Middle Childhood Observation Paper
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Observation 1 - Ramandip Bassi
“Middle Childhood”, Age 7
October 21-24th, 2014
3 Sessions
116 Minutes Total
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Introduction:
The purpose of this observation assignment is to understand of development in birth thru adolescence. And to determine whether a child is progressing in such a way that would be considered
“normal” for a certain age. How certain age child thinks, react, emotionally and what changes they development by certain age as physical, appearances, etc. I started my observation on a child from the middle childhood age period. I will observe him in five areas of development for his certain age.
Participants:
Jason is the youngest child of his parents …show more content…
he also an older brother who currently is attending middle school age 14 years old, so Jason is in elementary school in 2nd grade. Jason is a very shy person, but still loves to play sports and be active in other activities with his older brother and friends from age 13-16.
Setting:
I observed Jason mostly at my house when he would come to play basketball with his brother and my brother and other of their friend would be here, it was difficult for me to go close to him cause some reasons he doesn 't like to be around girls. I usually call Jason “cutie,” then he would just hide from me. Other observations I did on him was at Happy Park flew blocks away from my home.
Procedure:
Before starting this observation project I talked to my brother if it’s a good idea to observe Jason cause he’s really shy person and would’t let me even go near him, so my brothers said Jason is an interesting person to get to know about, so I should do my project on him. Jason is really close to his older brother so I asked him he agreed to help me also to know Jason more and observe him.
Before I started I did a research on ages between 6-8 years old, so I can see the changes that might happened or not happened yet in Jason. I wrote my observation about Jason on paper. I start asking Jason some basic questions about him like age, grade, color so he would feel comfortable around me, but I was wrong he still hates me perhaps cause I 'm a girl. Then the next day from a little distance I would watch him play, talk, run, etc.
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Analysis:
Physical Development
Jason’s physical development for his certain age is average, but for his height he’s 54inches and the average height for seven years old is 45-53 inches and the mean is 48in, so that means he’s one inch taller for a seven year old. (“Height Measurement in Children” Appendices Table #2)
Jason motor skills are exactly accurate for his age (“For 7-year-old children….Their motor skills will become sharper and more accurate.” Reference #2) he’s extremely good at playing sports like specially basketball with his brothers friends who are older then Jason. Jason uses motor skills such as running, while playing basketball he runs so fast that he grabs the basketball from the other players that they don 't even notice when he snitches the ball from them. (“Seven year old should now have well-developed coordination and may seem full of energy and be keen to show off physical abilities” Reference #1) Other then running, playing sports Jason loves riding his bike he starting learning to ride a bike when he was three and half years old. (“Can ride a bike without training wheels.” Reference #5)
Cognitive Development
The cognitive development for Jason is below average but near close to average he knows some responsibilities he has like if his mother say’s “Jason its time to go your chores,” he’ll say, “later mom,” but his mom will say, “now Jason!” Then he’ll right away rush to finish what he has been told to do. (“Willing to take on more responsibility (i.e. chores” Reference #3) Jason can understand what some people view something as or what someone think about something specifically.
Like if his brother has an argument with someone about something Jason will ask whats the argument about the he will try to processes all the information on both side and think for a while which side is stronger or true. (“5-8 yr: can recognize others’ perspectives” Appendix #4) Jason also has a sharp mind he will remember anything negative about his brother, so he could remind his mom why he 's a good child and always behaves himself. (“Can remember events from months, or years earlier.” Appendix # 5) Jason thinking is becoming more logic some things that he would wonder about now he 's knowing the answers to it and why something happens is for a reason. (“Thinking becomes more logical and organized.” Reference #7)
Language Development
Jason’s Language development seems to be prefect for his age, his vocabulary is around average.
