Child Observation Essay Child Observation Essay Observing a child can be the key to understanding a child’s development. In an effort to further understand early childhood‚ I observed a boy named Matthew‚ who is five years old. He is currently in kindergarten and a very energetic‚ happy child. Matthew is the fifth child in a family of three girls and two boys. The observation took place at his home‚ where I was able to look closer at how he interacts in his own environment. It was outside
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Observation of the Early Childhood An observation was held in the children’"s wing of Tarrant County Junior College. A variety of children between the ages of two to six were observed in activities ranging from physical and motor to social and cognitive development. Specifically I mean that whether it was leadership skills or lack of‚ running‚ climbing and jumping‚ drawing and writing‚ or anything that could fall between‚ it has been seen‚ done and accounted for in the following observation
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Chapter 5 1. Why is important to help children develop cognitive skills during the preschool year? According to Rike‚ Izumi-Taylor‚ and Moberly (2008)‚ it is the richness of a child’s experiences that directly affects the development of the brain. They say: “[R]ecent brain and educational research clearly shows these neural pathways can be made richer and stronger through appropriate early care and challenging experiences that take place in carefully designed‚ nourishing environments”
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The Importance of Play Play is a child’s work. Play is important for children’s development and for children to learn. Through play‚ children learn about the ever-changing world (Elkind‚ 2003). Teachers and families often view the value of play in different ways. Early childhood teachers say that “play is a child’s work” while parents ask‚ “Did my child just play all day?” The different descriptions of the value and purposes of play add to the dilemma of what and how classroom teachers can
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For my observation I chose to survey a few students that attend after school/day care at YMCA Elmonte. YMCA elmonte has guidelines for volunteers and requires A background check for non staff. I was not able to get full access to the YMCA as a volunteer due too time constraints for this first observation‚ but should be processed in time for observation number two for older aged adolescents. I choose to pay attention to age groups 4-5 years old for my first study as grounds for learning about Social
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As social beings one of the most important tasks during childhood is to develop adequate social and communicative skills‚ to enable successful interaction with the wide variety of people and situations encountered throughout life (Moore‚ 2010). Social cognition refers to the understanding of our own behaviour and that of others‚ and is at the heart of an individual’s ability to get along with other people (Astington & Olson‚ 2010). The foundations of social competence that are developed in the first
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PSY 122 Child Growth and Development *Key Assessment: OBSERVATION *OF A CHILD and GROUP OF CHILDREN (This key assessment will be in 2 parts; *a total of 4 separate observation papers*) NAEYC Standards and Supportive skills: Standard 1 Promoting Child Development and Learning 1a Knowing and understanding young children’s characteristics and needs 1b Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on development and learning Standard 3 Observing‚ Documenting‚ and Assessing to
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which our society disciples its children varies greatly among individuals. The differences may be due to the personality differences among children‚ the manner in which the parents were disciplined as children‚ the parents’ mental or emotional state‚ or the social expectations that are put on the parents. In order to better understand the way in which parents discipline their children I went to several locations and observed parents interacting with their children. I want to discuss the types of
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Reading begins the journey through one’s language development stages‚ and language development begins with reading to our children. You cannot really have one without the other‚ and reading to your child will help him begin the process of mastering words and language. Reading weaves these complex and vital aspects of his language development stages together in a fun way that reaches a child and connects to him on his level. (Did you know that too much TV can have a negative effecton
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Tesla Motors – Company Profile By Kevin Jarosz IE-618 Fall 2014 Financial Impact • Tesla will pay for this by taking a cut of the apps. • Tesla will take a 30%of the cost • Assuming each Tesla owner downloads 5 apps the first year at an • average price of $10‚ that is approximately $6M in revenue in 2015 of which Tesla gets $1.8M to pay. • In Q2 2014 Tesla reported their vehicle margin was 26.9% on a GAAP basis‚ and it is clear that apps will only increase vehicle margin. • Owners will be buying
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