Portfolio of Child Observations | 1 The Brief: Observation report instructions: carry out three observations of the same child‚ one must be timed‚ one written and the other your own choice. In all the observations you must look at the child ’s physical‚ language‚ and social skills and ultimately their overall cognitive development. The report must be written up in the format: abstract‚ introduction‚ method‚ results‚ discussion and analysis. In the discussion and analysis you must tie together
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Child Observation I recently observed a "child" involved in two different types of activities‚ at different times of the day. The first activity was "Teacher-Initiated"‚ and the second "Child-Initiated". The purpose of this observation is to compare and contrast the child’s development and behavior between the two different contexts. Through observation I found that although both activities were rich in challenge and learning opportunity‚ the child’s behavior is different‚ but demonstrates
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In order to start the process for my observation I had to first speak with the parents of the child Mr. and Mrs. Pretty (not their real name). I spoke with Mrs. Pretty because her husband was unavailable at the time and I know her very well. I informed her about the assignment and discussed the outline of it with her to ensure that she knew exactly what the observation entail as well as the fact that I might need additional information from her or her husband. She informed me that she would inform
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October 8‚ 2012 Child Observation For this project I chose to visit and observe a preschool program oriented towards the mentally-impaired child. This small school is near my military installation‚ although it is not directly associated with it. Most of the families who enroll their children in the school are military personnel‚ and the director is a military veteran. There are eight 4-and 5-year old children in the group‚ and each of them has some special difficulty in the emotional or mental realm
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This essay looks at the role of observation in early childhood care and education. It will discuss and examine this role throughout. To work effectively and successfully with children‚ you must know how to understand them. Developing the skill of observing children and interpreting what you have observed by using reference to your knowledge is the main task. It is by closely observing behaviour that you come to understand the theoretical information derived from research studies into children and
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Introduction & Child Description Ava was born to Kim C. and Rob M. in August 2006. At the time‚ Kim had a 10 year old daughter‚ Sofia (an old friend of mine)‚ and a 13 year old son‚ Danny from a previous marriage. Rob had no other children and had never been married. Kim and Rob married about a year after Ava was born‚ and divorced about a year later. Since a very young age‚ Ava has spent her time moving between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses‚ like many children of divorced parents. Kim
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Child Observation Observation Assignment Description of children: All the children at Gerber Preschool are between the ages of 3 and 4 years old and mainly consist of lower to lower middle class Hispanic and Caucasian families. Mya is a small statured 3 year old Hispanic Caucasian female‚ with light olive-toned skin‚ long brown hair‚ and large brown eyes. Toby is an average statured 4 year old Caucasian male‚ fair-skinned‚ blue-eyed‚ short brown hair. Toby and Mya both seem to be in good
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KNPE-245 CHILD OBSERVATION PAPER The aim of this paper is to describe a 60 minute child observation with regards to the affective‚ cognitive and psychomotor domain. BACKGROUND OF THE CHILD The child chosen for this observation paper is a Mexican boy named Julian (age 7 to 8). He was in the park with his whole family: parents (in their late 20’s)‚ older brother Renato (10) and younger sister Sylvia (3). I thought he was the perfect candidate because I could observe the interaction between
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Child Observation Reflection This was a laboratory study in the sense that you wouldn’t normally find a child in a college classroom. A laboratory study means that it is a “research investigation conducted in a controlled setting explicitly designed to hold events constant” (Feldman 1.3). At the same time it was a naturalistic observation because some “naturally occurring behavior is observed without intervention in the situation” (Feldman 1.3). Mrs. Cipriano would intervene by playing with
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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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