research project due ASAP

Field Experience and Notes

Observing a two-year-old female at UCF Creative Pre School.

• She is very active, she stands on her tip toes

• Loves balls

• She climbs up and down from the playground

• She likes to be around people

• Very clingy

• She does not like to share

• She would grab anything in her reach

• Clumsy

• She tries to say anything the teacher says

• Love to put things in her mouth

• Push other students down

• She loves to dance

• Very curious

• She tries to talk but can barely understand her

• Take toys away from others

• Hit other students

• Hit the teachers

• Very aggressive

• Walks and runs well

• Throw, kick, catch balls

• Turns doorknobs and lids

• She turns pages in a book

• Is negative and says “no”

• Temper tantrums are through the roof

• She plays with blocks, crayons and playdoh

• Love picture books

• Use toys that sort shapes, such as a circle, square, or triangle

• Play with soap bubbles

• Counts to 10

• Can tell her own age

• She knows that she is a girl

• Sing songs

• Play children's music

• Love to wash her hands

• She loves to play “follow the leader”

• Names pictures

• Jump awkwardly

• Can stand momentarily on one foot

• She can drink through a straw

• Gives demands

• She does not know how to understand reason

• She paints

• She loves to make a mess

• Love stickers

• Cries when things don’t go her way

• Scribbles at will

• Turn over a container

• Pours everything out of the container

• Builds a tower

• She uses both hands

• Very smart

• Offers to clean up when she knows she's made a mess

• She can turn a doorknob

• Unscrew a jar lid

• She can make circles and lines on a sheet of paper

• Follows simple instructions

• Repeat words overheard in a conversation

• Say a sentence with two or four words

• Point to things or pictures when they are named

• She's very aware of herself

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Playing games for 30 minutes. She played at all the websites:

Www.Noggin.com, www.nickjr.com, www.pbskids.org, and

www.sesamestreet.org

• She was very observant

• She loved the audio and the visuals

• She loved to sing along

• When she encountered a problem, she would cry because she needed help

getting back to the website.

• When the time was up, she did not want to stop playing the games

• She caught on and knew how to play the games without instruction

• Very smart

• Plays peek a boo

• Uses I and Me a lot throughout her sentences

• Get excited around other kids

• She loves to copy other kids

• Play mainly beside instead of with, other children

• Walks alone

• Carries large toys while walking

• Walks up and down stairs holding on the rail

• Finds objects when hidden

• Begins make believe play

• Begins to sort by shapes and colors

• Begins to show defiant behavior

• Demonstrates increasing independence

• Increasing episodes of separation anxiety

• She wants to explore the playground all the time

• Says more than 50 words

• Uses real words

• Feeds herself well

• Can pick out pictures in a book

• Asks many questions

• Speaks using pronouns

• Washes and dries her hands by herself

• Jumps in place

• Throws a ball overhead

• She has a sense of humor

• She communicates what she likes and does not like

• She is very hardheaded

• I can tell that she is very prideful

• Gets embarrassed very easily

• She's very moody

• She has meltdowns when you can't understand her words

• She says no when she means yes

• She gets so angry where she wants to throw a toy

• She acts out when frustrated

• She's learning how to use self-control

• She's very hands on

• I enjoyed her company

• She was very interesting to watch

• Has a bad attitude

Spend 30 minutes watching a preschool show

• We watched Dora the Explorer

• She loved the songs

• She loved the map

• She participated in the activities

• She danced the whole time

• She loved pointing at the television

Research Project

A behavior that I observed was aggression. Aggression is a hostile or violent

behavior or attitudes toward; readiness to attack or confront. Within my field

experience I did observe the two-year-old kicking, fighting, and biting which

exemplifies all the signs in being aggressive. It is obvious to see when toddlers are

at this age, they begin to have strong feelings but not able to use language therefore

they express themselves through their actions. Toddlers don’t have the self-control

to control themselves. Aggression is a normal trait of your toddler's development.

The impulsiveness, and the desire to become independent make children for

becoming more aggressive. Throughout my observation I noticed when the two

year did not get her way she would get so upset to where she turned red in the face

and she would then hit who whoever is in her way which is not a good trait.

Another behavior I observed with her when she is playing with baby dolls, she

would make the dolls hit one another. I thought that was obscured. Although she

did not mean any harm, she aggressive in so many ways without her even

knowing. She's at an age where she expresses all her feelings through emotions

which is understandable. She wants exactly what she wants when she wants it. She

is so aggressive she gives demands like she is running the show. There are no exact

theories of aggression but there is hypothesis that leads up to this behavior.

However, what I have read and put together is aggression is always preceded by

frustration, and frustration always leads to aggression.