ACTIVITY BASED ASSESSMENT
Date: December 6, 2017
Teacher: Marisol Cisneros
Child: M.N.
Child’s Age: 2 years 3 months
Setting: A classroom with 10 toddlers, ages 18 to 36 months, at Brigham Young University-Idaho. M.N and I
sat on the floor, where 2 other children played with blocks nearby.
Detailed description of the activity, with photo:
Domain
Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Matches objects by a single
characteristic (size, color, shape, or
quantity).
Presentation of materials:
Demonstrate putting the red triangle
pieces in their appropriate colored
holes from the pile of mixed up
colored pieces. Encourage the child to
do likewise with the yellow and green
pieces.
Prompt: Do/Say
Mix the green and yellow pieces
together and ask the child to place the
green and yellow pieces where they
belong.
Child’s Response:
M.N. was able to identify the correct
colors. He the yellow pieces in the
yellow stand and placed the green
pieces in the green stand.
Have the yellow and green stands placed in front of the
child as well as their corresponding pieces. Encourage the
child to place the pieces in their appropriate holes by either
size, shape, or color.
Domain
Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Orders objects by size, volume, height,
weight, and length.
Presentation of materials:
Place the red triangle pieces in their
appropriate sized holes. Hand the
child three pieces (green or yellow)
that correlate with the colored stand.
Prompt: Do/Say
“Put the circle pieces in the right sized
hole.”
“Put the square pieces in the right
sized hole.
Child’s Response:
M.N. would attempt to put the
medium sized piece in the biggest hole
but when he went to put the biggest
piece in the medium sized hole he
paused and then tried to put it in the
small hole and then took out the
medium sized piece and placed the
biggest piece in the biggest hole. After
that he placed the medium piece in the
medium hole and the smallest piece in
the smallest hole.
Domain
Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Identifies two geometric shapes
(circle, square).
Presentation of materials:
Show the child that each of the
different colored pieces have a
different shape. Place the triangle
pieces in their appropriate shaped
holes.
Prompt: Do/Say
“I put the triangles in their spot. Put
the squares and circles in their spot.”
“Where do the circles go?”
Child’s Response:
M.N. didn’t acknowledge this
question and took out the triangle
pieces from of their spots and
attempted to put all the pieces in
their appropriate holes at random.
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Date: December 6, 2017

Teacher: Marisol Cisneros
Child: R.M.
Child’s Age: 1 year 9 months
Setting: A classroom with 10 toddlers, ages 18 to 36 months, at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Remy and
I sat on the floor, where 2 other children played with blocks nearby.

Detailed description of the activity, with photo:

Have the yellow and green stands placed in front of the

child as well as their corresponding pieces. Encourage the
child to place the pieces in their appropriate holes by either
size, shape, or color.

Domain Domain Domain

Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Matches objects by a single
characteristic (size, color, shape, or
quantity).
Presentation of materials:
Demonstrate putting the red triangle
pieces in their appropriate colored
holes from the pile of mixed up
colored pieces. Encourage the child to
do likewise with the yellow and green
pieces.
Prompt: Do/Say
Mix the green and yellow pieces
together and ask the child to place the
green and yellow pieces where they
belong.
Child’s Response:
R.M. took out the red pieces from the
stand. He then attempted to place the
green pieces in the yellow stand, some
of the yellow pieces in the red stand,
and then a red piece in the red stand.
As he continued to try put the pieces in
the correct colored stand, and
continued to get some incorrect he
then removed the pieces that were in
their stands by waving both of his
hands back and forth and mixed up
the pieces that were on the ground.
Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Orders objects by size, volume, height,
weight, and length.
Presentation of materials:
Place the red triangle pieces in their
appropriate sized holes. Hand the
child three pieces (green or yellow)
that correlate with the colored stand.
Prompt: Do/Say
“Put the circle pieces in the right sized
hole.”
“Put the square pieces in the right
sized hole.
Child’s Response:
R.M. first grabbed the smallest piece
and put it in its correct hole. He then
attempted to put the biggest piece in
the medium sized hole and then put it
in the biggest hole. He then put the
medium sized piece in the medium
sized hole.
Cognitive/Math
Skill:
Identifies two geometric shapes
(circle, square).
Presentation of materials:
Show the child that each of the
different colored pieces have a
different shape. Place the triangle
pieces in their appropriate shaped
holes.
Prompt: Do/Say
“I put the triangles in their spot. Put
the squares and circles in their spot.”
“Where do the circles go
Child’s Response:
After I asked him where the circles
went, he first grabbed a square piece
and attempted to put it in a circle
stand. He then attempted to put it in
a different sized circle stand and then
finally tried to place it in the square
stand.