Upon arrival to the house‚ I found both children playing with different toys in different parts of the home; the girl being five years old and the boy being three years old. Luckily‚ their aunt was more than willing to help‚ and was able to get the children together to start playing. Before I engaged in play with the children‚ I started out by sitting on the couch just watching them‚ and then slowly got closer until I was sitting right next to them on the coffee table. I did this so I did not feel
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INTRODUCTION Through my years of growing up‚ I only knew to have the basic needs a child should have. My parents struggled to raise four children. We lived in a two-roomed house‚ where one was the kitchen area and the other the sleeping area. We had only one big bed in the sleeping area‚ where my sister and I shared the bed with my mother. My two brothers slept on a single mattress in front of the bed. My father was a construction worker and worked out of town most of the time. We only saw him during
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According to Piaget Cognitive Development Theory (Berk‚ 2003‚ p.133)‚ this child is in the preoperational stage (2-7 years)‚ and he behaves normally. When the father left he was upset. His mother asked him to sit still in one of the chairs. He was lying in an arm chair‚ moving his legs up and down. Then he put his feet on the armrest of the chair next to him‚ where his sister was sitting. He repeated this behavior several times in attempt to hit his sister. That made his mother tell him off. However
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past ten years‚ obesity in children in the U.S has gone from 7-18 percent (CDC‚2012). The main portion of this lesson revolves around the food pyramid. The food pyramid consists of 6 essential healthy food groups: Grains/rice‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ dairy‚ meat/fish/poultry‚ fats/oils/sweets. The food pyramid acts as a guideline by showing
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Time Sample Observation Social Development Time 2:00 Action Standing beside swings looking at other children playing on the slide. Social group On her own Language None ____________________________________________________ Time 2:10 Action Walking around the playground swinging her hands. Social group On her own Language None ____________________________________________________ Time 2:20 2 x adults
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PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT OBSERVATION PAPER ASSIGNMENT PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT (85-221) OBSERVATION PAPER ASSIGNMENT (85-221) SPRING 2001 SPRING 2001 The goal of this paper assignment is to relate naturalistic observations of young children to the principles‚ frameworks‚ and research you are studying. 1. Select one of the following questions for your observation. A) How effectively do younger and older toddlers communicate with each other and with adults (e.g.‚ teachers‚ parents
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Child Observation Study CD1 Elia Janet Garcia LATTC 5/4/2010 Name: Delyla Age: 2 years old Physical Development 1.) Describe the child’s physical appearance. Short and chunky‚ about 2 feet tall‚ around 25 pounds‚ stubby arms and legs‚ and soft‚ short curly hair and a small beautiful smile 2.) Give examples of gross motor skills that you observe. Are they age-typical? She walks‚ runs‚ and crawls fine. She doesn’t grasp objects very well and she likes shaking them. She needs
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Hyo Lim Dr. Nelson PSY 3310.001 Observation of 8 Years Old Female Child The observed child is given a pseudonym in order to remain anonymous. She will be addressed as Lizzy in this paper. Lizzy is a 9 years old child who is part of a typical‚ traditional middle-class family I visited her while she was conversing with her best friend. She has no prior knowledge of me. Some degree of deception is involved in this observation as I lied about what I will observe; I said I will observe her house‚
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Preschool Observation Child Development 103 Instructor: S. Gethers Name: Don Carrington Child Center Address: 4339 W. 129th Hawthorne‚ CA 90250 Date of Visit: 13 June‚ 2014 Time: 9:15 A.M -12:30 P.M Director’s Name: Cheraki Davis Teacher: Cristian Teacher Assistants: Veronica and Chazmine Number of Children: 21 Ages: 3 - 5 years old Language Skills: Language skills refer to the child’s ability to speak and to communicate so that he/she can understand and be understood by others. It
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I believe the boy I have observed‚ who I assume his name is Alex‚ is on track and backing up Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development: Preoperational Stage. The stage is within the age ranges of 2-7‚ so of course I would have targeted behaviors of the child playing by himself surrounded by his peers‚ interrupting another classmate or teacher‚ or acting as if inanimate objects have come to life. Frequency recording was still one of the recordings I found difficult and using the CDL for the first time
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