Groom Observation Report

Observation sample – Isabella 7 years

Isabella was sitting at a child-sized table as she started to do some threading. She had sorted through the beads and commented on their colours. She gathered a selection of small beads of blues, purples, pinks and yellows and announced that she was going to make a beautiful necklace. | | She held the string in her left hand and a bead in her right hand. Using her thumb and first two fingers she pushed each bead onto the fine plastic string. | Isabella's fine motor skills allow her to thread beads onto a string. | When the hole of a bead appeared too small for the string she quickly searched through the beads to find ones with big enough holes. | Her perceptual skills allow her to identify if the hole size of the bead will be big enough for the string. |
As she threaded one yellow, two purple, one pink and two blue beads onto the string she asked her friends if they liked her pattern.She then offered to help S work out a pattern for her necklace. | Cognitively she is able to plan how she will make the necklace, determine what is aesthetically pleasing and then make a pattern. | When she reached the end of her string with beads she asked Scott if he could help her tie the ends together as she said the string kept slipping. | Her attention span allows her to complete a task. | When he did this she put the string of beads around her neck and said 'And isn't this a lovely necklace? I can't wait to show Nonna. In fact Nonna might like this, mightn't she?' | Socially she is able to share her experience with peers, carer and grandmother. |
Developmental