Use Information about Children to Inform Practice

Running head: CHILDREN INFORMATION 1
Use Information about Children to Inform Practice
NAME
COURSE
UNIVERSITY/AFFILIATION

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The Introduction
The information about children plays some pivotal roles in ensuring that parents have
provided all the necessary support and care to their children. Consequently, this impacts
positively on the children side as they will grow-up in a conducive environment. In this report, I
asked for a permission from a service provider to collect information about one of the child in a
child care facility. I used observation methodology to gather information. In addition to
observation, I used secondary sources from related books, journals and articles. Some of the
methods that I used include; anecdotal records, work and time samples. The anecdotal records
technique is concerned with how specific incidents are represented in a written form. On the
other hand, time samples involves the process of counting the number of times in which a child
exhibits a certain behavior. Moreover, work samples involves drawings, paintings and dictated
stories. The main aim of this report is to discuss in details the information regarding a particular
child using the mentioned observation and recording techniques.
A Profile of the Child
The study involved a girl who was 4-years of age. Her development level can be
described according to the following capabilities; motor skills, English skills and social skills. To
start with motor skills, she participated in different activities not limited to kicking balls and
running. In addition, she played with toys and also participated in swinging. Besides, she started
to prefer certain body parts; for instance, she was throwing stones with her right hand. On the
other hand, she was able to understand some confusing terms, for example, “different” and
“same” as far as her English skills was concerned. Finally, the following are some of her social
skills:

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 She enjoyed company of other children.
 She was fun-oriented rather than temperamental.
 Although she understood rules that were used in different games, but sometimes she
was uncooperative.
Regarding background, she came from a middle-class family. Also, her parents were
happily married; therefore, there was no any point of separation as well as divorce. Nevertheless,
she had no any disability or other health issues. Moreover, she had elder sisters and brothers
whom she like very much. Last but not least, she had stayed in a day care for about three years,
thus interacting with her family members for only few hours.
What I Observed
The child played with some toys for about 10 minutes, afterwards, she asked her mother
to give her some food. In child care, she said to her friend, ‘give me your car toy.’ Her friend
gave her the toy and she started playing with it. She returned the car toy to her friend and said,
‘hey friend, I like your toy, I’ll tell my mother to buy for me one.’ Later, she had stomachache
and started crying till the care assistant came in and asked her what was the problem. She
replied, ‘Am not feeling well.’ The day care assistant replied, ‘please stop crying so that I can
take you home.’ She stood up and stopped crying. Then, the day care assistant took her to the
medical center. Besides, the child was kicking her ball one day. Then, another child came and
said to her, ‘please let’s play together.’ She refused to play with that child and said to him, ‘go
away I can’t play with you.’ The other child took the ball and threw it away. Consequently, she
started crying and slapped the other child. Moreover, the observation checklist has been outlined
below:

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CHILD’S NAME
DATE
TIME
Check the following information and record any concerns.
Language Skills
Starts conversations. She started talking to her friends as well as care assistants.
Understanding level. She had low understanding regarding seasons and days of the week.
Read properly and write correct spelling. She was able to understand meaning of different words.
Perceptual Skills
Takes part in extra-curricular activities such as music. She participated in dancing.
Follows instructions. She followed her parents’ instructions and also game rules.
Give comments on other people’s ideas. She participated in discussions actively.
Motor Skills
Rides bicycle. She did not manage to ride a two-wheeled bike.
Play ball games. She managed to kick a ball.
Climb trees. She tried to climb trees but her efforts remained futile.
Draw objects such as people and buildings. She drew objects such as circles and a line.
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