Child Observation Essay Child Observation Essay Observing a child can be the key to understanding a child’s development. In an effort to further understand early childhood‚ I observed a boy named Matthew‚ who is five years old. He is currently in kindergarten and a very energetic‚ happy child. Matthew is the fifth child in a family of three girls and two boys. The observation took place at his home‚ where I was able to look closer at how he interacts in his own environment. It was outside
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Introduction The child I am observing (Child N)‚ is a five-year six-month old boy who attends a public school located in the West Village area of Manhattan. He is classified as being speech impaired. As per classroom teachers‚ he is bright in the sense that there are some tasks he is able to complete without verbal cues such as sorting‚ and an inquisitive child in the sense that shows interest in new things and people. My first day he stared at me nearly the entire time I was in the class. He demonstrates
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Child Observation Paper Barbara A. Shaw BSHS 361 August 23‚ 2010 Alma Armendariz Child Observation Paper Jeremy is an 18-month-old boy of Jemez Pueblo decent. Jeremy currently resides with his mother‚ grandmother‚ great grandmother‚ great grandfather‚ 3-year-old sister and 2-week-old brother. Jeremy lives on the Jemez reservation that is located about one hour away from Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. The reservation is very poor. This tribe consists of about 5‚000 members and does not receive
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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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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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October 20‚ 2012 ECE 220 Child Observation # 3 Observation Date 10/8/2012 Jonathan‚ Brielle and Sebastian are playing in the block area. Working together they stack 3 rows of blocks on top of each other‚ going horizontally. After stacking the blocks‚ Jonathan points to each block (individually) and counts them. Jonathan counts to 20‚ the other children joins in the counting. After reaching 20‚ Jonathan kicks the row of blocks and they blocks fall to the floor. Brielle and Sebastian
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minutes of observing a child a significant amount can be determined about their personality and skill sets. More specifically‚ their physical and motor development‚ cognitive and language processes‚ social and emotional skills‚ and the environment they could be surrounded by outside the observation time. The development of these processes can be observed through the actions and interactions a individual does or does not have with other people. The environment of which the child I observed occurred
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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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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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Introduction Observation is a vital device for educators because it helps educators to figure out what to focus and guides us about students’ interest and what rouses them and how they act in specific circumstances. Additionally‚ observation helps educators distinguish children that need help inside of specific regions of adapting socially and inwardly. Perception is not just productive inside of finding out around an individual child‚ they can be utilized to perceive how diverse
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