Introduction

In this assignment I am going to observe a child in 5 different areas using P.I.L.E.S. I will also use different observation method while I carry out my different observations, the aim of this assignment is to observe a child, my aim is to see how the child is getting on for their development and to make sure they are hitting their milestones. Its important that you do observations on children and get information on their development.

Planning

I spoke to the team leader in my setting about planning for this assignment and doing my observations and then we spoke to the room leader of the pre-school room to pick the child I was going to observe. Then I got permission off the parent and my manager to observe the child. I planned to do two observations a week on the child. I also read up about the different observations to choose which one to use for each observation, our tutor advised on which observation they thought would be best to use and I also was reading up about the different observation methods and decided which method I thought was best for each of them based on the information I needed on each observation. Also, when i’m finished my observation I must research theorists that link into what I have observed for each of the observation I will link them.

Child Profile

TC is a 4-year-old girl. She has light brown hair and blue eyes. She has one younger brother. She attends creche full time and is in the same room as her little brother. She is a very sociable child. She gets on well with the other children in her class. She also loves playing with the babies and will always come over to the babies when she sees them.