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Center in the West Room. There are two teachers, Ms. Ortega and Ms. Nancy
and they are so great with the children. As I was observing on September 14,
2016, I was able to look at the classroom throughout the glass windows. The
classroom is very warm and inviting for children and families. Childrens work
is display throughout the class to their eye level and an information center
children, and the age range is 3 years old- 5 years old. They have different
areas such as an art, writing, literacy, science block. My favorite part of the
classroom is the dramatic area, this area is good for children to take roles
and to pretend play with the usage different props and toys. They are able to
develop their language and social skills, while playing in the dramatic area.
Children are in different areas water table, sand table which I cant complain
I noticed a boy with short hair about 45 inches tall and about 45
pounds. He has a medium tan skin tone and brownish eyes. It seems he has
with the traffic sign toys and thats when I decided to observed him for this
assignment. At that time, I was studying the signs myself to get my drivers
he went over to play with the blocks and played with small cars toys. He
seemed really happy to be there. Kevin is raised by his two parents and both
currently work. This is the first time Kevin is in a child care setting and he has
one sibling. A 6 year old sister who is in Kindergarten, which means there
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about two years apart. Kevin is only 4 years old and at the beginning I
and does understand English. At home the majority of the language they use
is Spanish. He always wears neutral colors and loves superheroes which a lot
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learn more about him and his strengths as a four year old child in the West
Room. Kevin is a very independent, shy and quite child. He loves to plays in
the farm house, and in the block area. Every time he is dropped off, he is
ready to start his day. He dont throw any fits when mom leaves or when he
dont get his way. On September 26, 2016, Kevin was dropped off by mom
and she gave him a kiss and a big hug. Kevin felt great afterwards, he kept
smiling. He prefers to play alone and wouldnt mind parallel playing with
others. One example that proves this, September 26, 2016, he approached
According to Mrs. Ortega, Kevin uses his large motor really good. He
loves to run and play in the slides when they go outside. Kevin has a routine,
for the most part he plays in the same area daily and here and there might
situations. One particular day there was a tornado drill and he dealt with it
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relaxed. After that I left since the children werent coming back till further
notice.
Kevin is a child who uses his fine motors realty well, On September he
was using plastic tangs to pick up small toys from a box container. On
October 24, 2016, the children were eating bagels (egg, cheese, ham) milk,
went over the farm house and he actually got a haircut. He looked really nice
and well presented. They had a visitor who was doing math activities with
the children. During circle time, Ms. Nancy asked Kevin what lives in a tree,
and Kevin said a monkey. I believed that Kevin said a monkey since the rest
Kevin is aware of how to keep friends which was asked during circle
time and his responds was No pelean, which means no fighting. This shows
that Kevin is able to show emotion towards being at school and able to give
one-single word answers. As the time passed by the children were playing a
math game. Kevin was counting cars and putting a number in each one. This
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Kevin is a child that I believed that he needs a lot of guidance from the
teachers and his parents. He is a 4 year old child, who has a hard time
socializing with other children and he is still developing his language and
thats something that he needs to improve. Majority of the time I have been
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observing Kevin, I would say he does participate some activities, but always
seems to get distracted. Kevin at the beginning couldnt share toys with
with teachers and students, to tell stories to others, and to ask questions.
and according to Mrs. Ortega he has a hard time sorting objects by shape
and colors. I had a conversation with Mrs. Ortega one day and she explained
how she was doing assessments with the class, she had asked Kevin to say
the colors of the objects and the response was that they were green. He
really hungry. That day the children were eating pancakes, milk and oranges.
He was playing in the farm house and with his car toys too. As I observe,
Kevin was fighting with a little girl. He didnt want to share his toys at all with
her.
Additionally, on November 7, 2016 Ms. Nancy was not there and there
was a substitute teacher named Mr. Tommy. The classroom was out of
control, children were acting out and not following the classroom rules. I was
able to notice several children fighting for the toys and pushing each other.
Kevin was at school really early and I thought that maybe mom was in a
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hurry. It turned out that Mrs. Ortega had asked mom to come in early and
discuss some issues about Kevin. She mentioned that Kevin is doing okay,
but her main concern is that Kevin needs help speaking. He has a hard time
saying some words and that mom agreed. The mom used an example with
the phrase a la fiesta which means to the party. She said that Kevin is
using it the wrong way to express his thoughts about a party they had over
the weekend.
Mrs. Ortega addressed the example and agreed with her. She
suggested that she will give her a worksheet of words that she can practice
at home with Kevin. Then something happen that Ive been wanting to hear,
speech therapy. Mrs. Ortega talk to mom about how she thinks this will help
Kevin, she will refer Kevin to a specialist and take it from there. The mothers
expression was a bit nervous, but she seemed relief about the problem.
Despite the areas that Kevin need helped in, he is a bright and
intelligent child who wants to learn. I created a lesson plan that is based on
something he loves to play with, which is the farm house. This lesson plan
includes activities that will help him with his cognitive, language, social and
emotional skills. I made sure to use books that he will enjoyed and I picked
out two books that were in Spanish. The teachers are doing their part too,
spending more time with him and reminding him to participate with other
children. Another thing will be the parents, its understandable that both
work they just need to find a time that is given to Kevin. They can make
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gets ready for dinner he can help mom out. Making small changes at home
According to beliefs and theories that were discovered Kevin fits into
something that Kevin needs help in, he has to get used of socializing with
other children. Kevin is a child who fits into the onlook behavior and solitary
In others words, Kevin still has time to be guided and help into the right
direction.
understand the development of a 4 year old child. I was able to find both
strengths and weakens in all the areas of development. Children are always
curious about different subjects and its up to teachers and parents to find
that to make it easier to teach a child and give him the support he/she
needs. Kevin is a child that will improve his language, cognitive and social
skills. I see him making new friends and taking part into group conversations
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