A. General Comments
I conducted my observation at the CSUN Child and Family Studies Center on April 13, 2018 from 2:40 until 4:50 PM. When I arrived for the observation, the children were playing outside in several different areas. There were approximately 50 students between the ages of about 3 or 4 with about 8-10 teachers. There were a lot of children because it was their outdoor play time for two other classes. I spent time sitting by the sandbox, climbing structure, and swings. They were outside for about an hour before the classes split up for their own activities. I then observed a classroom setting for an hour with 4 teachers and about 10-12 children. There is a room with a one way window in which I can see the children and teachers …show more content…
I noticed a lot of children that appeared to developing typically. For example, I observed children playing in the sand box, practicing their fine motor skills. They shoveled sand into buckets, shaped sand into shapes and homes, and played with the sand in their fingers. With the same group of children playing with sand, there was a child who watched but showed no interest in the idea of playing with sand. While continuing to observe the child, I did notice that they shied away from find motor activities like playing with balls and playing with sand but did show interest in playing tag, running, and riding a tricycle. I think this may have been a sign of some kind of difficulty in their fine motor skills but a strength and interest in gross motor …show more content…
The teacher leading the circle went around and asked each student how they were feeling. The students usually said, “I am happy” and acted out the face they make when happy. This leads me to think that the students are self-aware and able to recognize the emotions they feel. In another example, the students were outside playing with dinosaurs and one of the children told his friend that he was a dinosaur to which his friend got upset and said that he was not a dinosaur but a boy. He was demonstrating that he recognized he was a person had a sense of