For my classroom observation‚ I chose to observe two classrooms with teachers I do not work with at my current job Bobbie Smith Elementary in Long Beach‚ CA. My area of interest is elementary‚ I chose to observe a Kindergarten and Second grade classroom. Although I prefer to teach a Kindergarten class and not go over the Second grade‚ I know that teachers never get a pick of what grades you teach sometimes. So I am glad that I am able to gain experience in each grade level. The first hour and a
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developed until late adolescence. People often expect children to think like adults when they are not yet capable of doing so. It is important that parents know what to expect from their child as they develop and to be sure that the expectations they have for their child at a given age are realistic. An understanding of child development is essential‚ allowing us to fully appreciate the cognitive‚ emotional‚ physical‚ social and educational growth that children go through from birth and into early adulthood
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At first I was nothing. Then through my brain and schooling a fire started. My fire had many contributors. My preschool and its impact in my thinking was the heat. The books and websites are the fuel. And my selective memory was the oxygen. All these helped me learn in a lot of my free time and gave me a very important attribute that has helped me do a lot of other things‚ determination. It all started back when I was about four inches. My brain was developing from the instructions called the genome
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I would have targeted behaviors of the child playing by himself surrounded by his peers‚ interrupting another classmate or teacher‚ or acting as if inanimate objects have come to life. Frequency recording was still one of the recordings I found difficult and using the CDL for the first time didn’t make things happen seamlessly. For example‚ I originally was observing another boy‚ but his mother happened to come pick him up about 10 minutes into my observation. Luckily I happened to notice Alex because
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Family Centered Preschool ECE 313 Carman Moon Professor Karree Fah December 19‚ 2010 Abstract Several people may ask the question‚ “What makes the difference in a family centered preschool?” This paper will help outline the importance of a family centered program versus a preschool that focuses only on the child. The learning of the children in family centered preschools are enhanced due to the focus points not only being on the child‚ but the family too. Educators can best help children achieve
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CHALLENGING CHILD OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT For my observation assignment I chose Sam‚ a four-year-old boy who stays in my class for the aftercare program. I have worked with Sam previously in the camp last summer and became aware of his challenging behavior. For starters‚ he has a medical condition – he is prone to epilepsy (the cause is unknown). Sam is on medication and his doctors are constantly adjusting it and testing his condition. Sam’s parents asked teachers to be on the lookout for
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A Child Observation Assignment By Hafiz Zeeshan Ahmed Date Posted: December 22nd This article was written by Hafiz Zeeshan Ahmed in 2013 as a record of her child observation assignment for his Psychological Research course at Federal Urdu University Arts‚ Science & Technology (Abdul Haq Campus). When submitting it article Hafiz Zeeshan wrote remarked that when completing this assignment he was taken "back to my early days in the 2000’s when I did have what now seems the luxury of reflecting
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Canarsie 11236 In my observation Canarsie is a residential area‚ located in the southeast part of Brooklyn New York. This neighborhood is made up of different ethnic races. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 81.0% (67‚816) African American‚ 5.9% (4‚928) White‚ 0.2% (192) Native American‚ 2.6% (2‚198) Asian‚ 0.0% (8) Pacific Islander‚ 0.4% (332) from other races‚ and 1.5% (1‚278) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.3% (6‚941) of the population. In the 1990’s the neighborhood
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Time Sample Observation Social Development Time 2:00 Action Standing beside swings looking at other children playing on the slide. Social group On her own Language None ____________________________________________________ Time 2:10 Action Walking around the playground swinging her hands. Social group On her own Language None ____________________________________________________ Time 2:20 2 x adults
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development and evaluator training. Child assessment has value that goes well beyond measuring progress in children to evaluating programs‚ identifying staff development needs and planning future instruction. Young children are difficult subjects to assess accurately because of their activity level and distractibility‚ shorter attention span‚ wariness of strangers‚ and inconsistent performance in unfamiliar environments (Benner‚ 1992). Other factors that may affect a child ’s performance include cultural
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