Every child loves to talk a lot specially around people they love I have notice most children who are open to specific people use their vocabulary really well then to those who talk to strangers sometimes blank out an use their vocabulary wrong. I have seen that little bit in Jason, while at the park only. (“Tend to talk a lot in situations where they are comfortable….Pronounce words
Personal and Confidential !4 correctly.” Reference #1) Basically Jason knows between wrong and right, but sometimes if a child thinks something might be right they must be orally explain why something is wrong. Jason’s brother knows for a seven year old he must behave as an older adult and guide his brother between wrong and right by explaining in visual perhaps not using huge vocabulary words
(“Able to understand reasoning and make the right decisions.” Reference #7) Also thats were Jason gets confuse sometimes when everyone else are taking using vocabulary that he doesn’t understand at all he 's also trying to learn new vocabulary by hanging out with his brother alway, so he doesn 't feel alone. (“Thinks in concrete terms.” Appendix #1)
Social Development
Social Development for Jason is about average for a seven year old. Jason prefers to be around children older then him maybe because he 's mostly around his older brother, so thats why he 's particular more social with older age children. There’s one thing about Jason makes me laugh always he hates girls, but adores his mother a lot he always says to me, “I HATE
GIRLS!” (“Seven-year-olds may want to increasingly play only with children of their own gender,” Reference #2), (“Girls play with girls/boys play with boys” Reference #4) He actually wants to hang out with his brother’s friends only even though sometimes he doesn 't know what they are talking about. (“Social skill — to communicate with others” Reference #6) But he wants be like them an try his best to social with them as there age. At school Jason plays with his age children, but prefers to be around his brother’s friend while out from school. (“Less fantasy play, more team sports, board games” Appendix #4) Jason wants to play sports more, being active outside or play anything that involves being in a team. To Jason the number one rule to him is to follow the rules his parents taught him even if his older brother Raman doesn 't follow the rules. (“78 yrs: strict adherence to rules Appendix #4)
Emotional Development
Emotional Development for Jason is exact average for his age he is well mannered and wants his own privacy, For example; now these days every child wants their own room, their own space thats what Jason does also before entering his bedroom you’ll see a sign saying. “Beware to enter on your own risk,” everyone has done that once in their childhood. (“Become more modest and want privacy” Reference #3) He also has some angry issues if you call him a “Baby,” he’ll yell at you as a child his age usually does or he come to an adult as say, “he called me a baby,” or say,
“he doesn 't let me play.” If by chance no adult is present he’ll stand alone an anyone can notice when a child is upset they usually look unpleased or notice the way there standing like. (“Body
Posture - confidence shows in an upright tall posture, unhappy children curl up and have hunched shoulders.” Reference #6) By this age most children starts understanding peers feelings and others actions they know the difference if by chance they might said something wrong to anyone. (“The capacity to understand others ' actions and feelings.” Reference #5) Jason is a good
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Jason is an emotionally person a lot from heart and mind, but to me he’s my cutie even though he hates the fact I call him “cutie.” Jason sometimes does get frustrated a lot if no one wants to play a specific game with him he’ll start feeling alone as if maybe no one cares about him I have notice this in Jason couple of weeks ago, then he came to my mother with a face expression that if he was about to cry. My mother told my brother to play with him for a while cause sometimes a child may feel upset, but doesn 't understand while you get older you lose the energy slowly an wish to take a break for a bit. (“Alternative strategies for dealing with frustration and expressing emotions.” Appendix #5)
Conclusion:
After completing all my observations for Jason on five different area’s I believe Jason is average for his age and maybe on some things he might be above from my point of view. And that is he wants to hang out with older age children then his age, he’s learning new vocabulary to fast for his age and I believe that might be a good thing for him, so when he turns 14 years old he’ll know more vocabulary and be advance perhaps. However, I had little bit difficult time of understanding him to well cause he didn 't like being around me. Other then that much I knew about
Jason was similar basic stuff about a seven year old.
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References
1.
Children 's and parenting health centre. (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.webmd.boots.com/children/guide/childhoodmilestones-age-7
2.
Lee, K. (n.d.). An Overview of Your 7-Year-Old Child 's Development. Retrieved October
22, 2014, from http://childparenting.about.com/od/physicalemotionalgrowth/tp/Child-Development-Your-Seven-Year-Old-Child.htm
3.
