Child Observation Study CD1 Elia Janet Garcia LATTC 5/4/2010 Name: Delyla Age: 2 years old Physical Development 1.) Describe the child’s physical appearance. Short and chunky‚ about 2 feet tall‚ around 25 pounds‚ stubby arms and legs‚ and soft‚ short curly hair and a small beautiful smile 2.) Give examples of gross motor skills that you observe. Are they age-typical? She walks‚ runs‚ and crawls fine. She doesn’t grasp objects very well and she likes shaking them. She needs
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For many homeschool parents‚ a good preschool curriculum provides a sense of security - at the end of the year of study‚ you can look back and say: "We did ’this or that’ curriculum‚" and have something to show for your efforts. Although I believe that little children do not need a formal preschool curriculum‚ I realized that mothers need quality resources to create a stimulating learning environment for their children‚ as an introduction to their world and God’s creation and to lay a foundation
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experience‚ in my first grade experience‚ we had few ones of teacher all day‚ and stayed in same room often. 2. My experience in my first grade was completely different because ratio of my classroom would be 2:15‚ teacher/student. While in my observation in Challenge First Grade class‚ each of students needed staff. so their ratio is 5:5. Also in the class i observed‚ had much‚ much less students than my first grade experience. I think it is because those students were challenge so they needed a
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Criticism of Quitak’s Child observation Quitak first explains that she is “working on the assumption that the problematic aspects of our experience contain the maximum potential”. However I think it is important to clarify from the outset‚ how she reached this assumption‚ as the reader does not know whether she went into the observation with this belief or whether these assumptions were developed as a result of her observation. There is another important omission relating to who the author actually
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An observation of parent-child interaction at the park In the first five years of a child life is when the most complex development occurs. Children develop cognitively as their brain captivates information and they learn to process the information. Children also develop socially and emotionally as they interact‚ play‚ and live with others (i.e. friends‚ family or teachers). Cognitive‚ social and emotional development through play is essential for a child’s growth as well. The development of
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Education in My Preschool Classroom There have been many theories that have played a part in the foundation of early childhood education. It has been these theories that have changed the way teachers educate their students. Creating an environment that contributes to learning is key to the student’s success. I feel it is the social communication between students‚ their peers and the teacher that determines a successful school experience. I feel that effective communication is a fundamental
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PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM Janelle Conlin Early Childhood Curriculum & Methods: ECE311 Instructor: Michael Walter August 10‚ 2012 PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM Preschool classroom’s fosters an exploratory play environment for children ages four to five to prepare students for private school kindergarten courses and utilizes North Carolina kindergarten standards to develop curriculum. Cumberland County public school system does not have the best reputation for educating students
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Hyo Lim Dr. Nelson PSY 3310.001 Observation of 8 Years Old Female Child The observed child is given a pseudonym in order to remain anonymous. She will be addressed as Lizzy in this paper. Lizzy is a 9 years old child who is part of a typical‚ traditional middle-class family I visited her while she was conversing with her best friend. She has no prior knowledge of me. Some degree of deception is involved in this observation as I lied about what I will observe; I said I will observe her house‚
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Teaching Preschool Children Early Childhood Education Capstone – ECE 430 Prof. Pilar Carroll January 21‚ 2013 Teaching Preschool Children First of all‚ I would like to say thank you for this interview that is allowing me to discuss my qualifications and philosophy of education. Teaching children brings me great satisfactions because I am contributing to their education. Children are very special and unique as they are still going through their cognitive development. Every child is different
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The Development of Preschool Children Once children reach the stage of “preschooler”‚ usually between the ages of three and five‚ they continue to develop both physically and cognitively. This paper will discuss the following areas of development of preschool-age children: • Cognitive • Motor • Social • Emotional Jean Piaget‚ who is the psychologist credited with forming the Theory of Cognitive Development in the late 1920s‚ created a list of what children at each stage are capable of‚ and
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