3 Year Old Observation

Observing a group of three-year-olds can be entertaining since they tend to be energetic with their individual personalities starting to show. It was fascinating to see glimpses of their personalities, but what I really enjoyed was watching the pair of twin boys in the group interact with others. I observed a very small Sunday School class of three-year-olds at Conroe Bible Church. There were one girl and the twin boys along with their female teacher. The class time was very structured because the children were unable to go outside due to the weather. The children participated in five different activities, each one lasting about fifteen minutes to keep the children engaged the whole time. First, the teacher told a Bible story about David and Johnathan that had to do with sharing and friendship. The moral of the story was simple enough for the three-year-olds to understand and to apply it

Regarding physical developments, the three-year-olds did not vary in height or weight. An interesting observation is that their heads seemed out of proportion to their bodies. Their heads were slightly too large for the size of their bodies. Another observation about their physical development came from when the children were playing with toys in the last activity. One of the boys was playing with a toy car. He would shoot the car across the floor, rolling on its wheels, by giving the car a quick and sudden push. This movement of the boy’s arm has become refined over time. At an earlier age, he would have been able to push the car with the same arm movement, but it would not have been as quick and controlled. It would have been slower and not as strong of a push resulting the car slowly moving forward a little bit. Because the three-year-old is now older, he has better control over his arm muscles and he has had plenty of practice racing his toy car so he is able to shoot his car farther and