School-Age Children (5 to 8 years). (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http:// www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/DevelopmentalStages/SchoolAgeChildren/Pages/default.aspx 4.
Brin, M. (2002). Child Development Guide (R. P. Spaner, Ed.). Buffalo, NY: Center for Development of Human Services.
5.
Buster, P. F. (n.d.). Social and Emotional Growth. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http:// www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/seven/socialandemotionalgrowth.html 6.
OBSERVING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COLOR. (2004). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.newchildcare.co.uk/page4.html
7.
Destefanis, J., & Firchow, N. (n.d.). Developmental milestones: Your 7-year-old child. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/731-developmental-milestones-your-7-year-old-child.gs
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Appendix A
Norm Charts/Tables
1.
Metropolitan Community College of Omaha, Nebraska; Home and Personal Safety website for Human Growth and Development “Developmental Milestones for Children” n.d. Web. Retrieved October 22nd, 2014 from http://faculty.mccneb.edu/JFAUCHIER/psy121jf/Projects_SS04/Jenni%20Powers/PSY1 21jf/milestones.html
2.
Height Measurement in Children. (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.fpnotebook.com/endo/exam/hghtmsrmntinchldrn.htm
3.
Huberman, B. (2002, October). Growth and Development, Ages Six to Eight—What You
Need to Know. Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.themediaproject.com/facts/development/6_8.htm
4.
Rycus, J. S., & Hughes, R. C. (2007). DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES CHART, 4. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.rsd.k12.pa.us/downloads/development_chart_for_booklet.pdf
5.
Rycus, J. S., & Hughes, R. C. (2008, July). DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES CHART, 4.
Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.rsd.k12.pa.us/downloads/development_chart_for_booklet.pdf
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Appendix B
Field Notes
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Personal and Confidential
Observation 1 - Ramandip Bassi
“Middle Childhood”, Age 7
October 21-24th, 2014
3 Sessions
116 Minutes Total
Personal and Confidential !2
Introduction:
The purpose of this observation assignment is to understand of development in birth thru adolescence. And to determine whether a child is progressing in such a way that would be considered
“normal” for a certain age. How certain age child thinks, react, emotionally and what changes they development by certain age as physical, appearances, etc. I started my observation on a child from the middle childhood age period. I will observe him in five areas of development for his certain age.
Participants:
Jason is the youngest child of his parents …show more content…
he also an older brother who currently is attending middle school age 14 years old, so Jason is in elementary school in 2nd grade. Jason is a very shy person, but still loves to play sports and be active in other activities with his older brother and friends from age 13-16.
Setting:
I observed Jason mostly at my house when he would come to play basketball with his brother and my brother and other of their friend would be here, it was difficult for me to go close to him cause some reasons he doesn 't like to be around girls. I usually call Jason “cutie,” then he would just hide from me. Other observations I did on him was at Happy Park flew blocks away from my home.
Procedure:
Before starting this observation project I talked to my brother if it’s a good idea to observe Jason cause he’s really shy person and would’t let me even go near him, so my brothers said Jason is an interesting person to get to know about, so I should do my project on him. Jason is really close to his older brother so I asked him he agreed to help me also to know Jason more and observe him.
Before I started I did a research on ages between 6-8 years old, so I can see the changes that might happened or not happened yet in Jason. I wrote my observation about Jason on paper. I start asking Jason some basic questions about him like age, grade, color so he would feel comfortable around me, but I was wrong he still hates me perhaps cause I 'm a girl. Then the next day from a little distance I would watch him play, talk, run, etc.
