An unannounced 10/20/2015 I was greeted by Marilyn Harrison the director at the door. I introduced myself and handed her a business card and discussed my purpose of the visit and what documentation I would needed. A walkthrough of the building and playground was conducted. There are three building in the operation. The main building had three classroom, all three classrooms are used at different parts of the day.
Throughout my time at Suffolk Community College, I have done a lot of observations and many hours of student teaching between the ages 4-7 years old. So, walking into an infant classroom for an observation was a first-time thing for me. The infant room was full of a lot of wooden furniture (example: cabinets, changing table, cribs, shelves etc.) and the walls are painted an eggshell white. The instant I walked into the entrance of the room near the door, right hand side there was a kitchen, with a sink, baby formula, utensils, baby bottles and sippy cups.
Introduction to child observation and in context: For this observation the observer, observed a four year old girl named, Amber. Amber is a smart and energetic little girl, who always loves to show off her vast knowledge. According to her mother, she is attending preschool Monday through Friday. By now Amber is already able to recite the alphabet. The observer was able to observe Amber for about 2 hours.
During this developmental interview, I chose to conduct an observation/interview study with my one of my cousin’s child. This child is a 4 year old girl and will be identified as “child K” in relation to her first name. Her parents had no problem letting me interview her, but I had them stay in the same room as us. The purpose of this interview was to observe the child’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. I observed her behavior and gave her several tests to show how well she has progressed.
On Monday February 29, Doris arrived at my center and informed me that she's here for an inspection. During the inspection, she informed me that my Preschool room is out of ratio and that I have two infants under 17 months there. I would like for her to specify who those infants are because of the two youngest children that I moved to the toddler room, neither was under 17 months. I processed several applications for employment the week of February 22 and submitted background checks on the following applicants: Amber Jones, Nancy Estrada, Margie Lovaton, and Farzana Zehra. I hired Amber, Nancy and Margie pending background results and kept Farzana on standby in case she was needed.
There are so many different levels of severity and various effects on the body, and observing Noah showed this to me. I have seen children adversely affected in a wheelchair and unable to talk at all, but that is not Noah. He is a three and half year old boy who just began preschool at Northern Shores Elementary this school year. Physically, Noah has low muscle tone, abnormal developed bones, and shortening of muscles and tendons. When he first came into the class he needed a walker and was unable to get up at all from a sitting position.
I = Ideas Chapter 3 discussed how to meet the literacy needs of diverse learners. Linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, and cognitive and academic diversity were all discussed in the chapter and I have viewed each of them in multiple classroom settings. I observed a kindergarten bilingual classroom where instruction was taught in English and Spanish. A second-grade classroom that I observed consisted of diverse students from different cultural backgrounds and the teacher worked to make these students feel welcomed and also incorporated awareness of other cultures into her lessons. Also in a second-grade classroom that I observed the students were diverse cognitively and academically and the teacher worked to ensure the students were accommodated
According to developmental psychology a person at any age is at a certain stage of cognitive, moral, psychosocial, and physical development. This development is measured by different types of thinking, mental capacity for tasks, physical strength, and reasoning for following rules. Development is easily seen in children. Naturalistic observation is the one of the easiest method to see these developments in children. This is the observation technique I used, while watching a five year old male at Kindercare Daycare at 3:30 on a Friday.
Briefly describe the setting: The school cafeteria is where every morning all the students including preschool gathers to wait for the rest of the students. Preschool uses 3 round tables with 6 chairs each table, were we place some coloring books, crayons, and toys to keep the children entertain while we wait for the rest to be drop-off – there are 15 preschoolers total. Objective description: B.G is in one of the tables playing with several cars along with his friend L (boy); suddenly he grabs a red truck and started moving the car around the table following the circle shape. After a while, he pushes the car from one corner to the other, so the car drops to the floor and every time he crashes the car, he starts laughing.
Observation Characteristics of the child on the different areas of development Physical Development For Diego’s gross motor skills, he can already walk, run, and jump around without losing his balance. Diego can also ride a BMX bike independently without any supporting wheels or guide from a supervising adult. He sometimes go really fast on the road as he ride down his bike to go to places around their village, even crossing the street while riding his bike. He is also physically active and likes running around.
The classroom that I will be observing is a Preschool classroom at KinderCare Learning Center in Bartlett, Illinois. The teacher I will be observing over the next period of time is Laura Sturgulewski. She has worked at KinderCare for 8 years, mostly in the 2 year-old room until fall of 2013, when she took the lead teaching position of the Preschool classroom. Her classroom mainly has 3 year-olds, but on occasion has a mix of 4 year-olds and transitioning 2 year-olds. The number of students in her class depends on the day, because they are a child care center some students have a part time schedule, unlike an elementary school where children attend every day.
