Observation of Evan Toh

Child Observation Format (1) Anecdotal Records
Name of Child: Evan Toh Date of observation: 13/08/2019
Age/Gender: 3 years and 5 months Time: 10:00am to 10:30am
Setting: Block Corner
Developmental domain to observe: Social Development
Observation Interpretation
10:00am
N1 children were in the block corner area.
They were sitting against the wall and the
English teacher was in front of them with
three baskets (Lego blocks, Pipe links,
Click blocks). The teacher divided the
children into 3 groups. Each group has a
different toys basket. Evan chose the Lego
blocks basket. He chose a red Lego block
from the basket and made a tall tower.
Cosco was coming to him and asks “Evan,
can you give me a red color block?” Evan
shared the 2 red blocks. Evan and Cosco
sat down together beside the Lego basket.
10:10am
Evan took 5 red Lego blocks, stood up,
went to the right side block corner area and
sat down with Lyndon. Lyndon was using a
pipe links toys and making a car. Evan said
to Lyndon that he wants to play. Evan sat
down beside Lyndon and he took the 2
black wheels from Lyndon.
10:15am
Evan stood and went to the English
teacher, who was sitting in the middle of
the play area, and showed 2 wheels. The
teacher said “what are you making Evan?”
Evan sat beside the English teacher. Evan
stood again and went to the left side of
block corner and sat down with Charlie.
Charlie tried to fix the click blocker and
wanted to make a box. Evan said “I fix for
you” and he took the 4 click blocker (2 blue
colors, 1 red color and 1 green color) from
Charlie. Evan made the click blocker box
for Charlie. Evan stood up again and went
Evan is able to make his own
choices and express himself through
using toys. He does not dislike
sharing his toys with other children
of his age.
Evan was able to identify what he
needed and did not hesitate to
express his wishes to his peer.
Evan is somewhat indecisive about
what he wants to do. However he
likes helping people and seems to
have no trouble solving problems for
them.

to the right side of block corner. He held the
5 red blocks and sat down beside Lyndon.
He started making the tower again.
10:30am
The English teacher asks children “Time to
keep the toys”. Evan stood up from the
right side corner, took 6 red colour blocks
and put them into the Lego basket.
Evan is obedient and listens to his
elders. He is also organized and
keeps things he has taken back in
their place.
Vygotsky’s theory
According to Vygotsky’s theory of learning through play, the zone of proximal
development is created through play, which is the difference seen between what a
child could and could not do with and without guidance (Vygotsky, 1967), and that
playing is the main source of development of children in early years. During play the
child makes cognitive connections between words and objects, which help them in
reaching their highest cognitive capabilities (Vygotsky, 1967).
In this case, Evan is seen interacting with other children in a positive manner, where
is not unwilling to share toys with his peers. Through his tendencies seen during
play, it can be seen that he is helpful to others and organized in his own work. He is
also obedient to his seniors, such as the teacher. All of these are behavioural traits
seen through playtime and expresses much more about Evan’s tendencies of
communication and cognition than it would have in any other scenario. It is evident
that Evan is well equipped in handling social interactions, with peers and seniors
alike, and this development is clearly visible through his actions taking place in the
block corner.
Child Observation Format (2) Running Records

Name of Child: Evan Toh
Date of observation: 20/08/2019
Age/Gender: 3 years and 5 months
Time: 10:00am to 10:45am
Setting: Outdoor area, basketball court
Developmental domain to observe: Emotional Development
Time Observation Interpretation
10:00am At the basketball court,
Evan is sitting on the floor
with the other children and
listening to the English
teacher’s instruction. The
teacher is asking them to
squat down and raise their
hands. The English
teacher counts from 1 to
10 and then they jump
high.
Evan is obedient and
listen to the
instructions of the
teacher carefully.
10:03am Evan is squatting down on
the floor and his hand is
raised. The English
teacher is asking him to
jump. But he doesn’t want
to jump and he is still
squatting down.
Evan is hesitant at
jumping even though
he is willing to listen
to the teacher’s
instructions
10:04am The English teacher asks
him to rest for a while.
Evan starts crying and he
doesn’t want to rest.
Evan feels left out
when he is asked to
rest and therefore
cries to express
frustration.
10:05am The English teacher is
talking to Evan “If you want
to join us, you have to
follow what your friends
are doing”
The teacher gives
Evan the option of
joining only if he is
willing to participate in
the group activity.
10:06am Evan is still crying and
standing beside Cosco.
Evan stands beside
his friend because he
is feeling insecure for
being unable to join.
10:10am Evan stops crying and he
looks at his friend.
The English teacher is
drawing the boundary line
on the ground and she is
instructing the children,
“bend your knee, swing
your 2 hands and jump
Evan finally feels
comfortable enough
to stop crying when
standing beside his
friend, while the
teacher explains the
group activity.

over the boundary line”.
She demonstrates to the
children how to jump.
10:15am Evan is still standing alone
and the English teacher is
asking, “You want to join
with them?” Evan is
looking at the English
teacher and nods his
head.
Evan is willing to
participate in the
activity, which shows
his will to interact
socially and is finally
confident enough to
join.
10:17am The English teacher is
asking them to stand
behind the boundary line.
She counts to 3 and
instructs to jump.
10:18am Evan is still standing
behind the boundary line
and not jumping. The
English teacher is asking
him, “You want to jump or
not”. He is still looking at
The English teacher.
Evan is again hesitant
and scared of
jumping, even though
he is willing to
participate.
10:20am He is crying again. Evan is frustrated
again.
10:25am The English teacher is
conducting the activities
with other children. They
are jumping over the
boundary line.
10:26am Another teacher Lin Lao
Shi is walking towards
Evan and talks to him
“Evan let us jump over
together” Evan look at Lin
Lao Shi and nods his head
Evan feels confident
when the second
teacher offers her
assistance.
10:27am Evan jumps over with Lin
Lao Shi and starts to
smile.
Evan is happy that he
is able to accomplish
this task.
10:30am Evan jumps again. The
English teacher is taking
his photo of how he jumps.
Evan is now more
confident at jumping.
10:31am The English teacher is
asking the children to sit
down on the floor and rest
for a while.
10:35am The English teacher is
asking Evan to jump again
alone. Evan is jumping and
running back to the
English teacher.
Evan is confident and
happy that he is able
to listen to the
teacher’s request.