Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers‚ adults‚ and how they behave in different settings‚ you are getting to know the child without speaking to them. It may be important to observe a child but at the same time it may mislead you into being judgmental‚ to soon. For instance‚ if you observe a child misbehaving‚ not getting along with the other children or talking back to the teacher
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Running Head: CHILD OBSERVATION REVIEW Child observation review Lisa Doars Child observation review Children come in all shapes and sizes; each one is different and special in their own way. The development of children at this stage would fall into the pre-operation stage as founded by Piaget‚ as well as fulfill Vygotsky ’s four basic principles. Both children observed were in the approximate same age group‚ Christian‚ a five year old male‚ and Amyia‚ a six year old female. Both children
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Child Care Observation I observed children at ABC Child Development Center in the 3 year old classroom on March 1‚ 2010 from 8am until 11am. The classroom had a very diverse composition in the classroom‚ Hispanic‚ African American‚ Caucasian‚ Native American‚ and Asian (Vietnamese). In addition to diversity the ABC child development focus on maintaining a child centered environment that allows children to learn at their own pace. The classroom had 2 teachers and 24 children in attendance during
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Introduction Observation is a vital device for educators because it helps educators to figure out what to focus and guides us about students’ interest and what rouses them and how they act in specific circumstances. Additionally‚ observation helps educators distinguish children that need help inside of specific regions of adapting socially and inwardly. Perception is not just productive inside of finding out around an individual child‚ they can be utilized to perceive how diverse
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An observation was conducted with Mr. Gallardo and Gabriella‚ in the evaluator’s office. The child appeared comfortable and relaxed with her father. However‚ during the observation‚ the child began shaking each of her legs. This continued intermittently during the observation. The father begins the discussion by asking about Gabriella about going to the museum with Justine and dad’s girlfriend. The father asked about going to a singing class with Justine. He reported that he was going to sign her
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The teacher then asks the students to each take out a piece of paper and write down as many fruits and vegetables as they can. The students are told that the person who has thought of the most fruits and vegetables will win a prize. When finished with the game‚ the teacher will then introduce the topic of obesity to
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Observation: In this video‚ a 2-3 year old boy is at what appears to be a daycare by the looks of it. In the beginning of the video he is seen playing with 2 other boys going down a slide on his stomach. After sliding down the little boy runs to go play toys with 2 little girls and copying what they are doing with the toys like dropping them and placing them in spots. He finds a toy‚ and soon becomes uninterested until he sees another boy playing with it and he starts playing with it again. At this
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organization? What type of activities and materials were available to the children? what were the adults doing? The first observation I did was at my friends house. Alishaba was coming over on sunday. the house itself was pretty big but since no kids lived there it was pretty boring if I look at it from a kid’s point of view. the sitting room where this observation took place was attached to the kitchen so we are all sitting on the sofa (me‚ my friend‚ and his dad.) and my friend’s mom was
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What is new with the observation is that the target child‚ family and I are all connected. The family says they have noticed that he is trying to talk more and his behavior has changed for the better because he now seems to love coming to school. He actually runs into the class some days with the biggest smile on his face ready to do something. The other days he may come in a little down but he walks straight to me asking for a hug‚ we talk about how he is feeling and I assure him that he will have
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Laura Taylor Paul Kincs Child and Adolescent Psych 26 April 2010 Child Observation This time‚ I decided to observe children between the ages of five and six in a kindergarten class room at Maddock Public School. Maddock is a smaller school and there were only five children in the class‚ all of them were boys. I knew this would be an interesting day‚ because we learned in class that boys tend to be a little bit more active and disobedient‚ but I was definitely looking forward to it. I went
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