view on children’s development during the first few years of life. Firstly‚ the essay will outline the planes of development and the two embryonic stages proposed by Montessori (Montessori‚ 2007a). Then‚ a detail explanation of what is the sensitive period (Montessori‚ 1966) will be included and link to each stage of child development with practical examples. Lastly the essay will conclude with the importance of facilitating the sensitive periods during the early formative years‚ suggesting teacher’s
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four to five year olds develop physically and the language and communication development of four to five year olds. And then in the next section look at the same developments but for older children 8-16 years old. Physical development relates to physical movements. Becoming independent is closely linked to physical development. Communication and language development relates to the ability to talk‚ listen to and understand what others are saying and to be able to interpret body language including facial
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I observed two four year old boys in a vacant preschool classroom on a Sunday morning while their parents were in a meeting. By observing two boys approximately the same age‚ I was able to compare their developmental differences and see how they interacted and played together. Liam‚ who is about to turn four in November‚ was eager to tell me all about his Batman themed birthday party and his new light up tennis shoes when I meet with him to do the experiment‚ but to Liam I was just there to play
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Child Care Observation I observed children at ABC Child Development Center in the 3 year old classroom on March 1‚ 2010 from 8am until 11am. The classroom had a very diverse composition in the classroom‚ Hispanic‚ African American‚ Caucasian‚ Native American‚ and Asian (Vietnamese). In addition to diversity the ABC child development focus on maintaining a child centered environment that allows children to learn at their own pace. The classroom had 2 teachers and 24 children in attendance during
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Sonia Solano Professor Adams Child Development 01 April 2015 Observation Paper Part I- Description of Child/Setting A. Description of child: Eve is a six year old little girl born on April 3‚ 2009. She has hazel eyes and short brown‚ curly hair. Eve weighs approximately 45 pounds and is about 38 inches tall. She lives with her younger brother‚ Michael who is two years old and younger sister‚ Rose who is six months old‚ and both her parents. Eve ’s mother is currently unemployed and her father is
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My name: Ariel Herrera Which observation this is: Observation 1 The child’s name and brief description of the child: Oliver‚ 11 month male The date of the observation: 4/18/16 Part One: Date Time Location 4/18/2016 2:00pm-3:00pm I am at a Care center observing Oliver who is not related to me. The Care center has caregivers watching and feeding infants. Infants are playing and some are in tune with what’s going on around them while others are not. 1. Using the information discussed in the text
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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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Running Head: CHILD OBSERVATION REVIEW Child observation review Lisa Doars Child observation review Children come in all shapes and sizes; each one is different and special in their own way. The development of children at this stage would fall into the pre-operation stage as founded by Piaget‚ as well as fulfill Vygotsky ’s four basic principles. Both children observed were in the approximate same age group‚ Christian‚ a five year old male‚ and Amyia‚ a six year old female. Both children
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CYP Core 3.3: Understanding child and young person development. Unit reference L/601/1693 1.1: Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years. Physical development: 0-3 years. This is a period of fast physical development. New born babies have little control over their bodies. The sucking and grasping reflexes are there in order to survive. In the first year of life they gradually get more control over their bodies. By 12 months most babies have developed a
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Project #2: Child Observation February 24‚ 2011 Observation Write-up: For this project I observed a 6 year old boy named Michael. Michael is a good friend of my son Dylan and our families are somewhat close‚ it had been sometime since our last visit together when we arranged a play date for the purpose of this project. We chose to go up to the mountains to play in the snow. Our two families drove in separate cars and upon arriving at our destination we greeted
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