Preview

Child Observation Paper

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1802 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Child Observation Paper
When I arrived, Athena was finishing her morning snack/breakfast. After a few minutes, she got up and stood in line to wash her hands. (gross motor skills) While waiting, she was standing very close to the other child in front of her. With the assistance of a teacher, Athena washed her hands and pulled out a paper towel from the dispenser. When she was done drying her hands, she walked over to an area with a lot of toys. She grabbed a stuffed animal. She then started crawling around the floor as she looked at the other toys. She found a pet carrier and proceeded to put the stuffed animal into the carrier. When she finished putting the stuffed animal in the carrier, she placed the carrier on a chair. She then looked around the toy area and walked to the center of the classroom. Athena stood in the center of the classroom for a few minutes. She looked at what the other children were doing. She returned to the chair where she had left her stuffed animal and picked up the carrier. With the carrier in hand, she walked to a table where other children were playing. She sat at the table but did not play or interact with the other children. (onlooker play) After a few minutes, she took the carrier back to the play area and set the carrier on a chair. After setting the carrier down, Athena went to a desk to do an activity. Another child followed her to the desk but Athena did not interact with the child. Instead, Athena interacted with the male teacher near the desk. Athena showed the teacher the object which she was playing with. Athena focused on what she was doing until another child showed up. When the child tried to grab the eye dropper, Athena took it away from him. Athena would not share with the other child. The teacher engaged Athena into a conversation. The teacher asked her about colors and she was able to answer his questions. (social mediation) Athena continued to play alone for a few more minutes. A different teacher asked Athena to come
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Compare And Contrast Mrs. Sonja's Participation In To Kill A Mockingbird '
    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Compare And Contrast Mrs. Sonja's Participation In To Kill A Mockingbird '

    During free time, Mrs. Sonja was introducing some touch and feel cards to Kalum and Miya. The rest of the class was playing in several learning centers. Mrs. Sonja was sitting on the floor and Kalum and Miya were seated on the side of her. As Mrs. Sonja was sharing the cards with Kalum and Miya, they were smiling and repeating after Mrs. Sonja when she named an item on the card. Mrs. Sonja was also asking Kalum and Miya the same questions as they were touching the cards. Other children in the class started noticing Mrs. Sonja was interacting with Kalum and Miya and wanted to join them. Less than a minute, the whole class was surrounding Mrs. Sonja on the floor. All the children wanted to sit by her. Some of the children try to sit on her lap,…

    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Worksheet 3 Role play LO1
    • 435 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Worksheet 3 Role play LO1

    You are on playground duty when a little girl from class 4d runs up to you apparently very upset. She is trying to tell you about an argument that has developed between a group of children from her class over in the nature area. You clearly need to deal with this ~ on arrival at the ‘scene’ you observe that 5 children are involved, possibly a rubbish collection container and a litter-picker.…

    • 435 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Summary: Child Observation
    • 205 Words
    • 1 Page

    Summary: Child Observation

    I observed a child throwing a fit at the mall the other day. This child did not want to leave the store and did not want to get into her stroller. She started to throw her head back and scream very loudly. Then she would throw her arms around and kick, in an attempt to not be strapped in. The mother started to yell at her daughter to stop while trying to strap her in. After a few minutes of the child kicking and screaming she was able to strap her in. But the child continued to scream, this was when the mother decided to leave the mall. My recommendation is that instead of trying to force the child into the stroller the parent could have held the child. Trying her best to calm her down, since the child was throwing around her body while the…

    • 205 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Childhood Observation Report
    • 280 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Childhood Observation Report

    The three year olds gross motor skills, which are related to active play, consisted of throwing a large ball and running at a long distance to catch it, jumping up and down, climbing up the slide and jungle gym with ease and quickly. There was constant movement with the child in all the 45 minutes that I observed her and her level of activity was very high. It was hard to catch her at moment of stillness, and even then he would be fidgeting under the table or in her seat. Her fine motor skill included, using crayons and coloring a picture, and even though most of it was scribbles(which at this age they tend to do), she was able to remain inside the coloring picture outline. At many points through the day, I caught her zipping up and down her…

