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Summary Of Child Observation

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The first setting that the child was observed in was her pre-kindergarten classroom in the library area, where they are two shelves filled with story books. They were posters with alphabet, numbers and different art painting on the wall. The child was observed during story time while sitting with her friends listening to her teacher who told them a story from a book called goodnight gorilla. Another setting the child was observed in was in her urban community walking home from school with her mother and i and also when she got home in the dining room area of her home, where there was a large dining table with six chairs. Last but not least the third setting that the child was observed, was in her living room area that is a large space with one large sofa chair and two loveseat with a small …show more content…

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 as she rubbed and lathered both hands with soap while washing her hands. Throughout the third observation the child showed great signs of problem solving and cognitive development and also attentiveness. One sign of problem solving and cognitive development that was observed is while the child was watching videos on her ipod. According to the observation “ Looking down at the screen Gabbie looked at the videos for a few seconds using her fingers to scroll up and down to make a choice, then she tapped on a video using her finger”. It then continued to explain that she focused on the video for four minutes before she looked up at the

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