Observation and Assessment: Insights on Child Development

Journal-Observations and DAP Nida Zohra Rasmussen University EEC2613 Section 02 Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education Lorrine Boyd November,28,2023

Module 03 Journal - Observations and DAP PART ONE : OBSERVATIONAL NOTES Video : “Social Clay” Method of observation: Anecdotal Notes Name of child being observed : Sofia (little girl in purple shirt) Age : 15 months Setting : classroom (activity with clay) Observer : Nida Zohra Sofia is one among the few 15 month old children who are sitting around a large table, with their teacher and having fun with clay. Sofia is sitting at one end of the table opposite to the teacher. She is fully engaged in playing with the clay. She stuffs some clay into a spoon first and then digs it out with her fingers and puts it into the can in front of her. The little boy next to her (Nicolas) tries to take her can and she refutes with a small cry. The teacher helps Sofia get her can back and she also ask Sofia to sit down and play. Nicolas then gets Sofia’s spoon and she again responds vocally but with no words. Another teacher (videographer) encourages her to speak out and use words to get her spoon back from Nicolas. Sofia then continues to play and she looks at the peers who have clay in their mouth. Sofia too tastes a small piece of clay. The teacher makes her sit on the chair. The teacher asks Sofia, how does the clay taste and she responds by smiling, putting her tongue out and even touching her tongue

with her fingers. Sofia searches for her clay and teacher asks Nicolas if he had taken Sofia’s clay. Teacher also ask Sofia to check for her clay inside the can. PART TWO: REFLECTION  What specific developmental information did you learn about the child selected in the video? Sofia is very keen to explore all she could do with the ball of clay in her hand. She has been using her fine motor skills to play with clay as she stuffs the clay into the spoon and digs it out from it, to put into the can and son on. Sofia even explores the clay by putting it into her mouth (sensory exploration of taste). But Sofia seems to be not much good in interacting with peers (social) and also doesn’t use words to communicate (linguistic), which shows she has not learned to talk yet.  How could you use this information to create learning goals for the child? Since Sofia seems to be very engaged and showing interest in the clay activity, I could design similar activities to encourage her further develop her fine motor skills. Also I could make Sofia engage in more group activities, like circle time, reading stories, picture books, open question time etc., which would help her develop her interactive skills with her peers and would also help her to talk more and develop her language skills. She could be prompted to repeat words or sing songs to focus on language development and consequently make her confident to interact

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better. Thus my learning goals for Sofia would be focused on developing her language and social skills.  Describe how the method(s) you selected is developmentally appropriate practice: The method that I chose for observing Sofia was the anecdotal notes. The anecdotal notes as a method of observation and assessment are: 1. Authentic because they are factual and written records. Moreover educators can use anecdotal notes to document actual experiences, unforeseen development consequences, levels of involvement in any play or activity, curiosity, and other motivating elements. 2. Purpose: Anecdotal notes assist instructors in planning experiences for children based on their knowledge of their developmental stages in all areas. They're also great for communicating to parents and caregivers because they're based on facts rather than opinions. 3. The anecdotal notes were prepared for assessing the development and learning goals of a single child (Sofia). 4. Anecdotal notes are concise, objective narratives about a child ( or activity the child is involved in).It includes factual information about an activity or event, behavior, or learning outcome of a child.

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