As soon as we went threw the gates she let go of my hand and ran to the steps of the slide then went down the slide. She enjoyed this very much as she was screaming with joy, as she came down the slide. She wanted to go on the swing so she asked me polity to help her on; she didn’t really know how to swing herself, so she asked if I could teach her. Aysia needed a push start and help knowing how to keep the swing moving. I told her and showed her. She followed my instructions correctly, she found it hard. She couldn’t do it perfectly but she made a good effort. She was extremely happy that she had tried something new and said how she wanted to tell everyone that I taught her how to swing. She used her leg muscles but wasn’t perfect. She was slightly struggling. By this time it was time to leave as I told her that she didn’t want to leave. I thought she was going to cry but she just said ok then and made me promise to take her again.
I was very surprised that she wasn’t tired. Aysia was incredibly good. I took her to the shop and bought her an ice-cream and she was very grateful. I then dropped her home and she didn’t want me to leave, but I had to and she was upset about this.
Emotional Development:
Aysia enjoyed her trip to the park she was not upset at all in this visit apart from when we left but remembered that she could come back at any time so she was still happy. She followed instructions as she knew I was older and looking after her. She was very polite as usual. She smiled and laughed a lot in today’s visit.
She was slightly upset at the end of the visit when I had to leave.
Social Development:
In today’s visit I noticed that Aysia got very close with me and her social skills are growing she is learning to open up more and talk about her feelings. As there was no other children there she wasn’t able to play with other children but she did mention that it would be nice if I could play with her but I’m too big, or she could bring one of her friends.
GCSE child development CGP the revision guide age 4 says: child can wait for adult attention; Aysia is able to do this as she followed my instructions, as I was on the phone she waited until I had finished my conversation to talk to me which I found very polite.
Physical Development:
Aysia could run very fast she is not a lazy child at all. As she went up the stairs to the slide I noticed she could walk up the stairs with one foot on each step as an adult would walk. It says in the GCSE child development CGP the revision guide age 4 that she should be able to walk like this. Going to the park helped her develop her gross motor skills as well as her fine motor skills. This visit also helped her with co-ordination when she had bin on the swings. Aysia learned how to move her legs at the same time. I was surprised that she also felt safe going so high and wasn’t scared. She’s a very brave child of her age. She was struggling a lot at the beginning of this visit when on the swings but she did try her best.
Intellectual Development:
Aysia used her cognitive skills to recognise the concepts of speed and spatial awareness. She was able to recognise how high she was on the swings.
The concept of right and wrong have been explained to her as she knew when, and when not to cross the road she knew it was wrong to cross over when the red man was shown.
Evaluation:
In today’s visit I was able to study all P.I.E.S. Aysia is well developed for her age and is learning something new everyday. I believe this visit was a fun and interesting visit, it went very well. I had my worries that Aysia wouldn’t co-operate with me and would run around on the roads as I’d never taken a child out by myself before, but she was very good and held my hand which I was very pleased about.
