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The young child I observed was a four-year-old girl that I will refer to as
Child A. She has curly blonde hair, big brown eyes, and is quite slender.
Her dress is put together, clothes are clean, and her hair has been
fixed. She is about the same size as her other classmates. Child A is
very respectful and attentive to the teacher. She enjoys talking with
other students when there is free time. When she is talking, she uses a
lot of emotion like having wide eyes, making faces, and smiling.
Overall, Child A acts very happy and enjoys being with others. This
child comes from a middle class family with one baby brother. Both of
her parents usually work, but since her mother just had a child, she is
on maternity leave. Child A comes from a good home setting and has
three stars and accepts children from ages six weeks to six years. I
observed Child A in one of the three preschool classes they have. The
room was very large, colorful, and had a lot of natural light. The
classroom was split up into specific areas such as a writing center, art
was labeled with words and pictures for the children to understand.
The classroom also had a small sink in the room and a connected
bathroom. All furniture is tailored to fit the needs and size of the
Volunteer B read stories to the students and helps clean up or set up.
When I arrived at 9 a.m., Teacher A was going over the days of the
week with the children while the two volunteers were setting the tables
up for snack. The teacher would have each student answer a question
wash their hands and sit down at the table. The setting of this
preschool was very clean and it is evident the teachers and volunteers
work hard to create a safe, healthy, and fun environment for the
children.
movement?
the teacher did not verbally stimulate movement. However, she let the
children go pick what centers they wanted to be in for the day and
a large playhouse. To get to this area, she had to walk up steps and
a spoon to eat, drawing, painting, and writing her name. The teacher
each child. When doing a craft, they would encourage each child to
paint own their own and write their own name on the back of the
paper.
2. Describe the symbolic play (pretend play) in which the child
involved?
heartbeat, give them shots, and put bandages on them. She dressed
her patients. Child A had one other child who would pretend to be sick
or have a broken leg. After a while, they switched roles and Child A
would pretend that her head was hurting while Child B would wrap up
her patients head in bandages. Together, they were having a good time
The first day I was observing, Child A only played with children of the
same sex. Together the girls played with a toy train set, which was not
one of her male and female classmates and started to work on a puzzle
with them. Half way through the puzzle, the other girl left and it was
just Child A and a male preschooler. This did not bother Child A since
she continued to play and work on the puzzle with him. Due to the way
she acted on the first day, I believe that if it was not for that one girl
playing with the boy, she would not have gone over there in the first
cards. The volunteer showed Child A one card with the number sixteen
on it. When asked what number it was, she correctly identified it and
mental development was when they played a game called touch your
_____. In this game, the teacher would ask the students to touch
various parts of their body such as the jaw, heel, wrist, knee, and
ankle. Child A correctly pointed to each body part when asked. The
their sole. Child A did not know where it was and neither did any
literacy development.
was when she did calendar time with the students. During this time,
she would ask students to sound out Wednesday and ask what letter
it started with. The class also has one letter of the alphabet they focus
on for one week. The week I observed, the letter was V. The teachers
and volunteers would give words that start with V and ask the students
to repeat them. One child raised their hand and stated, V sounds a lot
and V.
stage of initiative versus guilt. I could tell by her actions and words that
Child A was in this stage. For example, she would show initiative by
assert her power and control of herself to explore around the room,
playing with toys, and just testing what she is capable of. When she did
something good, such as when she put together a train track, her
teacher and other children, I can say this preschooler has and is
Child A start conversations with adults and students and directing her
own play. When she would succeed in creating something, she gained
confidence in herself and her abilities. Since she has gained confidence
from previous successes, she will continue to try new things on her
own which will boost her initiative even more. The gain of initiative in
Child As life will help develop her into who she is, and what she is
capable of.
pretend play, and will not reason logically. I saw all these
first actions I observed from her showed me two things that lead me to
believe she was in this stage. When Child A and another child was in
the dramatic play center, they started to play doctor. Child A put on a
lab coat and became the doctor while the other child was the patient
and would pretend to be sick or hurt. When it came time for Child A to
switch roles and become the patient, she did not like it. Child A
acknowledged that the doctor was the better role and wanted it all to
to her cognitive stage was when she was asked by the teacher to look
outside and guess what it feels like. Since Child A saw the sun out, she
reasoned that it was hot outside. Even though she was on the right
interested in learning more about the world and doing things on their
gross motor skills since she did not do it verbally. She could play a
game with the whole class that would promote gross motor
development and still make it fun for the children. Another suggestion I
have for the teacher would be to leave the things that upset you out of
the classroom. On the second day of my observation, the teacher
seemed to be upset. Due to her feeling this way, she came off as
behavior from the first day to the second. I understand that everyone
model what their leader does and they acted out of control that day.
The last suggestion I have would be that if you are going to give out
volunteer will ask them a question before they can go sit down at the
table. If they get the question right, they get a few M&MS and then go
kids that you should only be good to get something, not be good
couple of fruit snacks. I feel like this was a good experience for me in
my future career as a day care teacher. I will take what I have learned