Joseph has been taught about smoke alarms and fires, he knows what to do if the fire alarm goes off and he likes to tell people who visit his home all about them. Joseph wants to be a fireman when he grows up.
Local environment
At the bottom of Joeys street, there is a small park, which he loves to play in. His mum takes him there twice a week, and he knows what days he goes and constantly asks if its Tuesday or Thursday. He likes to go the park in his battery operated car, he drives it there then has a play on the park then drives it back, with great pride. Every Saturday his dad takes him to watch his cousins play football, this is about a ten minute walk, he usually gets there by sitting on his dads shoulders, he loves doing this. After the match Joey loves running about with the ball trying to play but the older children usually join in and take the ball off him, which upsets him. After the football, Joey, his dad and his cousins all go the swimming baths; Joey is very egger to learn to swim.
Joey goes to a drop in crèche; it is about a ten-minute walk from his house. If the weather isn’t cold, his mum likes to make Joey walk half the way and then get pushed in a pram the other half.
Joey has a big garden and he likes to play in it, but he is not allowed without supervision dye to the busy roads near by.
Physical development
Joey has been able to walk for over a year, so he walks with no problems, he can run and he can climb stairs, slowly. But when he goes down the stairs he uses two feet to a step routine, he is average because according to Pamela Minnet, ‘The child can walk up and down stairs, two feet per stair, and can kick a ball without falling over’. Joseph can ride a bike with stabilizers; this is average for a child of Joseph’s age, according to Mary D Sheridan. I have noticed Joey is starting to be able to screw and unscrew lids from jars; he is very impressed with turning things. He has also learnt to turn door handles, which is causing problems as he keeps trying to get out of rooms and hiding. When Joey eats his dinner he can use a knife and folk, he still makes a mess but he is gradually getting better each day. Joey gets very angry when someone tries to dress him, he likes to have a go him self, then he will ask for help if need. Joey can take his clothes off with no trouble. He can undo buttons but if they are small he needs help doing them up.
Joey loves to draw, especially on walls he is slowly growing out of this but as a younger child he used too draw all over his house, this now only happens when he throws a tantrum, which isn’t very often. He can draw circles, which are pretty good for his age, which he likes to décor with a smiling face. Joey likes to do a lot of experiments by touching, smelling, and tasting, he is curious of everything. He likes to push, pull and fill things. Joey can turn pages in a book and point to things like ears eyes and noses on people in the books. Joey can stack blocks up to about four to five of them then they fall over, if not he pushes them. Joey likes to open draws and cupboards and take things out and put them on the floor, this frustrates his parents very much. According to the ‘NNCC’, Joey is a very average child.
Intellectual development
Joey loves to talk, if he is on his own he will sit in the mirror and talk to himself, most of the time he doesn’t know what he is saying, he will hear a word and repeat it ten times until you tell him what it means. Joey’s sentences are usually only about two or three words long,
E.g. "Go shop please," or "That mine."
He loves words adjective words, such as;
High, big, under or loud, he likes to describe traffic as “brum brum loud”, although he does know they are called cars. Joey cant say long sentences but he can understand them. Joey is just growing out of calling dogs “woof woof” and trains “chu chu”.
Emotional development
Joey likes to show his feeling a lot. He has bizarre mood swings regularly, once minute he’s laughing, the next he is crying his eyes out for no reason at all. I think this is because he is struggling to take control of his actions, impulses and feelings. Joey only has mood swings with his mum and dad, he hardly ever steps out of line when accompanied by someone who isn’t his parents, according to a ‘Mother and Toddler’ leaflet, “this is because the child trusts and knows there parents, they know how far the can push them. When they are with someone they don’t know, they don’t know the consequences that might happen if they play up”. I think Joey just likes to test the limits he can push his parents, this happens very irregularly. Joey likes to be independent. He gets frustrated very easily, but he is slowly growing out of this.
Social development
Joey sees him self as the centre of the universe, he likes attention and a lot of it! It is only harmless attention e.g. he will want to show you how he can run fast, but he needs to learn about everyone having turn to piece. When it comes to sharing toys, Joey is the complete opposite. He loves playing with other children’s toys and he enjoys watching others play with his, but he repeats constantly “that mine”. Others inspire Joey very quickly, he picks up on the slightest thing you do and tries to copy. Joey loves to play ‘Mums and Dads’, as he calls it, and he always insists on being the pet of the family. He runs around on his hands and knee shouting “WOOF WOOF”. This is very funny to watch but when he gets over excited he starts banging in to things and causing chaos. Joey likes to walk around in his crèche kissing all the boys and girls; some of the child like this but other run off crying, Joey cant understand why they do this. Joey often does what you tell him not to with, I think this is his way of showing his independents.
