M, the young girl I observed, appears to be a unique individual like every other child in the classroom. She enjoys reading books, singing songs, and participating in all of the classroom activities. She loves looking at pictures of different animals, mostly horses or kittens. Although she enjoys reading, she prefers to be actively involved in playing with other children. She loves running, climbing, and skipping around the classroom. Recently, she began gymnastics lessons and now enjoys showing the teacher what she learned. As far as her temperament, M is quite easy going. According to the course textbook, an “easy” temperament child is one who is generally happy and shows their emotional response in a moderate form rather than extreme. Also, when a new situation appears, the child can adapt fairly well to it. Based off what an “easy” child temperament is, I would say that M is fairly easy. She almost always had a smile on and was very pleasant to work with. If something didn’t go her way, she wouldn’t act out or misbehave. She would simply walk away and slowly move onto another activity. She adapted well to new situations such as having me come in and observe the classroom. Other times such as when they were giving a new craft to create, she listened and followed directions before …show more content…
Based off typical child development, a child her age should be able identify basic shapes and colors consistently. Another milestone M has demonstrated is being able to draw a person with detail. According to Piaget’s Theory, 4 year old children are in their preoperational stage. This is the time when they are acquiring different understandings and views of the world. Based off M being able to problem solve, identify, and explain different things, this demonstrates that her cognitive development is normal. It is also typical for a child to not remember certain vocabulary or forget certain
Even though Sye has never attended a day care, she has always had the ability to make friends her age and is very comfortable around adults. During her first two years of school, Sye developed a tendency to stick around the adults or teachers during school and social events. Sye’s mom has stated numerous times, “I truly think she wants to be an adult already” while laughing. During her second grade school year, Sye became better about running around the playground with her friends and not sticking next to the teachers. I have never see a kid with so many great mannerisms.
She will always give it her all in every project, assignment, or event she has, and therefore she is always satisfied with her
It has been a pleasure to watch and learn about Gracie and children of her age during the short period of Summer Enrichment. She is always very caring when it comes to playing with the other children and helping them out. Being involved with others or allowing others to join her in her play is something that she demonstrated daily. While playing with the stuffed animals or baby dolls she was like a little mother hen to make sure that they would not get hurt through the play. She is very brave when it comes to entering the play of other children.
She has shown positive results in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. Her motor and fine motor skills are developing properly, her cognitive mind is at the preoperational stage common for children her age, and she has shown to be comfortable with separation and emotions. On a personal note, I really enjoyed this time to play and learn about child K. From my experience with child K, I learned that how accurate growth development concepts can be. It’s like we have figured out the algorithm of how humans develop.
He showed eagerness in listening to her, and took to heart what she taught and said. Its amazing how the right adult supervision can turn a child onto a path of education and correct social skills. It was interesting to read Ruvy 's IEP and then to see the child in action. Ruvy is a wonderful child and has a lot to offer to others, the class and
Her own passion for learning and teaching was infectious. She treated her students with consideration and fairness. She had a unique, but effective way of discipline. Unlike many others, she would not use any type of force when disciplining. She would go out and join the kids at recess winning over the toughest boys with her athletic readiness.
Temperament is relatively stable at birth, but during preschool years the goodness-of-fit between the child’s temperament and the parenting style could produce favorable outcomes (Berk, 2009). For example, parents with a goodness-of-fit could respond to their child in a sensitive manner if they are frustrated or angry (Berk, 2009). Temperament has many other influences other than it being genetically, and Dr. Rettew highlights most of these
She became very interested in what the people were preparing and started talking about different foods she had liked to cook. Dinner time I immediately noticed a change in her appetite and she surprised me when she asked for seconds. The family was very pleased to here she had a good appetite. After explaining to the family what channel her and I had watched that day, the family made sure they noted it in her book of favorite channels to watch. I was happy that I was of help and the family was very appreciative.
PRESENT LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE/RELATIVE STRENGTHS: Katy?s teachers identified the following areas of strength: Katy knows how to ask for help, and knows where to go for help, she makes people laugh and has a great sense of humor, is motivated and hardworking, works well with others, is becoming a good artist, is highly respectable, can follow directions, and able to comprehend text, participates in class when asked to, is positive and attentive when provided supports. Teacher responses to behavior rating scales yielded age appropriate levels of behavior in the following areas: Conduct Problems (i.e., rule-breaking behavior no more often than others her age), Anxiety (i.e., displays anxiety-based behaviors no more often than others her age),
Test and quiz scores show the willingness and ability to prepare. Her work ethic is exhibited by the neatness and detail of her homework assignments.
The teacher reacts with the children to keep them interested and moving. Some of the time the children just likes to sit in the teacher 's lap and not get involved with the other children. One day, Mrs. Lauren sat on the rug during sensory play and two of the children wanted to sit in her lap while the other children wanted to play. Sometimes the children seem to get out of control. Mrs. Lauren always makes sure that she handles the children with love and care.
As observed with Taylor, he could easily tell that someone new had come in his house and he did not respond to me the way he responded to his mother. Cognitive development during childhood plays a vital role in their future abilities and
C is an only child, living at home with her parents. She is Taiwanese, and her mother tongue is Mandarin. According to her age, C’s cognitive abilities should be at the beginning of Piaget’s concrete operations stage, which lasts from 7 to 12 years of age. At this stage a visual schema for art expression develops, and children become able to symbolize objects in relation to each
The classroom that I will be observing is a Preschool classroom at KinderCare Learning Center in Bartlett, Illinois. The teacher I will be observing over the next period of time is Laura Sturgulewski. She has worked at KinderCare for 8 years, mostly in the 2 year-old room until fall of 2013, when she took the lead teaching position of the Preschool classroom. Her classroom mainly has 3 year-olds, but on occasion has a mix of 4 year-olds and transitioning 2 year-olds. The number of students in her class depends on the day, because they are a child care center some students have a part time schedule, unlike an elementary school where children attend every day.
On 09-29-2016 at 1648 hours I was dispatched to the front desk to assist Division of Family Services with a hotline investigation. Upon my arrival I made contact with a Division of Family Services investigator who informed me of the following: - Brandon Cueva attends Early Childhood and they placed a hotline call concerning possibly child molestation. - The school stated that sometimes Brandon throws a fit when he gets his diaper changed and complains of pain. - Today Brandon was asked if someone had touched him and he said yes.