Cognitive Observation Essay

There are main six domains that directly affect the child development which are: cognitive, physical, social, emotional, creative and language. In order to record any development or disorder appears in any of these domains we have to observe the children in all their situations. Usually, I prefer to do the observation at the beginning and end of each trimester. As I have more than one purpose from this observation; at the beginning of the trimester, I observe the children to be able to establish

The purpose of the study was to see if play will enhance the cognitive development of the child or children. We want to find out if play really shows us that the child or children is thinking or using problem-solving skills. The aspect of cognitive development the is the focus of the study is classification and symbolic play. According to Hollis (2016), “Play is the work of infancy and early childhood.” Play is where the children use the most during their development. There are six types of play

During the first observation she stayed focused on the pictures of the animals in the story book as the teacher read the story and asked the children to identify the names of the animals. The child even showed great signs of communication and language development because she was able to identify the animals during story time. The second observation shows that the child displayed great signs of attentiveness by paying close attention

aware of child-initiated play, parallel play and cooperative play but I did not consider observing as part of play. As a teacher, it is important for me to conduct observations to help me understand what stage a child is in during play, so I can help them bridge the child’s play to the next stage, if necessary. According to my Observations Taylor is in the observational play stage which can lead to other play styles such as solitary, onlooker, parallel, associative play and cooperative play according

I conducted my observation at Oakwood Methodist Preschool on May 9, 2016 at 9:30 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. The child I observed was a 16-month old female that I did have previously relations too. I use to work at Oakwood Methodist as an Extended Care Teacher. I use to care for Baby M in the infant room. During the observation there were two teachers, and 7 infants. The room that the observation took place in had many toys such as: balls, bouncers, walkers, rattles, and soft plush

Early childhood I choose to complete my observation on a three year old boy. His name is Brayden and he was born 01/12/12. He is on the younger side of this observation. The observation was completed at his home and in his yard. Some of the objects we used where a ball, cups, a bowl, water, M&M candies, crayons, coloring books and play-doh. Being that Brayden is at a very active age, I started with the calmer task first. Therefore, I observed his socio-emotional development first. Brayden goes

The purpose of my “Preschool Observation” is to observe the behavior of a three year old toddler in a head start school setting. The child’s name is Adam Johnson, he is three years old, I do not know the child. I knew that if I did not know the child it would be a better observation. My purpose is to objectively observe the two year old toddler without bias responses of my observation in full descriptive details. My observation of the three year old preschool is to explain the domains of development

learning theory (SLT) was proposed by Albert Bandura and he stated that people try to learn from the others through observation, imitation and modeling (McLeod, S. 2011 ). Behaviors, attitudes and emotion reactions of people may become the result of learning through the process of observation, imitation and modeling. Social learning theory is also about the change of someone's cognitive due to the result of the interaction with the others in the society. Bandura (1977) states that: "learning became

My observations were conducted at the Sacramento State's Associated Students Children’s Center, around 3:00 pm. My observations took place in La Casita One, which is the center for toddlers, ages one to three. La Casita One is for children who have been in the program since they were infants, and all stay in the same group. The room was spacious, had a few toddler tables on one side of the room, and a miniature kitchen for the children to play, toy bins for children to play, and a corner with books

Personal and Confidential Observation 1 Yuba College Student “Sebastian”, Age 4 years June 16, 2017 1 Session 5:00-6:30 pm Introduction The purpose of this observation is to gain understanding of a child between 3-5 years in all five areas of development. For my first observation I observed a 4 year old boy named Sebastian. And my goal for this observation is to understand more in depth of the five development stages; social and emotional, language, cognitive, and physical development