Observation Assignment

Rhona Henry Tappin

CHPC 120

Linda Langevin
October 29, 2019

The children had just finish eating their lunches and assembled in the play and reading

area. I chose Mia for my observation assignment and she is 3 ½ years old. At 1.15pm Mia sat

with the other children and caregivers while they sang the Wheel on the bus goes round and

round. At 1:16pm Mia joined with the group and her language was very clear. She made hand
gestures in a circular motion like wheels just as the caregivers demonstrated. At 1:17pm Mia also

demonstrated body movements by moving her hips from left to right. At 1:19 Mia also tried

mimicking the caregiver uttering swish, swish, swish sounds which represents the sound of the

wiper blades on the bus. At the end of that song exercise everyone clapped their hands including

Mia. At 1.20pm Mia continued clapping her hands while moving her hands up and down. She

also used her hands to tap the rhythm of the song the wheel on the bus on her legs while showing

a smiley face.

At 1.22pm the caregiver introduced a reading book with pictures and asked the children

to identify the different objects. At 1:23 Mia sat the closest to the caregiver with the book and

she was very focused, trying to identify one of the object. At 1:24pm Mia was able to point at the

object she knew and called it by name clearly. Mia repeated the name of the object twice by

saying “It’s a pumpkin, it’s a pumpkin”. Mia got high 5 from caregivers and stood up and leaped

from the ground three times. The caregivers introduced another song, they sang heads shoulders

knees and toes. At 1:25pm Mia did not take participate in the activity she leaned herself against

the wall hanging her head down and call the caregiver mommy .Mia repeated mommy twice

before making an attempt to participate. At 1:27pm Mia started watching the other children

making an attempt while she shook her legs back and forth to the tune of the song.

At 1:28pm Mia was placed at a circular table with other children and was given a colored

sheet of cartridge paper by the care giver. At 1:29 Mia began hitting the paper with both hands

for approximately 10 seconds while rocking her upper body left and right and back and forth.

The caregiver gave Mia small pieces of paper with glue to paste to the larger paper. Mia paused

for about 5 seconds while watching the others doing the exercise. At 1:30pm Mia took the small

pieces of paper and glue them to the surface given to her. At 1:32pm Mia took the large piece of

paper and held the top of the paper with her thumb and her index finger and tore the paper all the

way to the end. At 1:33pm Mia continued tearing the paper the same way she started Mia
continued for about 5 seconds. At 1:35pm Mia started imitating the caregivers by saying ‘Good

job guys, good job. At 1:37 Mia received multi-color loose tools from the caregivers she started

moving her head from left to right uttering “No, no, no”. I want the blue and red ones.

At 1:38pm the caregiver asked Mia if she wanted to use other loose tools Mia nodded her

head up and down three times then the she uttered yes. At 1:39pm Mia started yelling “I want to

pee, its coming down. I want to pee hurry, hurry”. At 1:43pm Mia came running from the

washroom while trying to pull her zipper up while heading towards the toy room. She was seen
climbing on a chair to get into a toy box, she put her right foot over first but she was unbalance

as the box was shaking. At 1:44 Mia paused to balance herself then she put over her left foot and

jumped in to box. At 1:45pm Mia shouted a happy scream “ I did it, I did it, I did it.

Describe three gross motor skills

Climbing

Based on the observation given by Rhona Henry Tappin in the fourth paragraph in line 3

At 1:43pm Mia came running from the washroom while trying to pull her zipper up while

heading towards the toy room She was seen climbing on a chair to get into a toy box while she

put her right foot over first .

Balancing

According to observation done by Rhona Henry Tappin in the fourth paragraph in line 6

at 1:44pm Mia paused to balance herself from the shaking toy box before putting her left foot
over to enter the box

Jumping

According to observation done by Rhona Henry Tappin in the fourth paragraph in line 6

at approximately 1:44pm after running from the washroom and climbing in the box Mia’s entire

body was over the box and she was able to jump inside the box.

Describing three fine motor skills

Hands

Based on observations done by Rhona Henry Tappin in the 1st paragraph in line 4 at

1:16pm Mia was see using hand gestures in a circular motion making the shape of a wheel while

the caregivers sing the wheel on the bus goes round and round. At 1.20pm Mia continued

clapping her hands while moving her hands up and down. She also used her hands to tap the

rhythm of the song the wheel on the bus on her legs while showing a smiley face. . At 1:29 Mia

began hitting the paper with both hands for approximately 10 seconds

Fingers

According to observations done by Rhona Henry Tappin At 1:32pm Mia took the large

piece of paper and held the top of the paper with her thumb and her index finger and tore the

paper all the end.

Holding small Items

According to observation done by Rhona Henry Tappin in paragraph 4 line 4 At 1:43pm

Mia came running from the washroom while trying to pull her zipper up while heading towards

the toy room. In paragraph 3 line 4. The caregiver gave Mia small pieces of paper with glue to

paste to the larger paper.

Language skills
 Speaking

According to observations done by Rhona Henry Tappin in paragraph 1 line 8 At 1:19

Mia also tried mimicking the caregiver uttering swish, swish, swish sounds which represents the

sound of the wiper blades on the bus. Also in paragraph 2 in line 4 and 5 Mia repeated the name

of the object twice by saying “It’s a pumpkin, it’s a pumpkin”.

Listening
According to observations done by Rhona Henry Tappin in paragraph 4 line 1and 2 At

1:38pm the caregiver asked Mia if she wanted to use other loose tools Mia nodded her head up

and down three times then the she uttered yes.

What did I learn about Mia

According to the Child Development Chart-First Five Years, Mia is developing within her

range for her age she is a very active child and is not timid to express her feelings. Mia is not

afraid of taking risks. At 1:39pm Mia started yelling “I want to pee, its coming down. I want to

pee hurry, hurry”. Mia also came running from the washroom while pulling her zipper. In

paragraph 3 line 5 you could see how observant Mia was. The caregiver gave Mia small pieces

of paper with glue to paste to the larger paper. Mia paused for about 5 seconds while watching

the others doing the exercise.

Discuss some of the major theorist

Gross Motor Skills

Mia’s gross motor skills are functioning within her range. According to observations done

by Rhona Henry Tappin in paragraph 4 line 4 and 5 She Mia was seen climbing on a chair to get

into a toy box, she put her right foot over first but she was unbalance as the box was shaking. She

was able to accomplish that by herself.

Fine Motor Skills