to work with them or be around children. When I went into the LAC Child Development…

I currently work as a research assistant in the Maryland Child and Family Development Laboratory under Dr. Jude Cassidy. Although the research laboratory has multiple projects, I primarily work on the Attachment and Behavior in Preschool Children study. The project I assist with focuses on kindness of 4- year-old children in hopes of understanding what might contribute to children's positive social behavior and school readiness. The study involves inviting mothers and their 4-year-old children…

become either a preschool teacher or a teaching assistant in an elementary school, preferably in the Glendale Unified School District. Preschool Teachers educate and care for children, usually ages 3 to 5, who have not yet entered kindergarten. They teach reading, writing, science, and other subjects in a way that young children can understand. During my research, I have found that teachers in Arizona are one of the lowest paid in the United States. The median wage for a preschool teacher in…

The preschool child I had observed was Joel . Joel has straight short brown hair with blue eyes and bushy dark eye brows. He is shorter than most of his classmates and slightly chubby .Joel has a small button nose, full cheeks, a full set of teeth inside his mouth, and dark tan skin. TH Preschool of choice is Chino hills Christian preschool. The abilities of Joel comparing to his other classmates is that Joel is very energetic and likes to use his hands to piece puzzles together. When…

I chose to observe the video titled “Preschool free play, video number two”. Physical development: In this observation a little girl was scribbling rabidly on a doodle board. She also was picking up and placing the different shaped stamps back into the correct spot located on the doodle board. She portrayed physical development by using her fine motor skills to hold and manoeuver the small objects, such as the pen and stamps. John Dewey believes that children learn by doing and are constantly…

From the moment Mrs. Grier’s preschool room is entered on February 19th the theme is evident. The reading nook is filled with presidential books (some borrowed from the library), the math center is money themed and the walls are adorned with Abraham Lincoln wall cabins. Students file in as normal, moving their pictures from the “home” board to the “school” board, putting away their belongings, and then sitting down for breakfast. When the timer rings and their spaces are cleared they meet at…

required to conduct a project approach in our preschool classroom. A project approach that contains lessons related to a topic by the interests of the students in your class. The preschool that I will conduct my project approach is Madison Monroe Elementary School #16. Madison Monroe is broken up into two buildings and then several outdoor trailers. The main building classes range 6th grade until 8th grade. Also, surrounding the main building all preschool classrooms are conducted in the outdoor…

The observation was conducted at the Center for Child and Family Studies. The observations of the children were conducted using two methods. The first method of observation was running record global observations. During this observation, the child is observed for a total of 5 minutes. This method involves recording everything in the order it happens with as much detail as possible. Specific behaviors are highlighted throughout the observation. The second method of observation was time sampling…

language in a natural setting that does not interrupt or change the children’s interactions with one another or the provided learning materials. These observations are flexible and may be modified to certain situations in the classroom. Teachers will need to a have clear understanding of which types of behaviors to look for during their observations and be able to interpret the behaviors displayed or else their conclusions may be invalid, which could result in unsuitable decisions. They also…