Child Study - Visit 6

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Visit 6 (Valentines Card)

February 10th 2008

2 years 5 months

Length of Visit – 2 Hours

Length of Activity – 30 Minutes

In this final visit with Alfie I am going to created a valentine’s card with him, I think this will help me to asses how Alfie’s fine motor skills have improved since visit one when Alfie was only 1 year and 10 months and he created a collage with help from me. I am hoping the Alfie will enjoy this activity as I have seen in previous visits he enjoys being creative.

Aims:

Emotional Aims

Does Alfie become frustrated when he isn’t able to have his own way?

Does Alfie find it easy to express how he feels?

Does Alfie like to do things unaided?

Intellectual Aims

Have Alfie’s concentration span improved?

Can Alfie match two or three primary colours?

Is Alfie willing to take turns and share with people?

Physical Aims

Can Alfie hold a pencil in his hand?

Has Alfie’s tripod grasp improved?

Can Alfie hold a crayon with thumb and fingers (not fist)?

Can Alfie draw using some wrist action; makes dots, lines, circular strokes?

Social Aims

Does Alfie enjoy helping Adults e.g. tidying up?

Is Alfie able to work in a team and co-operate with others?

Is Alfie able to hold a conversation with me?

Planning

I will need to bring the necessary equipment with me that is needed for the visit e.g. child friendly scissors, non toxic glue stick, card, glitter etc. I will need to bring a camera to take pictures of Alfie while he is creating the card to include in my visit. I will need to find a suitable area for Alfie to create the Valentines card, where he is able to be creative and make as much mess as he wants.

Predication and Expectations

I predict that during this visit Alfie will be able to hold a pencil in his preferred hand as it has been a while since I gave Alfie a creative activity to take part in, so I think his fine motor skills will have improved greatly since visit one when Alfie created a collage.  I expect Alfie to co-operate well with me as I have discovered in previous visits that Alfie is very friendly and co-operative and always willing to participate in activities. I expect Alfie to get frustrated when he isn’t able to get his own way, as he is around 2-3 years old and this is when the book “Child Development An illustrated guide” states temper tantrums usually occur.  I don’t expect Alfie to be able to hold a conversation with me yet as in previous visits I have only heard him say one or two word answers such as “thanks” and still has limited vocabulary. Although Alfie’s mother told me that Alfie is able to talk in complete sentences.

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I expect that Alfie will be co-operative in tidying up after the activities as I have found out in previous visits that Alfie is very helpful and always willing to do things for friends and family, also the book mentioned above states that children around Alfie’s age enjoy helping adults to do tasks such as tidying up.  

I predict that Alfie will enjoy doing this activity as the book above states children of Alfie’s age enjoy simple craft activities, such as playing with dough etc. I expect Alfie to be interested in learning about the environment around him and ...

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