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Analysis:
Physical Development
Jason’s physical development for his certain age is average, but for his height he’s 54inches and the average height for seven years old is 45-53 inches and the mean is 48in, so that means he’s one inch taller for a seven year old. (“Height Measurement in Children” Appendices Table #2)
Jason motor skills are exactly accurate for his age (“For 7-year-old children….Their motor skills will become sharper and more accurate.” Reference #2) he’s extremely good at playing sports like specially basketball with his brothers friends who are older then Jason. Jason uses motor skills such as running, while playing basketball he runs so fast that he grabs the basketball from the other players that they don 't even notice when he snitches the ball from them. (“Seven year old should now have well-developed coordination and may seem full of energy and be keen to show off physical abilities” Reference #1) Other then running, playing sports Jason loves riding his bike he starting learning to ride a bike when he was three and half years old. (“Can ride a bike without training wheels.” Reference #5)
Cognitive Development
The cognitive development for Jason is below average but near close to average he knows some responsibilities he has like if his mother say’s “Jason its time to go your chores,” he’ll say, “later mom,” but his mom will say, “now Jason!” Then he’ll right away rush to finish what he has been told to do. (“Willing to take on more responsibility (i.e. chores” Reference #3) Jason can understand what some people view something as or what someone think about something specifically.
Like if his brother has an argument with someone about something Jason will ask whats the argument about the he will try to processes all the information on both side and think for a while which side is stronger or true. (“5-8 yr: can recognize others’ perspectives” Appendix #4) Jason also has a sharp mind he will remember anything negative about his brother, so he could remind his mom why he 's a good child and always behaves himself. (“Can remember events from months, or years earlier.” Appendix # 5) Jason thinking is becoming more logic some things that he would wonder about now he 's knowing the answers to it and why something happens is for a reason. (“Thinking becomes more logical and organized.” Reference #7)
Language Development
Jason’s Language development seems to be prefect for his age, his vocabulary is around average.
Every child loves to talk a lot specially around people they love I have notice most children who are open to specific people use their vocabulary really well then to those who talk to strangers sometimes blank out an use their vocabulary wrong. I have seen that little bit in Jason, while at the park only. (“Tend to talk a lot in situations where they are comfortable….Pronounce words
Personal and Confidential !4 correctly.” Reference #1) Basically Jason knows between wrong and right, but sometimes if a child thinks something might be right they must be orally explain why something is wrong. Jason’s brother knows for a seven year old he must behave as an older adult and guide his brother between wrong and right by explaining in visual perhaps not using huge vocabulary words
(“Able to understand reasoning and make the right decisions.” Reference #7) Also thats were Jason gets confuse sometimes when everyone else are taking using vocabulary that he doesn’t understand at all he 's also trying to learn new vocabulary by hanging out with his brother alway, so he doesn 't feel alone. (“Thinks in concrete terms.” Appendix #1)
Social Development
Social Development for Jason is about average for a seven year old. Jason prefers to be around children older then him maybe because he 's mostly around his older brother, so thats why he 's particular more social with older age children. There’s one thing about Jason makes me laugh always he hates girls, but adores his mother a lot he always says to me, “I HATE
GIRLS!” (“Seven-year-olds may want to increasingly play only with children of their own gender,” Reference #2), (“Girls play with girls/boys play with boys” Reference #4) He actually wants to hang out with his brother’s friends only even though sometimes he doesn 't know what they are talking about. (“Social skill — to communicate with others” Reference #6) But he wants be like them an try his best to social with them as there age. At school Jason plays with his age children, but prefers to be around his brother’s friend while out from school. (“Less fantasy play, more team sports, board games” Appendix #4) Jason wants to play sports more, being active outside or play anything that involves being in a team. To Jason the number one rule to him is to follow the rules his parents taught him even if his older brother Raman doesn 't follow the rules. (“78 yrs: strict adherence to rules Appendix #4)
Emotional Development
Emotional Development for Jason is exact average for his age he is well mannered and wants his own privacy, For example; now these days every child wants their own room, their own space thats what Jason does also before entering his bedroom you’ll see a sign saying. “Beware to enter on your own risk,” everyone has done that once in their childhood. (“Become more modest and want privacy” Reference #3) He also has some angry issues if you call him a “Baby,” he’ll yell at you as a child his age usually does or he come to an adult as say, “he called me a baby,” or say,
“he doesn 't let me play.” If by chance no adult is present he’ll stand alone an anyone can notice when a child is upset they usually look unpleased or notice the way there standing like. (“Body
Posture - confidence shows in an upright tall posture, unhappy children curl up and have hunched shoulders.” Reference #6) By this age most children starts understanding peers feelings and others actions they know the difference if by chance they might said something wrong to anyone. (“The capacity to understand others ' actions and feelings.” Reference #5) Jason is a good
Personal and Confidential !5 child he knows when he tells me I hate girls it 's not good to say, but his brothers told me he thinks girls separates a son from his mother, so thats why he eventually stays away from girls.
