Child Play Analysis

Brief Description of Child: Child 'A' is a girl of 3 year and 11months. She is wearing a jumper, trousers and boots.
Context: Child 'A' was observed on ____ at 1:00pm. She was indoors playing in the sand pit with 3 other children, socks and spoons to play with. Also she went to play outside with another child, running around.

1:00pm
Child 'A' is playing indoors in the sand pit with 3 other children. She is using a spoon to fill up a sock. She is holding the spoon in her right hand and the sock in her left hand. She is carefully putting the sand into the sock. She is also interacting with the other children -'My sock is nearly full to top.'
This level of play would be referred to as co-operative, because child 'A' is playing and interacting
She is drawing a picture of her 'mummy and daddy' with a blue felt tip pen. She has made two irregular circles and made straight lines for hair in the same color.
This level of play would be referred to as solo, as child is playing by herself. The type of play observed here is creative play.

1:30pm
Child 'A' is at the playdough table playing with other children. She is making cakes for everyone at the table, using baking tray and cutters. She carefully puts the 'circle cakes' into the tray. Again this type of play would be creative play, and the level o play would be collaborative play.

1:45pm
She is now playing outside by herself on the climbing frame. Wearing her jacket. She is waiting for her turn to down the slide. This level of play would be solitary because child 'A' is playing by herself.
According to Penny Tassoni, (2002, pg375) "children aged 3-4 start to co-operate with each other and enjoy playing together. Most of their play is pretend play." So this shows that child 'A' is in the norm of her development. Developmental milestones give a general idea of what is expected of a child at certain ages. Comparing child 'A's development to the milestones I looked up on the internet found out that she is developing at the right pace for her age.

For example, her hand and finger skills are at the right pace. She can make vertical, horizontal and circular strokes with pencil or crayon and she can hold a pencil in writing position. They physical development for her age is developing fine as well. For example, she can she can run around and change directions, use the slide without help and tidy up by sorting big objects in correct places. Her intellectual skills are that she can draw, name, and briefly explain recognizable pictures that she made. Her language is also developing right, she can recognize and identify almost all common objects and pictures, she can understand most sentences and she uses four- and five-word sentences. Her emotional and social skills are also at the right stage for her age. She co-operates with children at the same age and she can take turns in games and