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Choose three (3) children of different ages from your program’s
toddler group between the ages of 13 and 35 months.
Observe each of these children for at least 30 minutes per
child using the four developmental categories—physical,
cognitive, social and emotional, and language. Use the chart
at the end of this assignment to record two to four observations
under each category for each child. To maintain
confidentiality, identify the children by age only. 

Part 1: Narrative Summary

Summarize your observations in narrative form for each
child per each developmental category.

Plan and Conduct a Lesson or Activity

Using what you’ve learned from your observations, plan and
conduct a lesson or activity for the children. You can do this
activity with just the three children you observed or a larger
group. Just be sure that the three original children you
observed are part of the group. This lesson or activity should
focus on at least one of the developmental stages.

Part 2: Narrative Description Evaluation of Lesson or activity 

The following issues should be covered in this section:
• What factors did you need to consider when developing
this lesson?
• Describe how this lesson or activity went. Did it meet
your expectations? Why or why not?
• How did the children react? (If you conducted the lesson
or activity with a larger group, be sure to describe the
reaction of the entire group as well as the three children
you originally observed.)
• Do you need to make any changes to your lesson or
activity? If so, describe these changes.

Include an Observation Chart for each child 1, 2 and 3

Physical Development --
Cognitive Development --
Social/Emotional Development --
Language Development --