Child Development Infant observation Christina Constance ECE 205 introduction to child development Instructor; Amanda Dixon June 20, 2016
The video showed a childcare teacher that was sitting on the floor with three infants and involving the three infants in an activity. The activity that was shown in the video involved a plastic bottle (this bottle looked like a 64 ounce bottle that had juice in it) with the top opened and some wooden clothes pins. Each one of the infants in the video had one clothes pin. The childcare teacher held the plastic bottle in front of each infant one by one and the goal was for them to drop the clothes pin right into the plastic bottle. Even though the video showed all three infants participating in the activity, the main focus seemed to be on the third infant, which was a blonde headed little boy.
The blonde headed infant boy was holding three clothespins in his right hand. The teacher placed the plastic bottle in front of the blonde infant boy to
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This is the palmer grasp this typical when first developing voluntary motor skills. The infant seems to be at the approximate age to be using the most advanced grasp that is known as the pincher grasp to hold the clothespin. Futagi and Suzuki(2012) Described that an infant’s use of the palmers grasp sets aside after six months and just goes away between nine months and twelve months where a more voluntary grasp is being used. (Pg2) In the video it shows the infant does not release the or let the clothespin drop in the bottle which shows that the fine motor skills needs to be
in lifting the kid up starting from the earliest stage the hand or wrist, 2. swinging the kid while holding the youngster by the hands or wrists, 3. pulling arms through the sleeves of coats, 4. getting a kid by the hand to keep a fall, and 5. pulling a kid along when in a rush or the youngster all of a sudden falling to the ground with an end goal to abstain from running with their guardian.
Young children that enter the hospital can be overwhelmed due to the health concerns that they have no control majority of the time. The patient 's parents and the young child undergo a meticulous process while at the hospital. At the beginning of this process, the young patient is given a trinket or something that brings them comfort which is provided by the hospital. This will enable the young patient to have a more comforting experience and allow the patient to have more hope while at the hospital. One object that the hospitals may provide are little activity bags that contain, markers, crayons, coloring books, books, stuffed animals or even little squishy balls.
They would also develop primitive reflexes and have control of their head. When an infant hits 4-6 months they would physically be able to sit unsupported, roll over and develop their fine motor skills such as moving things from one hand to another. Also at this age, they should weigh between 14.8-17.5lb and be 26.1-27.2 inches tall. Physically, infants start to stand alone at the age of 9 months and eventually develop the fine motor skill of having ‘pincer’ movements between their thumbs and fingers. This would allow infants to explore and discover for themselves by being in contact with the things around them.
The first part of the study involved observing child K’s motor and fine motor skills in her home. First, I would observe her motor skills. To get her more excited, I decided to play with her and her sister. At 4 years of age, child K should be enjoying the movements of hopping, jumping, and running while be more adventurous than they were at 3 years of age (Santrock, pg. 158, 2012). Obviously, at age 4, she has already learned how to walk and run on her own.
• Practitioners must ensure they wear disposable plastic aprons and gloves when changing nappies. • Practitioners should engage with the baby or young child to ensure the process is as pleasant as possible, and so that the child does not become distressed. • Practitioners should make note of any abnormalities when changing a nappy and should inform the supervisor and parent. Toilet Training • Encourages children to develop independence. • All children are individuals, and will be ready for toilet training at different times.
Around fifteen minutes, the child I was observing got out legos,took them to the carpeted area and then started to play with them. He also invited others play to with them. This behavior shows initiative. He wants to be friendly and show he can do things. This behavior is congruent with Erikson's, initiative v guilt stage of development.
The toy/game that I have created would be called the iPortrait, in which a parent/caregiver/teacher can purchase either one frame and interchange the portrait within, or for a classroom setting have multiple frames with many interchangeable portraits. Personally, I feel like having one frame with many interchangeable portraits that can be switched out would be sufficient; this option is also a space saver within the classroom, and could be used as a station activity. The iPortrait is used to promote a couple of concrete perceptual-motor development properties such as, experimenting “textures” (as there are a couple of objects that differ in the way they feel) which is a “sensory activity”, appropriately responding to the game, and following through with what they are called to do with hand-eye coordination (Haak), and lastly recognize what their own body is able to do, as they will be required to experiment using their left and right hand, which is assisting in developing “body awareness” (Wittmer, Peterson, and Puckett, 2017). As a note, since some child might not have both a right and left hand, there is the ability to challenge the child in another way by developing their idea of “high and low” in terms of placement, which I will explain later on.
They held it really well with the children 's. The children’s carburetor with the adults well. so , they made me wait till they had all the children 's back in the building and settle down. The class i choose to observe was preschool. I wanted to see older kids behave with other childs. The stages are different from toddler to be preschool.
They might cling to the legs of their caregiver or run into the classroom and pick out the best spot on the carpet. This just shows the different personalities and comfort levels of different children in the
I also noted that it was the first time I saw Child A without his pacifier in his mouth since I had started observation. By the end of these notes the children were still eating, and none of them were grabbing at each other’s food. Which I found rather interesting, seeing as how some children had different food, I had thought that perhaps one or two kids would have attempted to taste another’s food, but this never occurred. With Jean Piaget’s philosophy of egocentric behavior being an expected trait present in the toddler ages I did expected to see a child disregard the other children and attempt to eat something not on their plate. Essentially when some children received animal crackers towards the end of their
Introduction – Background information This paper is about child observation. I observed a child, Daniel (coded name). He is four years and two months old. Daniel is 103 cm and 18 kg.
This is the stage of object permanence. Toddlers learn how to grasp at objects. Piaget used his daughter and
The clothing that your toddler wears must also be easily removed. Other
The first year of a child’s life is spent communicating entirely through nonverbal means. Infants use every part of their bodies to convey their wants and needs as their parents and early childhood educators respond to meet them. Examples of this are reflexes, such as opening their mouths when hungry. Also, crying and whole body movements to demonstrate feelings. Another way that is interesting in infant nonverbal communication is allowing infants to play with each other.
Sofía Corzo Mr. Callahan Pre-AP English 10 / 10-2 March 16th, 2015 The Fight that Lies in Babies’ Underpants Sometimes the smallest aspects of a person’s day-to-day life can have the biggest impacts. Especially in the first years of life, a couple of actions can determine a child’s future health and his/her development. Such is the case with diapers. Dealing with the inconvenient part of becoming a new parent, these fill a vital role in ensuring basic hygiene for newborns and infants.