I observed group of four children with their dog outside of their house. They were all siblings. Dennis and Danica were preschoolers while Dexter and Danica were toddlers. They were playing in the pile of leaves. Their dad was the one who set up the pile of leaves in order for them to play and explore the natural world. I observed Danica, Daisy, Dexter and Dennis with their dog outside of their house at around 4 pm. It was on Monday, March 14. I observed them for 35 minutes or so. I sat down at their bench and observed them. Their outside environment was covered with grass ground surrounded by the trees. As their dad set up the pile of leaves, the kids were patiently waiting to play. The three kids, Daisy, Dexter and Dennis together with …show more content…
As they dive in, they were making a stack of leaves and placed it on their dog, Coco. Daisy thought an idea and said to her siblings, “Let’s make a pile of leaves to Coco, to hide him while he is still laying down. Then, Dexter and Dennis follow what she said. Dennis called Danica at the swinging area. Dennis said, “Find Coco here!” Danica went to their place and walked around with the expression of curiosity on her face. Dexter, Daisy and Dennis were both giggling and laughing while Danica was looking around for Coco. Their dad said, “Where did Coco go?” Suddenly, Coco got up and Danica pointed and said, “There he is.” After that, they had different activities in playing leaves. Danica and Daisy were doing the same activity. They both said to their dad, “We’re making a swimming pool.” Their dad responded, “Look what you made guys, swimming pool made of leaves!” On the other hand, Dexter and Dennis were both laying down at the leaves. They were both hiding and resting at the pile of the leaves. While they were both laying down, suddenly Daisy got a stack of leaves and cover them up some more leaves. Dennis and Dexter got up and throw some leaves towards Daisy. Then, Daisy did the same thing where she threw some