Emotional development: I would expect that Ruby wouldn’t really show any negative emotions except when we had to stop or she doesn’t have her own way. If her mum/ grandmother stay near her I expect she will be happy. This is because in Mary D Sheridan’s book “From birth to five years” it says “Likes to be in sight and hearing of familiar people.” I expect she will be happy and would laugh especially if she is told what she has done is good.
Social Development: I expect Ruby to pass me things when asked and accept rules because Pamela Minnet wrote in her book “Child care and development: 5th edition” that a child of 1 year “ He (she) understands and obeys simple instructions”. I don’t expect her to share because of her age and the fact she has no siblings. I expect her to try and attract the attention of her mum/grandmother. I think she be co-operative, but not for long.
Planning And Organization
I planned the activity by looking on the early learning website to see what activities it recommended for children on Ruby’s age and the types of development I was looking into. I choose making baby lambs because I had most of the materials needed. I bought the few remaining items I needed and collected the rest. I cut the templates for the sheep out before the visit so I didn’t need to take scissors. I also didn’t take anything that was unsuitable for Ruby’s age. The glue was child friendly.
Observation
When I arrived Ruby has been at nursery and was having a wash, as she was a little dirty. When she was all dry I set up with Ruby on my knee while Deborah got some juice and chopped grapes. Ruby walked towards the grapes and picked one up when Deborah had put them on the floor. She offered me the grape. I told Deborah what we where doing who told Ruby “we’re going to be doing sheep”. When Ruby saw the sheep templates she pointed at them with her index finger. I put glue on the body of the sheep and I showed Ruby how to stick them down. She seemed interested in what I was doing and made a fair attempted at copying me. She held the cotton wool with a palmar grasp. After doing 2 small sheep successfully she got a bit bored. She went to sit on her tricycle and refused to come when she was called. Deborah and I talked for a few minutes and Ruby crawled back to us. We had another go for the sheep and managed to but some cotton wool on both of the remaining sheep though not as much. Ruby understood me saying, “Take this” and she followed my instructions. While I was packing away she held the glue stick and chewed the bottom. When I left she walked towards me and hugged my knees and said “you go”. I left.
Evaluation
Physical Development: Ruby used a palmer grasp and a pincer grasp when picking things up. These are the type of grasps she should be using. She pointed to a lot of things with her index finger, which as normal and as I predicted. At one pointed she walked upright on two feet for 3 meters which is more than some-one of her age should as according to Pamela Minnet “ the baby can walk with one hand held. At this stage she walks with feet apart and with steps of varying length, and her feet have a tendency to go in different direction.” This shows that Ruby can do more than normal for her age.
Intellectual Development: I was right in expecting that Ruby couldn’t say black or white but when I asked her to point to white she did. She followed the instructions I gave her until she got bored and she recognized that it was a sheep once we had finished it. She also knew what noise a sheep made. She should be able to know this because according to Pamela Minnet “babies first words are nearly always labels for people, animals or things”. As seen in my introductory visit when Ruby says “baa-baa” it normally means sheep.
Emotional Development: Ruby didn’t show any negative emotion like I predicted. She got bored in the middle of the activity and walked off. She also gave me a hug the end. This was normal for some-one of Ruby’s age as Mary D Sheridan says in her book “ shows affection to familiar people”.
Social Development: I was right about Ruby’s social development. She was co-operative. Even when she walked off she still made the sheep even though we had to go to her which is expected for age because as stated before she obeys simple instructions.
