When we got to the park there were three other children there about nine years old playing in the park. Joey wanted to play with them but the other children weren’t interested in Joey, this made him cry. I explained to Joey that they didn’t want to play with him because he was too young and they were playing to rough for him. I think he understood me because he quickly calmed down. The first piece of apparatus Joey went on was the slide; I helped him to the top then ran to the bottom of the slide and stood on it with my legs apart so he could slide though. Joey was screaming with excitement. After about four goes on the slide Joey got bored of it, so he began to run to the climbing frame. Although it was a suitable one for young children I was nervous of leaving Joey alone to play so I stood close by trying to hold his hand. Joey got angry with me because I was trying to help him so everything, and he shouted “go way” which means go away. I explained to Joey that I was only trying to help him and he sat on the corner of the climbing frame for about five minutes and I stood close by. After the five minutes Joey came to me and said “sorry”, I was very pleased that he done this because he showed that he had understood me. I praised him for doing this, he seemed happy then he asked me to help him get on the swing. As I was pushing Joey I gave him a ‘duck under’, this is were you push the swing high then run under it. He was laughing so much he had tears in his eyes, I felt relived that Joey was happy.
After Joey had been playing on the park for about 45 minutes I asked him if he wanted his packed lunch, he replied “yes please”. We went and sat on a near by bench and got the food out. Joey is a large eater, and he will keep on eating even if he is full until he is sick, so you have to give him certain amounts. I gave Joey a sandwich first and I noticed he was trying to put it all in his mouth at once, so I had to break it up because he didn’t understand, or he didn’t want to understand when I told him about eating bits at a time. Joey ate two sandwiches, dairy lee dunker, an apple, a packet of crisps and a bottle of orange juice. We sat on the bench for about 15 minutes to let his food settle in his stomach. Joey ran to the bin to put his rubbish in without me having to tell him, I was impressed with this. As he was at the bin a dog came running towards him so I ran over and Joey was screaming so I picked him up an walked away. He was petrified of the dog and said he didn’t want to stay in the park any long, so I took him home. I took him about 15 minutes to calm down and he wouldn’t let me put him down until we got near his home. I dropped him off at his house and as I was about to leave he ran to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss and said, “see later Helen”, and smiled, so I was pleased that he had a good time.
Evaluation of P.I.E.S
Physical – Joey was able to play on a lot of the apparatus with my help, and I found he is a fast runner for his age. I expected Joey to need a lot more help than he actually did while he was playing. I found that Joey needs some attention giving to him while he is eating because I think that he hasn’t grasping the idea of eating small pieces at a time, and he needs to learn about being full up.
Intellectual – I was very impressed with his listening and language skills, can have a conversation with you, and I found that most of his answers were three to four word sentences, according to ‘iVillage Inc’ which is a company that gives advice on toddlers to parents, “A two year old is excepted to be able to give two to three word answer replies”, so Joey is just above average with his language.
Emotional – On this visit Joey showed me a lot of different emotions, he laughed, he cried, he smiled he done everything I expected. Joey showed fear when the dog ran towards him and according to the NNCC, “A child at the age of two should be able to express feeling of fear”, this shows that he is average. Joey showed me that he can get very jealous, while we was in the park I was talking to a woman who was with her young son, and I held the baby. Joseph got very angry and started pulling me away from the woman, I knew he was jealous because all the attention weren’t on him. As Joey is an only child he is used to being fussed about and getting all the attention. Joey can be extremely demanding and persistent at times.
Social – Joey shown that he is a sociable child because he wanted to play with the other children in the park, and he wasn’t shy to confront them. I found that his attention span isn’t very long because he could only go on each the apparatus for no longer than five minutes without getting bored, but according to the NNCC this is average for Josephs age.
