Observation of Child’s Emotional Development
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Observation Number: 4
Observation Method: Event Sampling
Date: Monday 15th of October 2018 and Thursday 18th of October 2018
Start Time: 1pm
Finish Time: 5:45pm
No of Children Present: 10
Age Group of Children: 3 years to 6 years
No of Adults Present: 2
Child Identified as: TC
Childs Age: 3 years and 3 months
Brief Description of Child: TheChild observed is a girl of average height, weight, she has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has delayed speech and language development and is waiting for her hearing aids to be fitted. She is a second child with an older sister who is seven and a younger brother who is 2. All three children attend this crèche four days a week. Both girls are in after school and their younger brother attends full day care four days a week.
Details of Setting: The setting is large building containing two baby rooms, two toddler rooms, two preschool rooms, two Montessori rooms which become afterschool rooms in the afternoons, each of the above rooms are referred to as junior and senior rooms, eg. Junior babies and senior babies etc.
Details of Immediate Setting: The observation will be carried in the junior afterschool room which contains a large sink for water play and a handwashing sink, 3 activity tables, sandpit, arts and crafts area, book corner, home corner, dressing up and 3 large windows that looks into one of the outdoor play area. The observation will take place both in the classroom and in the large outdoor play area.
Aim and Rationale: The aim of this observation is to observe a child’s emotional development and specifically behaviours, I will be using the event sampling method for my observation.
Permission sought from: Childs mother.
Event Sampling Observation
Monday 15th October.
