For my fourth observation of Jaelee‚ I was looking to see if she can follow through with one clear‚ simple direction. When I went to her class‚ she was outside playing. She played out in the playground for a while and then Ms. Reta asked the children to line up to go back inside. Ms. Reta had to ask Jaelee once and she got in line; she followed directions so well that Ms. Reta had her get a toy drum and had her hit the drum while screaming line up to the other children. Jaelee really enjoyed helping
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The Preschool Stage of Development ECE 332: Child Development Marilyn Gomez May 30‚ 2011 Abstract “The years from 3 through 5 are often referred to as the preschool years” (Henniger‚ pg. 107). Preschool is a place where the setting is geared towards mimicking a regular school setting but exposes the young child for the first time to a school. Preschool takes away some of the stress of strictly learning academics and focuses on developing the child’s skills in cognitive‚ motor‚ social‚ emotional
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REMEMBER: To use pseudonym (not real name) Age of *Child (ren): 3 Sex of Child (ren): male Section One: Little “Bob” walks across the classroom and grabs the peg board. He then sits down in the chair at the left corner of the table. He puts every blue circle peg in its place‚ then he places two of the dark green pegs‚ then all of the yellow triangles‚ then three of the red square pegs‚ then the last rectangular peg and finally the last square peg. He then leans against the
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A Pleasurable and Educational Preschool Observation: Option E I observed a 4 year old preschool class during playtime in Staten Island‚ New York. The class consisted of eight children‚ and one certified preschool teacher. There were 4 boys and 4 girls in the class. During my sixty minute observation I noticed several instances of dramatic play‚ peer relationships‚ relationships with adults‚ and self-control. Dramatic Play During my observation‚ I witnessed a group of two- one boy and one girl-playing
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Observation Report Toni Kaminski ECE 205 – 020 Patrick Lewis November 22‚ 2007 Observation of a Child in a Preschool Setting (Ages 3 -4) Westhill Church Preschool (Happy Heart?) November 1 2007 Thursday‚ P.M. Running Record Sample – 1 hour This is an observation of child A.‚ a young three-year-old
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On 16th October I visited the Applegate preschool. It is a private non-profit program. I observe the kids from 1 to 2’o clock. They follow lots of different theories but mostly their curriculum is play based developmentally appropriate. The head teacher has a bachelor degree in Human development‚ she has been working there for nine years. The other teacher have also bachelor degree and one teacher have 24ECE units and one teacher has 12ECE units. It is a full day program‚ morning and afternoon classes
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The study revealed that there is a significant difference between pupils who had pre-primary education and those without in their academic performances-cognitive ability‚ social skills and motor skills. Based on the findings and conclusion‚ appropriate recommendations were made. Socioeconomic Factors that Impact Early Childhood Development Children living in lower-income households often face behavioural and learning challenges when they enter school. After controlling for income and parental
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Santo C. (Fictitious name) Male 4 years 9 months old 45Lbs Observation dates: May 02‚ 2013 09:00am to 11:00am May 08‚ 2013 11:00am to 12:30am Observation place: Preschool During my observation‚ there were always nine children between four and 5 years old and two more adults in the same group. Santo is an enthusiastic and active boy who according to his parents loves to go to preschool. He loves music time and outdoor play. I observed him twice‚ during two different
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information from around them‚ using the data to develop perception and thinking skills. Cognitive development refers to how a person perceives‚ thinks‚ and gains understanding of his or her world through the interaction of genetic and learned factors. Among the areas of cognitive development are information processing‚ intelligence ‚ reasoning‚ language development ‚ and memory. Historically‚ the cognitive development of children has been studied in a variety of ways. The oldest is through intelligence
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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development consists of four evident phases. The first is referred to as the sensorimotor stage. This stage typically occurs between birth and two years of age. During the sensorimotor stage children at first rely solely on the reflexes (sucking and rooting for example) that they were born with. Intelligence manifests itself through motor activities‚ for example children learn to crawl and walk during this stage. Most of the knowledge acquired during this stage is through
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