Child Observation Paper

Introduction For this assignment I observed four children, all of which have been given names of anonymity in order to protect the participants. The children I observed were Molly, age 5, Bailey, age 7, Floyd, age 9, and Ann, age 12. I observed the children for a total of one hour in their home. The observation occurred on March 15th,2017, this started at approximately 2:00 PM ending at 3:00 PM. The main focuses of my observation tool place in their living room as well as their play room. Most of the time their mom was in the room with us, but during the times when she was absent, the children’s oldest sister, age 16, was in the room as well.
Some factors that may have influenced my observations would be the fact that the kids were on
Molly’s language choice is not well constructed. She still speaks in words rather than in sentences, for example, as I previously mentioned, when she approached Bailey about playing Barbies she just said “Sissy let’s play Barbies” rather than constructing a more grammatical appropriate sentence. She also has a bit of a speech impediment, Molly has a difficult time saying words that have the letter “R” in it. I wonder if this is based on her age and cognitive development or if it will be something that she faces for a large portion of her
It is evident from the conversation that she had with her older sister that she is in arguments often and there is a lot of drama in her friend group. She bonds with her siblings well, although she does not spend her time with them consistently. This may be due to the fact that she is much older than the younger kids, and still a bit younger than her older sister, or in layman terms, she is at an awkward age. She seems to have a more outgoing personality, excluding the fact that she did not spend time being heavily active with her siblings, she mentioned many friends in the stories she told about school. This leads me to believe that she is more outgoing with people of her age