Project Observation Assignment Cognitive and Language Development Update

Anecdotal Record #1

Using your running record, choose one incident from your observation then, in 3 to 5 sentences, write what happened in the space below.

Child’s Name: Ryan Williams______ Date: 1/09/2020_________ Time: 3pm to 5pm_______

Location: Miami Beach_________ Activity: Picnic______________

Anecdotal Record:

The involvement by the child was seemingly quite enjoyable and relaxing for both parent and child. As observed the 5 year old boy was playful, he was making mold structures and kicking around his ball. The mother was quite relaxed because other children were also at the beach. The interactions between the child and other children in the beach was encouraging because he seemingly wanted to socialize and speak with the other kids. Their interaction was subject to several speeches and talking that was often characteristic of name calling and shouting ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Anecdotal Record #2

Using your running record, choose one incident from your observation then, in 3 to 5 sentences, write what happened in the space below.

Child’s Name: ___Ryan William________________ Date:___________ Time:____________

Location: Shopping Mall_________ Activity: Shopping________________________

Anecdotal Record:

During a visit to the shopping mall, I was able to accompany the mother and the son. During this visit, the boy’s interaction with the environment was promising of better understanding of the surrounding. The boy was shouting and calling upon her mother to pick up some preferred food commodities. He was also able to run around the mall. When the mother failed to provide a commodity needed, the son was usually shooting and crying and indication of emotional growth. When leaving the mall, the boy offered a candy bar to another child they met at the mall entry ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Anecdotal Record #3

Using your running record, choose one incident from your observation then, in 3 to 5 sentences, write what happened in the space below.

Child’s Name: Ryan Williams___________________ Date:____________ Time:____________

Location: Playing Ground_____ Activity: Football________________

Anecdotal Record:

The participation by Ryan in game activities is always quite frequent. Their home yard is quite large and in the estate, he is always with other toddlers of her age. During this day, they were playing football with other young children and seen to be running but often falling on the soft grass. The boy was always calling and mumbling some words and appears to be aware of some of the children’s names. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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“I Wonder” About _____Ryan William_____ Worksheet

Instructions: After completing your observation, write two or three “I wonder” questions below.

“I Wonder” About Child’s Development

1. I do wonder how child development is subject to influences from the environment and their exposure to other aspects of their surrounding like family

2. I wonder how development of children can be improved through better interaction with other people

Write one or two “I wonder” questions about the environment surrounding the child below.

“I Wonder” about the Environment

1. Upon completing the child observation, I wonder how an environment influences cognitive, language learning, and social development

2. I wonder how the child development is nurtured through bettering their interaction with their environment and people

Write one “I wonder” question about the family and cultural influences you think is affecting the child’s behavior below.

“I Wonder” How the Child’s Family and Culture Influence Him/Her

The boy is always with the mother mostly with the father being busy as a traveling business agent. I wonder if such limited interactions with the father would impact the development stages of the child. The environment and culture is quite supportive and has been influencing the child development progress

Using the responses from the Gathering Information from Families Hand-out determine which developmental domain is reflected in the gathered information and write that information in the corresponding spaces below. Then using the NC Foundations charts below, put an X in the circle in front of the domain goal represented for each statement.