Essay On Early Childhood Observation

Part 1

The kid I observed was a male about two and half years old, Mexican American very awake and smart child. He has hazel eyes and has short black hair. He has monolid shaped eyes and a light complexion. This observation took place in the classroom at the Verdell Mckelvey Head Start center. The classroom is very comfortable and is furnished with three round tables, chairs, couches, pillows on the carpet and a play area with different toys that is very comfort and safety for the children. The day I went to do my observation was on April 13, 2017 there was one teacher, two teachers aides, the social worker, the director and 16 kids in the room.

The observation was on April 13 and began at 1:00PM and ended at 2:00PM. I was sitting next to the play area in the carpet where I could observe the child from. The boy was sitting on the carpet

He could use complete sentences and more than 4 words in its sentences. As the article, “2-Year-Old Speech and Language Skills,” (2016), explains that kids of the age of two should be able to understand at least 50% of what your child is saying and it should be using different words, and make different sentences and follow simple directions giving verbally. An example of this could be fast mapping which is defined as the process of learning something new by only seen it one time and be able to do it (Rathus, 2010 pg 174). An example of this was when Ricardo learn the song that the teacher sings every time the kids arrive to the center that calls the name of each kid. Rapidly he sing the song to the little girl who took away the playdough from him. Other concept was telegraphic speech which is the use of two words and is the stage where they are able to only speak two words (CDEV, pg 120). An example was when the boy only spoke “mamma eat” when the teacher called them to the table to get their