Observation Of Child Development

Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to observe Ann much in this section because I could not be at her house in the morning when she woke up, and at night when she went to bed. As a result, most of the information I received on this section came directly from her family. While I was there on Friday, Ann’s family gave me permission to stay during dinner time so I could see her behavior and mannerisms at the dinner table. It seemed as if she had proper manners because she was chewing with her mouth closed and she waited to speak until she swallowed her food. She used her utensils properly, cutting each piece of food into proportionate size bites. Although the textbook does not have any milestone sections for self-help, and the internet
Each child develops in his or her own ways and that is acceptable. Ann seemed to have a stronger sense of development in some areas over others. Beyond the milestones listed in the back of the textbook, Ann relates to what we discussed in class thus far this semester from chapters eleven and twelve. I noticed a secular trend in physical growth amongst her and her siblings. In the house, there is pictures of her parents and her grandma when they were all much younger, and Ann and her two brothers, Joseph and Michael seem to be taller and heavier than their parents and grandma. Although Ann is extremely active, her eating habits do not seem to be all that healthy. She ate mostly junk food as snacks and her brother said that she can eat a 10-piece chicken nugget and large fry on her own from McDonald’s. She is by no means obese, but as previously stated in the motor skills section, she is above average in weight, and if she continues to eat unhealthy, it could eventually negatively affect her in the future if she is not careful. In terms of motor development and play, Ann demonstrated balance, force, and agility (Berk 2010). She currently plays organized youth sports, and she participated in rough and tumble play with Joseph. Her cognitive development was very strong. Within Piaget’s concrete operational stage for ages 7-11, Ann was capable of decentration and reversibility when she was doing her math homework on Sunday. She also was capable of using rehearsal and organization as memory strategies for the math steps. Her language development was also very strong. She developed metalinguistic awareness, having a strong sense of vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics. Ann’s emotional and social development correlates to the classroom discussions we had on Erikson’s theory of Industry versus inferiority. Ann definitely has a refined and developed self-concept. She knows who she is and she based that off of