Naturalistic Observation
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
Naturalistic Observation
St. Paul’s School of Nursing
It’s Saturday afternoon and I am sitting here in a very crowded food court at the Staten Island mall. I will be observing a young boy about the age of 3 and I will name him Chris. Chris is sitting with his mom and with them is another little boy who seems about the same age as Chris and I assume the other woman is his mom. Chris is the most adorable looking boy with dark black hair and big dark eyes. He is sitting next to his mom and the other boy is sitting right across from him. I’m assuming that this is a play date the moms must have put together and I’m sure for them as well because they are just chatting away with each other while the boys are running around. Chris is your typical 3 year old. He definitely seems to have mastered his gross motor skills. He is jumping around, in and out of his seat, runs around the table twice and finally stops next to his friend. He is now showing his friend how to hop on one foot while he holds his toy car high in the air with one hand. According to Clark & Humphrey (1985), by the time they are 3 years old, children have mastered a variety of skills: jumping, hopping on one foot, skipping and running. . (As cited in Feldman, R. S. 2009, Page 161). Chris seems to have also mastered his fine motor skills, because once he finally did sit down, he grabbed his spoon and took a couple of scoops from his yogurt cup. According to Feldman, children are also progressing in their ability to use fine motor skills, which involve more delicate, smaller body movements such as using a fork and spoon. (Feldman, R. S. 2009, Page 161) Now that they are all sitting and eating, I see Chris playing with his food. He picks up his chicken nugget and he flies it around like an airplane until he dunks it into his dipping
Naturalistic Observation
St. Paul’s School of Nursing
It’s Saturday afternoon and I am sitting here in a very crowded food court at the Staten Island mall. I will be observing a young boy about the age of 3 and I will name him Chris. Chris is sitting with his mom and with them is another little boy who seems about the same age as Chris and I assume the other woman is his mom. Chris is the most adorable looking boy with dark black hair and big dark eyes. He is sitting next to his mom and the other boy is sitting right across from him. I’m assuming that this is a play date the moms must have put together and I’m sure for them as well because they are just chatting away with each other while the boys are running around. Chris is your typical 3 year old. He definitely seems to have mastered his gross motor skills. He is jumping around, in and out of his seat, runs around the table twice and finally stops next to his friend. He is now showing his friend how to hop on one foot while he holds his toy car high in the air with one hand. According to Clark & Humphrey (1985), by the time they are 3 years old, children have mastered a variety of skills: jumping, hopping on one foot, skipping and running. . (As cited in Feldman, R. S. 2009, Page 161). Chris seems to have also mastered his fine motor skills, because once he finally did sit down, he grabbed his spoon and took a couple of scoops from his yogurt cup. According to Feldman, children are also progressing in their ability to use fine motor skills, which involve more delicate, smaller body movements such as using a fork and spoon. (Feldman, R. S. 2009, Page 161) Now that they are all sitting and eating, I see Chris playing with his food. He picks up his chicken nugget and he flies it around like an airplane until he dunks it into his dipping
References: Feldman, R. S. (2009). Discovering the life span. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson. Clark, J., & Humphrey, J. (1985). Motor Development: Current selected research. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company.