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African-American Girl Observation
On Monday, October 10th at 12:00 pm, I observed a one year old African- American girl. Upon entering the house I proceeded with my observation on D while she was running around the house naked, fighting her mother because she wanted to dress herself. When she was finally dressed, she made her way to the living room, I introduced myself to her and she waved back to me. I noticed that whenever D’s sister gets home from school, she would complete her homework, then grab a book while she sit on the sofa and begins to read. D climbed the sofa and sat right next to her while she read a book call “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. Every time, she read a new page D repeat what she says as she point at the pictures and changing to the next

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