    • 280 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Infant Observation
    • 289 Words
    • 1 Page

    Infant Observation

    Tommy is sitting on the floor with his toys around him. His teacher sits on the floor next to him and he begins to hand his teacher a series of toys. He is interested in the reaction of his teacher as he hands her his blocks, one by one. Tommy leans forward, grabs a block and hands it to his teacher. He watches her face and sort of drops his mouth open as he waits for her reaction. She then tells him the letter and color on the block. He nods his head forward and then reaches for another block and proceeds to pick up another block. After picking up 5 blocks and handing them to his teacher he then crawls across the floor to a toy car and pushes it for a moment. He looks up at his teacher to see what she is doing and pushes the car toward her. He smiles at her and she smiles back and says “Is that your car?” he smiles again and nods his head forward. Tommy is very interested in his teacher’s reaction to him. She continues to watch him even when he is interested in a toy or moving away from her. He does check to see if she is pay attention to him as he plays. His teacher starts picking up toys and organizing the room and he periodically goes over to her and becomes interested in what she is doing. Tommy seems very dependent on his teachers mood. He smiles when she smiles and if she is distracted he wants to obtain her attention and seems to gauge and react to her facial expressions. It seems that their relationship is positive and his teacher is very…

    • 289 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    X: a Fabulous Child's Story
    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages

    X: a Fabulous Child's Story

    Academically and athletically gifted, X has a great time at school. The teachers are aware of the situation and help X the best they can. X excels in activities suited for both boys and girls and takes pleasure in each activity he pursues. The other students begin to notice that X is having doubled the fun and the boys begin to play with carriages, while the girls swing off the monkey bars. This begins to aggravate many parents and they forbid their children to play with X, however the children are very defiant and refuse to reform to their old habits. The parents eventually get the school involved and convince the administrators that X must be tested by the school psychiatrist. After close observation the psychiatrist concluded that X was the least "mixed-up" child that he had ever dealt with and that he had no identity problem at all.…

    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Child Observation Paper
    • 1162 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Child Observation Paper

    This observation took place on Saturday October 17th at Town Center Corte Madera at approximately 2:00pm. The day was bright and sunny and the Mall was full of all kinds of parents and children. I choose a male child approximately 3 years old, wearing blue top and black pants with sponge bob square pants sneakers. The mother was wearing a yoga outfit as most mothers in Marin seem to wear these days. She was in her mid-thirties. Dad was also present, he wore a short sleeved Hawaiian print shirt with Khaki shorts and flip flops, and he too seemed to be in his mid-thirties. I was sitting at the table near the elephant fountain facing the fountain with my back to the store so know…

    • 1162 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Secret Agent Observation
    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Secret Agent Observation

    Today I got to observe in the classroom setting, but first they were outside. Since the boy was walking in the hall nicely and quietly, he was named “secret agent” for the rest of the day. The boy’s teacher uses this “secret agent” role in order to encourage the students to behave. Once he was given this role, he ran to the playground smiling and waited for his girl friend to be able to play. The two of them start to try and climb up the side of the bridge. The boy and girl chase each other around the playground, while screaming. Then the two decide to join some other boys. They stand around giggling and talking with each other, teasing each other friendly. The four of them sing and throw leaves on one another. The girl chases the boy around…

    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Jazmine Influence On Early Childhood Education
    • 750 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Jazmine Influence On Early Childhood Education

