Fierce Girl Playing Hopscotch by Alice Fulton You sway like a crane to the tunes of tossed stones. I am what you made to live in from what you had: hair matted as kelp‚ bad schools. Oh‚ you will never know me. I wave and you go on playing in the clouds boys clap from erasers. I am the pebble you tossed on the chalked space and war- danced toward‚ one-leg two-leg‚ arms treading air. In this‚ your future‚ waves rechristen the sea after its tiny jeweled lives that hiss “Us Us”
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Behavior of children Pollyanna Craig Medgar Evers College Author Notes Pollyanna Craig‚ Psychology 209 Medgar Evers College This is a research completed using Naturalistic Observation based on the attentiveness of children. Any correspondence should be addressed to Pollyanna.craig@yahoo.com Dr. Lashley PSYCH 209 Section: 0956 Abstract Naturalistic Observation refers to collections of data without manipulation of the environment. The mean goal of naturalistic observation in Psychology
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Child Observation I recently observed a "child" involved in two different types of activities‚ at different times of the day. The first activity was "Teacher-Initiated"‚ and the second "Child-Initiated". The purpose of this observation is to compare and contrast the child’s development and behavior between the two different contexts. Through observation I found that although both activities were rich in challenge and learning opportunity‚ the child’s behavior is different‚ but demonstrates
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Observation Paper Working within our human behavior and social environment class this year‚ I expected to learn a lot about the behavior of many adults and a lot about the social environment around us. I was surprised to know that we would learn about the process that adolescents take to begin to understand the world. Learning and observing the process involves taking a look the different stages in the development milestone. On December 6‚ 2013 from 12:30 to 2:30‚ I visited the child development
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Prepared by Eric Leong#444001 Is playing mahjong a good entertainment? Introduction Mahjong is a traditional Chinese game that requires skill‚ strategy‚ and calculation‚ as well as a certain degree of luck in order to defeat your opponents. It is a good leisure for people relieving boredom and gathering with friends. However‚ Mahjong is also popularly played as gambling which may lead to plenty of issues. Therefore‚ playing mahjong has always been a debate among people. The aim of this paper
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child’s life. Children learn a lot through these years. Also‚ children play a lot and this allows them to build more schemas in the brain. A suitable environment should be provided to the children in order to perceive properly and learn clearly. The purpose of this assignment is to develop the educator’s critical thinking skills in order to maximize the children’s potential. The observation took place in the day care of children in Grossmont College. Wednesday the 25 of April‚ 2012. The children observed
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looks at the role of observation in early childhood care and education. It will discuss and examine this role throughout. To work effectively and successfully with children‚ you must know how to understand them. Developing the skill of observing children and interpreting what you have observed by using reference to your knowledge is the main task. It is by closely observing behaviour that you come to understand the theoretical information derived from research studies into children and their development
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CHAbstract: I observed a 5-year-old male named Aiden in his home. Aiden is my brother’s son‚ with his girlfriend of almost 6-years. I chose to do a naturalistic observation‚ watching him interact with his older sister who is 6-years old. Aiden is of average height and weight for a boy his age (world‚ 2008). He receives good grades in school and is a well-behaved child. Aiden currently lives with his mother‚ father‚ and 6 –year-old sister. The house they live in is a three-bedroom‚ with a large
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OBSERVATION 1 OBSERVATION PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Date: 17th December 2012 Age of Child: 2 years Gender: Female Time observation started:13.00 Time observation finished: 14.00 Number of adults present: 2 Number of children: 2 AIMS:- Gross motor skills * To see if TC can push and pull large wheeled toys by playing with her Barbie car * To see if TC can kick a large ball that is not moving by kicking a blow-up football with her in the garden
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How is the room organized? (A quick crafted diagram is helpful) I observed a 3rd grade classroom. The classroom is bright and cheerful. Looking around the room and knowing the teacher‚ I could tell that the room theme is frogs‚ which was very cute. The first thing that I saw was the Character Trait posters on the wall. The front of the room had a blackboard and on either side are bulletin boards. One bulletin board has the classroom rules and consequences and the class jobs. The other bulletin
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