Observation of Child at Play Essay

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,…

data analysis used during this case study. Qualitative Approach to Research Following the need to facilitate communication, language and literacy instruction for the EAL child within year one classroom (whose CL attainment is below ELGs), the emotive subject with regards to facilitation of linguistic provision through play within the national curriculum (2014) was highlighted. Therefore in conjunction with gaining a better understand of pedagogic philosophy and following extensive…

opportunity I observed with information presented in this week’s Learning Resources was that of Systematic Observation and Note taking where the teacher does give an allotted time for play, approximately thirty minutes, but when the children are not able to go outside, she gives forty to forty-five minutes, as long as the children are playing nicely with one another. Along with the indoor play, she has three clipboards placed around the room where she can jot down notes on how children are…

of development, the ability to imitate greatly increases and plays a large part in the course…

Use of Time Furthermore, an FDK program provides children with large block of time so that they can be able to have enough meaningful play at the different centers. When planning large group instruction activities, educators take into account the attention span of the children, duration they have been in school, how familiar are they with routines, strength , needs and interest in order to adjust time accordingly (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010). The FDK team takes the following into…

second observation. Therefore a detailed narrative observation was chosen to enable the evaluation of Thomas with regards to interaction both verbally and nonverbal; during child initiated activities within the morning session. It was also intended to highlight any improvement in language acquisition and understanding, in both first and second language, made over the previous weeks. However Stevens (2013) warns of the practitioner who focuses purely on the learning outcome of the observation…

children’s interest in activities. Throughout the observation, the teachers showed flexibility in their activities with the children. For example, during a small group activity, a child showed interest in the Johnny Appleseed Pot. The teacher showed flexibility when she put the book down and let the children try on Johnny Appleseed’s hat. By looking for opportunities…

three years old that had recently transitioned into the classroom. As I was conducting my observation I also observed that when a conflict arose with C.P. most of the times it was not addressed by any of the staff members. Most of the time there busy trying to assist other children with challenging behaviors. • What might you be able to infer about the child’s play from what you observed? Based on the observations I have gathered C.P. seems to be the leader in several activities. C.P. had a…