Why Is It Important To Observe Children

It is important to make sure that observation of children is happening all the time within the classroom as this is a key guidance to enable teachers to plan an appropriate curriculum. Observing children allows practitioners to see the progress what children

Ms. Williams stated that she resides at the above listed location with her children, sister, mother, and a boyfriend. Ms. Williams stated that her boyfriend name is Mr. Tavars Wiggins with a DOB of 3/15/1998, and he has been living with her for approximately 2 years. Ms. Williams stated that Mr. Wiggins never disciplined her children. Ms. Williams stated that she's the one who discipline her kids and taking care of them. Ms. Williams stated that she trust Mr. Wiggins with her children and doesn't think he is physically abusing her children. Ms. Williams stated that Mr. Wiggins and her children play fight sometimes in the living room. Ms. Williams stated that she normally disciplined her children by having them stand in the corner and taking

I interviewed a young woman (JB) who I will call Julie. Julie is a white female who is 22 years old and is a mother to a two year old son. Julie is currently in a serious relationship with a man that she has been seeing for a year. Julie is living in a house that she has lived in with her mother for the past six years, however her mother has since relocated. Julie’s boyfriend has recently moved in with her to help with expenses as Julie is currently a full time student and has been working part time to support herself and her son.

Before starting the activity I asked Child D to choose a colouring page. He had a choice between Buzz light-year, power rangers, A lion, a “monster”, a dinosaur and a mermaid. Child D become very excited and it took a while for him to choose a character but in the end he choose the monster (stitch). We walked to the table in the play room and I placed a pot of pencils and crayons on the table. I asked the child what colour pencils/crayons he wanted and he said “red please”.

The children interviewed for limits of preoperational thinking are both from low socioeconomic homes, the first participant is my eldest daughter who has just turned 5 years old and is biracial. The second child I interviewed is my 7 years and 10 months old nephew who is African American and attends a Montessori school. My five year old believes that the sun goes down a specific big hill at night and the moon comes up because they don’t want to share the sky applying animism to the moon and sun, the grass is only green because the leaves in the trees are green and it changes color when it snows, birds sing because their beaks tweet and there is no way that birds can talk to one another, flies have sticky feet to walk on ceilings, and all people

Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.

This week I observed at a daycare called Children's house. I interviewed a teacher, we will call Ms. A. The daycare was a private, suburban daycare with 20 children in the 3-5 room. I observed in the 3-5 year old room. Ms. A mainly had 3 and 4 year olds; 9 being 3, 9 being 4 and only one being 5.

Observation Narrative Mom suggested that she and her son meet at the library today. As soon as they arrived the child ran to the computers in the children section. The child played the different games and watched different cartoons on the computer. Mom was very involved with him as they named the animals, sang the songs and played different games.

Briefly describe what you observed. Include the number and types of adults, ages and gender of children, time of day and type of environment.

I decided to observe a 5 year-old girl. I observed her in a home setting. She wasn’t very active but at times she would throw little tantrums. When I started to observe the five year old she was on her phone. She was playing games.

I started the observation when children just a bout finished their breakfast and got ready to go outside. There were leftover toast so the teacher mentioned not wasting food and what should they do with it. Elena said, “Let’s feed to the birds”. All children agreed they would save it for the birds.

1. Where did you observe? Name of child-care center: Nanas Playhouse Name of public school district: Panola 2. What kind of safety rules/notifications did you see? I did not see many rules and notifications posted.

It was my third visit and second observation, as I walked through the playground I wondered if Annette would be at nursery. I greeted the nursery management after sighing, and the deputy manager put her two thumbs up at me and said she was in. I walked round to the room, took my shoes off and entered a very busy and loud room unlike the tranquil and peaceful environment I experience on the first observation. I scan the room for a chair and positioned it so that I had a view of the infant. As I entered the room with a warm smile and said hello.

My assignment was to observe a child for thirty minutes. For this project I picked my boyfriends brother to observe. His name is William Scace and he is 10 years old. He is very hard to get outside and actually moving so i thought that while we were on vacation and moving and playing would be the best time to watch him. The best time of the whole trip was when we were at the volleyball court.

Subject “Chris” is a 7 year old middle class Caucasian male. Observation is taking place in the child’s home over the course of two separate afternoons. Chris is a friendly and well spoken child who is small for his age. Chris is the youngest child in his family and both observations take place while his siblings are home. In each case one or both parents are absent.