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Fine Motor Skills Observation of Karly

The document describes a 3 minute observation of a 3 year old girl doing a puzzle. It details her movements and actions while completing the puzzle over the course of the observation in 30 second intervals. The observation is part of assessing the girl's fine motor skills.

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Fine Motor Skills Observation of Karly

The document describes a 3 minute observation of a 3 year old girl doing a puzzle. It details her movements and actions while completing the puzzle over the course of the observation in 30 second intervals. The observation is part of assessing the girl's fine motor skills.

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CD 1100 KLAUSE

RUNNING RECORD SAMPLE

Date: 05/07/07 Observer: Jane


Time: 9:30 – 9:33 A.M. Objective: To document and assess
Karly’s fine motor skills
Child: Karly (3.2 years) Place: On the puzzle mat
Setting: Karly is at the puzzle mat during free play.
Time Observation
9:30 A.M. Karly kneeling, reaches across the mat with her
right hand. Slowly and still using one hand, she
brings the puzzle toward her. She places her left
hand on to the puzzle mat. Dropping her right
knee, then her left, Karly crosses her legs,
bending slightly over the puzzle in front of her.
“There, this one’s easy,” she says to herself.
9:31 A.M. Very slowly, Karly turns the puzzle upside down
and the puzzle pieces fall to the mat. Using her
right hand, Karly turns each puzzle piece over
carefully. Still sitting cross-legged, Karly turns
her attention to a group of girls giggling loudly as
they run past the puzzle mat. She shifts her
focus back to the puzzle.
9:32 A.M. She looks intently at the pieces. Choosing the four
corner pieces, Karly places one in each corner of
the puzzle frame. Using two fingers of the right
hand, Karly switches two of the pieces from the
top to the bottom of the frame. “There,” she
states and hits both her hands on her knees.
*Note that this sample covers only 3 minutes – your observation record should cover approximately 10 minutes

Reference
Queensland Government (2007). Methods of recording information.
Retrieved March 3, 2012 from:
http://vetpd.gld.gov.au…pdf/observation/observationsamples.doc

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