8080 mod2 Assignment 1: Child Development: Observation and Reflection

Running head: OBSERVING YOUNG CHILDREN 1

Observing Young Children

Lua Shanks

Dr. Edward

Walden University

EDDD8081

06-20-2021

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Part 1: Observing Young Children (Infants and Toddlers)

This video involves two children, an infant, and a toddler, along with their

caregivers/families. The video expresses the developmental experiences and feelings of children

during infancy or childhood.

Social-emotional

The infant child in the video interacts with the parents and older siblings. At this age, the

infant is not walking or talking but using his motor skills a lot. The infant demonstrated social-

emotional skills during his interaction with his parents and sister. The infant makes noises that

express happiness and a fun environment (Laureate Education, 2015a). Regarding the

interrelationship between domains, social and language are defined when the infant makes happy

sounds while interacting with his family. The cognitive and socio-emotional relationship is

expressed when the infant responds to his father's touch and tries to mimic what his mother is

doing. The social-emotional skills of the toddler are seen when the toddler is seeking approval and

praise from his caregiver (Laureate Education, 2015e). There is an interrelationship between

physical and social-emotional skills. The toddler uses his motor skills to walk and uses physical

skills to take the picture he drew to his caregiver.

Cognitive

The infant in the video hears the sound of the rattle that his mother shakes and tries to use

the plastic toy he is holding to make similar sounds. He is seen observing the red toy he is holding,

and when it did not make any sound, he shook it. According, to Music (2017), infants attempt to

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extract the response they need. They can react to their environment. The interrelationship between

cognitive and social-emotional domains is demonstrated as the infant tries to mimic actions within

the environment. It signals a mental connection to his parents through social and cognitive

interaction. The toddler's cognitive skills are expressed when he draws or scribbles something he

finds creative on his own. The child decides whatever he wants to remove. The child demonstrates

an interrelationship between the cognitive and social-emotional domains by expressing his feelings

concerning the picture he draws and shares them with his caregiver.

Language

The toddler uses words to communicate and express his feelings. When explaining his

picture to the caregiver, he uses actual words to describe the contents of the image. The child

demonstrates an interrelationship between the developmental domains of language, cognitive, and

social-emotional (Laureate Education, 2015a). He uses his cognitive and language skills to explain

the picture to his caregiver by putting thoughts into words to express how he feels about the image.

He demonstrates a social-emotional behavior as he interacts with the caregiver giving an

impression of what he has drawn. The infant makes sounds to show his happiness and

contentment. The child hardly cries and rarely shows any sounds of unhappiness. When the infant

interacts with his family by making happy sounds, he demonstrates an interrelationship between

social-emotional and language development (Laureate Education, 2015e). The child makes the

sounds to show how he feels when interacting with people around him. The gesture allows the

parent to decipher the infant's emotions.

Physical

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The toddler uses his physical skills to draw the picture and walks over to the caregiver to

show his picture, demonstrating the physical developmental domain. The toddler demonstrates an

interrelationship between the physical and cognitive developmental domains by using his motor

skills to draw while using his thoughts and creativity to come up with a drawing. There is also an

interrelationship between physical and social-emotional as the toddler takes the picture he draws to

the caregiver and interacts while seeking consent. The infant demonstrates physical skills by using

his motor skills to the role, shake his legs, and play with his toy (Laureate Education, 2015e). The

infant demonstrates an interrelationship between the use of cognitive and physical developmental

domains. Using motor skills, the infant shakes the toy expecting it to make similar sounds to the

rattle his mother is shaking. The infant is smart enough to move his hands just as the mother did to

try make sounds.

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References

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015e). How to observe children [Video file]. Baltimore, MD:

Author.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015a). Child development: Infants and toddlers [Video file].

Baltimore, MD: Author.

Music, G. (2017). Nurturing natures: Attachment and children's emotional, sociocultural, and

brain development (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Psychology Press.