Observation 3: Preschool Observation: Domains of Development Dawn Ledford CHDV 100: Child Growth and Development Instructor: Sandy Visser-Jones 6 November 2013Child's First Name:_Ka'co Child's Age: 4 years Domain: Physical Development 1. Appearance and growth: Describe the child’s body build, posture, heights, and weight Ka‘co is slender with longer legs. From his chest tothe bottom of his chin is about three inches. His height was around forty to forty-five inches. He is taller then the other kids. Gross & Fine Motor Skills: 2. What types of play did you observe the child engaging in? Based on your observations of this play, determine which parts of their play involved Gross or Fine Motor Skills and list them accordingly in the space below. Gross Motor Skills: 1. Kalcorantothe table = 2. He tums around with figure pretending to fly it around the room moving forward and backward oe 3. He jumps up from a crouching position 4. He crawls and rolls around on the floor Fine Motor Skills: ge 1. He held the dinosaur and made its mouth bite the side of the truck with his fingers 2. He helped to set the table for lunch time 3. He places a block down for another kid to put a figure on it 5 4. He pushed buttons on radio 3. Does this child seem to prefer large or fine motor skill activities? Why do you say this? The child does not seem to have a preference from what | observed. He was oocontinually switching from large motor to fine motor and then he would combine them. 4. Describe the gestures and facial features used by the child to communicate. He smiles a lot. He was arguing with another child at one point and Be furrowed his brow. He was listening to the teacher with wide open ee 5. Describe at least 4 indications of good health that you can see by observing this child. Ka'co is very energetic most of the time. He was clean and did not have any crusty stuff on his eyes or around his nose. He played well with others and did not appear to get really angry or mad the three times | saw him. There was only one time he has a slight tiff with another child. Another sign he was in good health was that he is able to focus on things = Physical Development: Analysis/Concluding Thoughts very intently and can see what needs to be done. Ka’co physical development is typical, His physical development is in ment is typical, accordance with the milestones in motor development on the chart in figure 8.4 in the textbook (Fabes and Martin, 2009). He walks backward and can jump AN continually. He tums around and uses his hand movements well. “By age four, ex" ‘most children can jump on level ground, using their arms appropriately to help propel them” (Fabes and Martin, 2009, p.251). Ka'co has shown that he can do these things revealing that his development is indeed typical. Ka’co also has a well-developed visual system; he is able to focus on specific things. This shows that his brain is continuing to develop (Fabes and Martin, 2009). “Areas of the brain associated with the ability to focus the eyes and with eye movements