Jason is an emotionally person a lot from heart and mind, but to me he’s my cutie even though he hates the fact I call him “cutie.” Jason sometimes does get frustrated a lot if no one wants to play a specific game with him he’ll start feeling alone as if maybe no one cares about him I have notice this in Jason couple of weeks ago, then he came to my mother with a face expression that if he was about to cry. My mother told my brother to play with him for a while cause sometimes a child may feel upset, but doesn 't understand while you get older you lose the energy slowly an wish to take a break for a bit. (“Alternative strategies for dealing with frustration and expressing emotions.” Appendix #5)
Conclusion:
After completing all my observations for Jason on five different area’s I believe Jason is average for his age and maybe on some things he might be above from my point of view. And that is he wants to hang out with older age children then his age, he’s learning new vocabulary to fast for his age and I believe that might be a good thing for him, so when he turns 14 years old he’ll know more vocabulary and be advance perhaps. However, I had little bit difficult time of understanding him to well cause he didn 't like being around me. Other then that much I knew about
Jason was similar basic stuff about a seven year old.
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References
1.
Children 's and parenting health centre. (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.webmd.boots.com/children/guide/childhoodmilestones-age-7
2.
Lee, K. (n.d.). An Overview of Your 7-Year-Old Child 's Development. Retrieved October
22, 2014, from http://childparenting.about.com/od/physicalemotionalgrowth/tp/Child-Development-Your-Seven-Year-Old-Child.htm
3.
School-Age Children (5 to 8 years). (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http:// www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/DevelopmentalStages/SchoolAgeChildren/Pages/default.aspx 4.
Brin, M. (2002). Child Development Guide (R. P. Spaner, Ed.). Buffalo, NY: Center for Development of Human Services.
5.
Buster, P. F. (n.d.). Social and Emotional Growth. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http:// www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/seven/socialandemotionalgrowth.html 6.
OBSERVING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COLOR. (2004). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.newchildcare.co.uk/page4.html
7.
Destefanis, J., & Firchow, N. (n.d.). Developmental milestones: Your 7-year-old child. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/731-developmental-milestones-your-7-year-old-child.gs
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Appendix A
Norm Charts/Tables
1.
Metropolitan Community College of Omaha, Nebraska; Home and Personal Safety website for Human Growth and Development “Developmental Milestones for Children” n.d. Web. Retrieved October 22nd, 2014 from http://faculty.mccneb.edu/JFAUCHIER/psy121jf/Projects_SS04/Jenni%20Powers/PSY1 21jf/milestones.html
2.
Height Measurement in Children. (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.fpnotebook.com/endo/exam/hghtmsrmntinchldrn.htm
3.
Huberman, B. (2002, October). Growth and Development, Ages Six to Eight—What You
Need to Know. Retrieved October 22, 2014, from http://www.themediaproject.com/facts/development/6_8.htm
4.
Rycus, J. S., & Hughes, R. C. (2007). DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES CHART, 4. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.rsd.k12.pa.us/downloads/development_chart_for_booklet.pdf
5.
Rycus, J. S., & Hughes, R. C. (2008, July). DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES CHART, 4.
Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://www.rsd.k12.pa.us/downloads/development_chart_for_booklet.pdf
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Appendix B
Field Notes
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