Child Observation Paper Jason Betts Pacific Oaks College November 12‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to discuss and review my observation of a 7 year old African American male who is being raised by his grandmother (45 year old Bi-racial female who has 9 children of her own; 7 of the children are still in the house). During my observation of “Jackson”‚ I focused on the following domains of child development: * Physical * Cognitive * Social * Emotional I applied Attachment
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9-17-2011 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: CHILD AND PARENT OBSERVATION This observation took place on Saturday October 17th at Town Center Corte Madera at approximately 2:00pm. The day was bright and sunny and the Mall was full of all kinds of parents and children. I choose a male child approximately 3 years old‚ wearing blue top and black pants with sponge bob square pants sneakers. The mother was wearing a yoga outfit as most mothers in Marin seem to wear these days. She was in her mid-thirties. Dad
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shelters for at least 3 days. Observations were made in the late summers of 2008 and 2009 and carried over into the fall of the upcoming school years. Sample This sample consists of 138 children entering kindergarten or first grade. The children themselves as well as the primary caregivers were observed on the premises of the shelter in which they were residing. Despite the primary caregivers‚ usually the biological mothers‚ having multiple children‚ only one child from the family was tested. The
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Observation of a Child The assignment is to observe a child ranging in age from two to six years old completing a language arts activity. The child I observed for this assignment is an almost three year old (34 month) neighborhood girl. I will call her Emily. She lives in a house with both her parents; they are a middle class family. Emily is not in preschool yet‚ she stays home with her mom‚ but they regularly attend playgroups and music and gym classes where she gets to interact with
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of the child. He is very active‚ curious‚ and reacted adequately to his age group in various life situations during the observation. The child was in a good mood‚ he smiled; there were no signs of probable illness which could be noticed in such a short period of time. The boy was in a good mood‚ didn’t behave capriciously. So‚ we may conclude that the child is healthy. Taking into account the location of observation it was impossible to see all the skills and achievements of the child in movements
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Play Observation Play Observation While observing Gabriel for a period of one week‚ there were many concerns in his interactions with others and the difficulty he seemed to have making new friends. Many of the other children in class did not seem to accept his high energy and would have rather not played with him. When Gabriel tried to join a group of children‚ some children would welcome him‚ but ignore him and other children would verbally let him know that they did not want to play with him
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Observation 1: [pic] Jacklyn Coleman Cd: 10G (the early years) Section 1:) Setting: This observation is taking place at the child’s home‚ more specifically‚ in Santa Clara California‚ and in the Living room‚ of their two bedrooms‚ and 1 bathroom home. They currently live in a transitional housing program for teenage mothers run by Wilson center. Describing
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Observation Narrative In the beginning of the video‚ the child repeatedly turns the sponge over and over in his hands and then drops it. The child also looks behind him during this time for about one and a half seconds. He recovers the sponge quickly and continues to play with it back and forth in his hands. While playing the sponge in another hand‚ the baby grabs the rim of the bowl with his right hand and quickly lets it go after approximately one second. The child then stretches the sponge from
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Johnny Deep TECA 1354 Dr. Osso Negro 04 April 2010 Child Observation Project I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional‚ physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by
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organization? What type of activities and materials were available to the children? what were the adults doing? The first observation I did was at my friends house. Alishaba was coming over on sunday. the house itself was pretty big but since no kids lived there it was pretty boring if I look at it from a kid’s point of view. the sitting room where this observation took place was attached to the kitchen so we are all sitting on the sofa (me‚ my friend‚ and his dad.) and my friend’s mom was
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