Unit 303 Promoting Childrens Developement

Child B for her age she is well developed and is at the right stage for her age group. I have also looked at the stages of children's development.

Child B is a little more advanced than her age.

Observation 3

Up words Activity (Creative and Critical Thinking)

Child C is five years

Child C makes a word from the letters he has got and puts them together

I ask Child C can you read what it says there. Child C says elephant but actually he collected words saying slagthrn with out no meaning, I ask him can you spell it for me, Child C spells without any mistakes.

I notice when it comes to reading a word he finds it difficult to do so, but he can spell words well.

Child C needs to develop more on his language skills.

At his age he should be able to read short sentences but he can't, according to the stages of children's development he is not at the same stage of his age group. He is well behind.

Observation 4

Construction Activity (Positive Relationships)

Child D is seven years

Child D is using Lego, what you are making out of the Lego I ask child D

Child D says a Lego ship; his friends join to help him.

He first takes out the Lego pieces he needs and gives out instructions to his friends

He tells them how they need to build the ship and what Lego pieces to use, they also use colour coordination. As he finishes he tells his friend lets call our ship, master ship.

Child D is a bright child and is at the right stage of the learning development

He gives instructions; he uses his own initiative to build the ship.

His communication skills are excellent.

Observation 5

Dance and Movement (Physical Development)

Child E is four years

Child E is dancing on music, as I watch her she is using lots of different movements, she also uses ballet moves.

She is very active; she uses her hands and legs as she dances.

Child E is a well developed child and is very active and picks up different moves very quick. She is at the right stage of the learning development.

Observation 6

Cookery Activity (Creative And Critical thinking)

Child F is 3 years old

Child F is decorating cakes; he uses chocolate flakes on his cake and puts some

Gelly sweets on top n a bit of icing, As he does this he makes such a mess and uses much more than he supposed to. He shows me his decoration while I am watching him he says I am finished.

Child F is at the right stage of the child learning development

When all observations are complete, reflect on how you carried out the above task and include your own personal learning gained from the task. (Performance criteria 303.1)

Looking back at the tasks, I didn't do much on one to one observation at work, which left me in a slight setback as I did not know where to begin. However when the teacher explained exactly how to carry the observations out, I had a much clearer picture in front of me, thus started practising. I gained many things from the observations, in particular how children have their own methods of learning. Some are faster then others in picking up new things. The good thing about the observations was that it lets you know if the child is at the right stage of their age group. Also we can observe if the child needs additional help if he/she lacks in any areas.

For the following age groups:

* Birth - 3years

For the first month or so, a baby's behaviour is mainly controlled by inbuilt reflexes, such as rooting, sucking and swallowing.

They startle to noise and turn to the light. They sleep most of the time and cry when they hungry, in pain or unattended to.

Infants begin to learn as soon as they are born, but at this stage they prefer to be left undisturbed. They cry to make their needs known and are peaceful when their needs are met. Newborn infants do not realise that people and things exist apart and separate form themselves.

At this stage babies are utterly dependent on others.

Month

Babies continue to sleep most of the time and cry for their needs to be met.

They do smile from birth; but when they are 4-8 weeks old they begin to smile and make noises in response to happening outside themselves.

They learn to smile at voice and at the face also.

Babies begin to tell the difference between themselves and other people and things. They do this to have contact with their carers and by exploring using their five senses. They gradually come to understand who they are them selves, (personal identity) and what they think and feel about themselves.

They still totally dependant.

2 Months

They are beginning to be aware of their separateness from their carers.

Babies learn that touching a toy or a person's hands feels different to touching their own hand. These experiences help them to tell the differences between themselves and others.

During this stage the child will have more sense of what is going on, such as vision or hearing, enables carers to adapt their approach to meet the child's needs. They are still totally independent.

3 Months

Babies take a lot of interest in their environment at this stage.

They are maturing rapidly and physically. Babies turn their heads when they hear sound and to see what people are doing. Carers must take the time to talk, play and be with them. Babies need contact with other people.