    Jazmine is a happy biracial eight-years-old girl, Asian and African-American. She is in second grade. Her grandmother raises her since she was born. She is bilingual. The observation was done when she just got home from school. She came and said, “Hello!” She told me what she did at school and wanted to talk more. After few minutes of talking, her grandmother reminded her to have some snack and start doing her homework. She agreed and told her grandmother that she did most of them at school already. Her grandmother told her to double check her work, and she should read if she had done with other homework. Jazmine pulled out the packet of homework and started doing it. She did it quietly and occasionally came and ask her grandmother or…

    • 750 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Child Observation
    • 380 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Child Observation

    It was playtime for the one year old boy. There were all sorts of toys. The playroom was very small. There was a huge toy chest full to the top with toys. On the wall there was a body length mirror. This was the little boys favorite place to play. He would also play with some of the other toys like blocks, cars, stuffed animals and other things. No matter what he grabbed he always brought it in front of the mirror.…

    • 380 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Clinical Observation Reflection
    • 1810 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Clinical Observation Reflection

    Her classroom was very welcoming. The walls were filled with masses of pictures encouraging learning consisting of colors, shapes, letters, animals, numbers, and objects. There was a schedule on the board showing the times for each subject and a calendar with the current and previous day’s dates on it. In the back of the room, there was a rocking chair with a large blue rug in front of it, where they do their morning meeting, which I will explain later. Overall, the classroom environment was very homey. Ms. C’s lesson plans were interesting, informative and very well planned out. Every morning, her class held a “morning meeting”. It started with a chosen student that sits in the rocking chair and reads the class rules to her peers, who are sitting in a circle on the rug in front of her. They do a greeting where each student says “Sup (name)” to the next. This got the students involved. It continued until they’d gone around the circle. Next, a question is chosen out of a hat and each student has to go around and answer the question, giving the students a chance to communicate with one another. We learned about this in class when we talked about classroom management and how children being involved ensure that all students are a part of the classroom learning community. “Jane Adamd belives in socialized education where everyone is included in the classroom” (Lecture notes, 9-22). I thought the way that Ms. C involved her students was…

    • 1810 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Elementary School Child Observation
    • 237 Words
    • 1 Page

    Elementary School Child Observation

    The elementary school student is six years old. He is a black male. He attends McKibben Lane Elementary School and is in the first grade. He is an A-B honor roll student and has recently received a ribbon for his good grades.…

    • 237 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Reflection
    • 391 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Reflection

    The young girl now started to interact with children by herself. During lesson time only occasionally would she just stand and chat to me, most of the time she was instigating games of her own to play with her class mates and she seemed satisfied with the time that she got spend with me during reading. At break again she no longer just stands next to me refusing to play, instead she interacting with the majority of the children in the play ground.…

    • 391 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Child Observation Report
    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Child Observation Report

    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 Christmas time and Easter holidays. My mother was a domestic worker who came home late in the evenings.…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Reflection Essay On Service Learning
    • 2602 Words
    • 11 Pages

    Reflection Essay On Service Learning

    Margaret as I talked previously in this paper. I was excited to work with her only because it was with Kindergarteners, and how can you not love small children in uniforms. At first they were taken back because they didn’t know who this new person in their classroom. I sat and watched as they prayed, and did the weather, how many days they’ve been in school, and tell jokes. After they did their morning routine Ms. Margaret then proceeds to tell them what they have scheduled for the day. I was only around for Math, but it was crazy to sit and watch how intelligent these little children are. Some of the things they knew were not normal for a five year old. Some were already learning the concept of adding and subtraction, as well as writing complete sentences. As class went on there was a kid not paying attention, so the teacher asked if I could sit next to him and keep him on task. Right as I sit down Alex, the boy who wasn’t on task, hugs me and is being all polite. I thought to myself wow this can’t be so bad. I spoke too soon. He started to jump around, yelling, then running, it was a pure nightmare. I finally got him to calm down, and as I was traumatized by this kids behavior I was asked to just go around and trace their hands for a decoration for thanksgiving. That was the end of my day, and needless to say I was relieved to go to American…

    • 2602 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More

Related Topics