For my middle childhood observation I chose a 10 year old female by the name of Mycah Landry. Just to give you a bit of a background, Mycah attends a magnet school and makes straight A’s. She is a very smart young girl. We will start off by comparing Mycah’s physical development to that of Berger’s in the text. As documented in the text “Unlike infants or adolescents, school-age children’s growth is slow and steady. Self-care is easy –from brushing their new adult teeth to dressing themselves, from
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instruction, and then implementing those goals into our work with children. For this Final Project, you are asked to do the first two steps of this process. You will develop a partial portfolio for the child you observed and, with that information, you will develop instructional goals for that child. This assignment has three parts: The first part of this assignment requires you to develop a mission statement. Using your completed Assessment Purpose KWL Chart from the Week Five Reflection Journal
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Developmental Checklist Observation Summary EDU 119-OW My observation data was collected on a 2 day observation of a young boy, by the name of Jade. This child is located in a class of 16 children, at a preschool in Rocky Point, NC. His birthday is 11/21/09, and at this present time of observation he is 4 years old. After several days of observation and according to the 4-5 year old developmental checklist, John is well above his age level in development. On day 1 of observation after arriving from
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EDC 018 – 1 The Developing Child Assignment 2 Unit Leader MR Perry Knight Word Count: 2000 Hand In Date: Thursday 17th March 2016 The developing child This essay considers two areas of the learning and development for young children. Therefore I will be concentrating on the social and emotional development. (DfE, 2015:2) “Development is not an automatic process, however. It depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments
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Critically evaluate how the principles and approaches of your school meet the holistic needs of every child In writing this essay I am going to analyse, discuss and critically evaluate how school A has enhanced current practice and adopted different initiatives in my attempt to identify the holistic needs of every child. Correspondingly I will analyse aspects of the mission statement that highlight the overall effectiveness of the school’s ethos and whether or not the school is fulfilling what
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Unit 1 Contribute to support of child and young person Development (missing questions) Performance Criteria (PC) 1 Be able to contribute to assessments of the development needs of children and young people 1.2 Identify different observation methods and know why they are used Answer: Physical development: Playing on sit-and-ride toys, running, climbing, building bricks, doing simple jigsaw puzzles, pedalling a tricycle or pushing it along with feet, turning pages in books and pointing out objects
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Purpose of the Study This structured observation that is done through Event Sampling aims to: 1. Observe systematically the temper tantrum behavior of my younger brother. 2. Study the cause of why the temper tantrum behavior took place. 3. Analyze and assess the behavior of my younger brother to know and find ways on how to reduce its occurence. Methodology Research Setting. The event sampling took place in the observer and subject’s residence in Block 5 Lot
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There are lots of colorful posters on the wall at child level. There are two shelves of books. The books seem to be in great condition and there are a variety of books to choose from. This center did have carpet on the floor. The carpet had floral designs. There is a blue leather child size couch that can fit two. There is also a miniature couch with no back that sort of looks like a small stool. Coming out of the reading Erica Alvarenga Edu 145 Child development II February 19, March 12, April 2
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Frameworks to support development A range of external factors can affect a young person's development. Some of these could include poverty, family environment, personal choices, being a looked after child and education. Firstly, if a pupil comes from a deprived background, it can affect the development of the child. It has been shown that children who come from poverty stricken backgrounds are less likely to thrive and achieve well in school due to the struggle of the parents in managing their children's
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observe my children playing in their room together without them knowing I am there. I do this because it allows me to see what they are doing and the way they interact with each other as well as their friends. This type of observation is called naturalistic. Naturalistic observation happens when I observe my children with them not knowing because I am giving them the time and space to do what they are doing without me telling them what to do (Psychology and You pg.26-27). This allows me to view how
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