Gymboree is a program designed to help children learn and develop through play. This is a unique program because it incorporates parents within the program. The program I evaluated was a preschool prep program designed for children from the age of 28 months to 3 years old. Preschool prep is structured like a preschool class and helps the child prepare for when they start preschool. The class I evaluated was held two days a week from 2:30-4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I attended the Tuesday class
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Watching a soccer game can arouse a fan’s emotions of disappointment‚ enthusiasm‚ as well as the desire to reach one’s full potential. We see this not only with those that give everything out there on the field‚ but also with the die-hard fans who anxiously wait for the week to pass until game day arrives. Shed tears of sorrow‚ screams of excitement‚ and burning blood that’s as hot as the desire to win – each fan is different‚ yet their feelings are expressed much in the same way. When a favorite
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Observation Report. As everything knows to observe is not an easy job‚ many aspects are involved in this process and to be able to manage these aspects we must learn from the experiences. I have observed a class and I realized about many things that I will do in a near future. I always thought that teaching was easy. Throughout my life teachers have been teaching me many things but I have never wondered how they do that job. I have observed 5 aspects in a classroom‚ namely; activities‚ use of
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Reflection: Observation Of Elderly I work as a Pharmacy Technician and the majority of patients I encounter are elderly. I wasn’t sure where I was going to do my observation but then realized what better place than where I work in the pharmacy. Our older patients tend to be on more medications and have more chronic health conditions than our younger ones and it seems the elderly have a harder time being compliant with their medications. The most common reason for non-compliance is slight
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on social play. Erik Erikson’s play theory is similar to Vygotsky because Erikson viewed play as a necessary factor for social development. My extra credit paper is over the modern theorists. During the class lecture‚ I learned that Erik Erikson researched how the ego is the child’s personality and is responsible for a unified sense of self. Cognition and play was Piaget’s focus; Vygotsky researched a child’s ZPD development. Bruner researched his idea on problem solving. However‚ play is more way
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Theories of Play ‘Play’ is playing an important role in our daily life. It is not only meant to be just for children‚ but also related to all the humans‚ especially adults. There are a lot of benefits of play‚ we have fun when we are playing. Play is a state of mind and emotion‚ but it is also a state of body and spirit. This week we discussed theories of play in class‚ I have a better understand the purpose of play. From my point of view‚ the most important purpose of play is to make yourself
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Nonverbal Observation Activity ____________________________________________________________ _________ Prof. Michelle Coleman COM 111 – Interpersonal Communication Objective: In this nonverbal communication observation activity‚ you will become a “people watcher.” You will watch two different people in two different situations. It is helpful for this activity if (1) you do not know the people you are observing‚ (2) if they do not know you are observing them‚ and finally‚ (3)
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Observations of an Apple The assignment was to observe a fruit or vegetable for at least an hour. I thought it was crazy and pointless but not so ridiculous that I would not do it and earn a bad grade. Before I started‚ I read Samuel Scudder’s essay “Learning to See” where he talks about having to do a similar type of assignment but with a fish. He eventually became engrossed in the fish and so I became determined that I was going to try to find all I possibly could about my apple in the hour
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Play can be defined in many different ways‚ but the focus in this essay is to define pretend play and how it can be beneficial to various aspects of a child’s development. Psychologists have suggested that there are 4 criteria that an occurrence has to meet in order to be classified generally as play. The first being that the play is being done so for ‘intrinsic motivation’ and isn’t being done for anything bar the enjoyment and stimulation it produces. The second is the ‘nonliterality’ or pretend
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OBSERVATION NO. 5 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Aim: To observe a child‚ who is 4 years 3 months old‚ in a construction area during a free-play in order to identify her social skills. Objectives: To observe and record Rebecca’s ability to share toys with other children. Record of observation Three children are sitting at a big round table and playing with different constructional toys. Rebecca is playing with big plastic letters. The teacher approaches the children. Rebecca (to the teacher) I
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