Instruction
Name of Center: West Hill Child Development Center
Date of Observation: 10/18/17
Observation 4 - Play Years
1. Describe the following:
- hand preference
Luke is using his right to grab a Legos to build a straight line and left hand to hold the Legos. Luke use both hands to take the Legos apart.
- turn knob
Luke turn on the faucet with right hand to wash his both hands for breakfast.
- pour liquid
Luke pour milk from a small pitcher that he can easily lift and control. Using his right hand lifting the pitcher by the handle and left hand is holding the side of the pitcher to pour his milk in his Styrofoam cup.
- fasten zippers/buttons
Luke was trying to fasten his pants zipper for about 5 minutes standing by himself until the teacher saw him and came to help him.
- picks up and inserts objects
Luke use his right hand to grab the macaroni, his left hand to hold the yarn to insert the macaroni. When he would insert the macaroni in the green yarn one a
- controls drawing tools
Luke is sitting on the chair coloring with markers at a small table with a friend. Using his right hand to hold the yellow marker with his whole hand as his pointed finger points toward the top and her forearm turns down toward the paper and begins to scribble yellow.
- uses scissors
I was unable to observe scissors
2. How does the child display:
- distress
Luke through temper tantrum when a child took the toy he was playing with in the playground.
- anger
Luke is acting out hitting another child with his right hand and kicking with both feet after both were lying on the floor.
- fear
Luke was screaming stop and crying when a child was hitting him back.
- sadness
Luke looks sad when his dad drops him off. He cried but stopped when the teacher started to talk to him.
- surprise
Luke face expression is his eyebrows lift, big eyes and mouth open when he sees his father standing by the door way ready to pick him up.
- joy
Luke enjoys being outside playing, his is running, laughing and screaming.
- interest
Luke was standing on his both feet staring at the teacher for a good minute. When she was showing them cartoon on the tablet.
3. How does the child use symbolic thought?
Annie is wearing a gold bracelet on her right hand. She is wearing a white bow on her head holding her hair.
4. How does the child express egocentrism?
Luke is crying another child took the green chalk. Is screaming that is his chalk.
5. Describe the child's play?
Luke is playing in the playground pushing himself in a buggy. There are also other children present playing in the same area. Luke is sitting on the buggy pushing himself with his two feet.
6. How does the child use humor?
Luke lays on the sidewalk giggling and asking teacher to trace him with a blue chalk. Teacher trace around him with a blue chalk when finish Luke got up and with a big smile on his face. A teacher comes out of the classroom and ask who is it he respond it’s me.
After you complete the assignment, please summarize your findings.
I went to the West Hills Child Development Center to observe a 3-year-old child. I chose to observe Luke. Luke is 3 years old. Luke had light brown skin with short black hair. He also had small round dark eyes with long eyelashes. Luke had little white teeth that showed when he smiled. He had a round face with plump cheeks. He’s ears look normal size for his head, and it seemed that they poked out a little. Luke is not obese, he is quite slim, but he has a chubby stomach. He looks like an active child and he also looked healthy and strong.
I notice Luke walking into the daycare with his father holding his right hand early morning. Luke walk straight toward the back of the classroom to wash his hands he turns on the faucet with his right hand and start washing his both hand. He turns of the water and dry his hand with a paper towel. Than he walks to the table and sat down to eat breakfast he serves himself some raisins, a bagel and pour milk from a small pitcher that he can easily lift and control. using his right hand lifting the pitcher by the handle and left hand is holding the side of the pitcher to pour his milk in his Styrofoam cup. Than he starts to eat. When he finishes he walks toward the front of the classroom where there is a small table with Legos wheels where he shows he’s right hand it’s his preference. He uses for to get the Legos he wants to stack in a straight line he just using his left hand to hold the Lego he has stack up. He uses both hands to take the Legos apart. After a while playing with Lego the teachers yell and asking who wants to do necklace. Luke screams me he leaves the Legos and walks toward the back side on the left side there is a small table where Luke got a chair and sat down. The teacher gave the children a yarn string with a needle to each. Luke starts to insert in the macaroni in the yarn one by one. He used the right hand to grab the macaroni from the table and he is holding the yarn with his left hand. When he was done making his necklace he walks toward his right two tables down and sat on the chair to color with markers. He grabbed a yellow marker from the center of the table with his right hand. He starts to color holding the yellow marker with his whole hand as his pointed finger points toward the top and his forearm turning down toward the paper making scribbles and lines. He only changed his marker once while observing him. Luke was walking toward the restroom when in and few minutes comes out walking trying to fasten his zipper. He couldn’t fasten it he was having a tough time. Until the teacher saw him and help him. I was unable to observe scissors.
Observing Luke outside in the playground. Luke is in the playground with other children present. He enjoys being outside playing with others. He is running, laughing and screaming while chasing his friend. His friend is a girl I named Annie she was light skin and with long hair with a white bow on her head holding her hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a gold bracelet on her right hand. Luke stopped playing with Annie. He went to sit on the floor with his leg crossed and lining forward to scribble on the sidewalk with chalk using his right hand and his left hand on sidewalk. Minutes later he started to cry because another child took away the chalk. He was screaming its mine chalk. The teacher when to check what was going on and gave him another chalk. Ask him to lay on the sidewalk to trace him and Luke lays flat on the sidewalk giggling and asking the teacher to trace him with a blue chalk. After the teacher finish tracing his body he gets up and stare at it with a smile on his face. A teacher comes out of the class and ask who is it? Luke response it’s me with a big smile on his face. Luke walks toward the back of the playground and sits on his bottom to play with a little car. When another child comes and sits with him to play. In minutes I observed them fighting. Luke through temper tantrum when the other child took the car he was playing with. He felt back and started to kick the child body with his both legs and got up on his side and hit the child with his right hand. The other child defend himself crying and started to hit Luke. It’s when Luke started to cry and scream stop. The teachers come and tells them to stop and takes them by her. Luke goes back to the playground and plays on the little slide. He waits for a little girl to slide down to take his turn. He slides down a few times and goes get a buggy and pushes himself with his both legs. I notice Luke operates well playing by himself. Time to go home Luke is playing in the playground and somehow, he turns and see his father standing by the door way. His face expression is his eyebrows lift big eyes and mouth open, surprise to see his dad.
Here is a plain assignment
Name of Center: __________
Date of Observation: __________
Observation 4 - Play Years
1. Describe the following:
- hand preference
- turn knob
- pour liquid
- fasten zippers/buttons
- picks up and inserts objects
- controls drawing tools
- uses scissors
2. How does the child display:
- distress
- anger
- fear
- sadness
- surprise
- joy
- interest
3. How does the child use symbolic thought?
4. How does the child express egocentrism?
5. Describe the child's play?
6. How dose the child use humor?
After you complete the assignment, please summarize your findings.