For this child-study project, I observed my roommate’s four-year-old brother who currently attends preschool weekly in their hometown of Olathe, Kansas. My subject was born on August 12, 2015 and is the middle child of the family. His older brother, my roommate, is 22 years old, while his younger sister is three years old. The youngest two siblings still live under the same roof of their married, biological parents. This middle-class family is of the Mexican descent. The father is a 4-year college graduate and currently works as a substation electrician. The mother is a high school graduate and cooks at the Chapala Mexican restaurant in Olathe. My subject loves sports and everything about them, specifically football. The four-year-old likes attending the preschool because he gets to see his friends and caring teachers. He is very alert when it comes to his surroundings and is highly intelligent when it comes to memorization. He was born a healthy baby weighing in at seven pounds and five ounces with a length of 19 inches, the average length of a newborn.

My subjects day-to-day schedule consists of waking up at approximately 7:00am. Typically, he is already awoken before one of his parents come to wake him up. He finds joy and a sense of accomplishment in dressing himself for the day. His breakfast usually consists of some scrambled eggs, strawberry yogurt and brown sugar oatmeal. The mother takes his sister and him to the preschool center just before 8:30am. Typically, they spend nine hours a day at school, except for Fridays. When the parents work on days with no school, their grandpa picks them up for part of the day. Once the mother gets off work at around 5:00pm, she picks them up from the grandparent’s home. When he gets home, he usually kicks and throws the football around. He also indulges in sociodramatic play with his toy tool kit until dinner is served. Once dinner time has concluded, he typically lays down and watches his favorite show, Bob the Builder. My subject’s schedule during the weekdays is kept on track and consistent. However, his schedule on the weekend varies with the different family activities he is involved in. The parents do try their best in maintaining a regular slee