Infant Observation and Assessment 2022

Running head: INFANT OBSERVATION AND ASSESSMENT
INFANT OBSERVATION AND ASSESSMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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First Name of the Child: Veronica
Age of the Child: 11 months 17 days
Child Care Setting: ABC Child Care Center
Caregiver’s relationship to Veronica: Caregiver
Observation 1
15 minutes Block Play Activity
Start Time: 11.27 am
End Time: 11.42 am
Location and Activity: Toddling round the room playing with toys scattered on the floor of
the classroom
Running Record:
Veronica woke up at 11.25 am from a short nap. She had no sign of irritation on her
face. She made an attempt to find her caregiver appointed for her in the center. When she
finally saw her caregiver she had an extensive smile on her face. She was put down on the
floor. She first looked at her caregiver fixing her gaze on a 12 inch long doll and then
grabbed it from her caregiver in a firm yet friendly way. She observed her doll for some 1
minute or so holding it from the back with one hand and giving support to the neck of the doll
with the other. She intensely kept on staring at the doll and finally found out that a very tiny
part of its cloth is torn. The moment she understood the discrepancy in the dress she tried to
bring it to the notice of her caregiver immediately. She was visibly upset. In fact her smile

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disappeared for a certain time but it came back with her caregiver making airplane with her
hands flying towards her. Her energetic smile was regained and she removes her eyeballs
from the doll to a soft ball with vibrant red and yellow color. Around 11.34 am she initially
tried to hold the ball properly but failed thrice and on the fourth attempt she was successful in
holding the ball and threw it upwards. She looked pretty excited while the ball was on air for
a few seconds. She held the ball above her head for sometimes and then she drops it
unintentionally leading her to indulge into expressions of triumph. Therefore she picked up
the ball again and now she dropped it purposefully. This happened for a certain number of
times and she finally moved her eyes to her toys.
She was playing with her toys while she was sitting but now she heard the sound of
the calling bell so she had a change of expression on her face. Now she gradually tried to
move towards the bell, following the sound of it. It has been observed that each time the
calling bell was pressed there was a wide smile on her face with soft sound of laughter.
Veronica in a pink frock got amazed looking at herself in the mirror. She started planting
kisses on the mirror and smiled at the same time on the reflection. She was awestruck but her
reflection in the mirror that she was completely engrossed with could not make her very
happy for a long time. Her caregiver tried to make the girl separated from the mirror leading
her end up in whimpering. Veronica did not make much noise while whimpering rather she
seemed to be a silent kid while emoting. She freely roamed around in the room and toppled
over her toys multiple times but the caregiver did not show much concern about this rather
the body language and the gesture of the caregiver helped her to get back to her feet. She
invested all her energy in her activity because she was using almost all of her body parts
especially her right hand. She did not play with a particular toy for a long time rather her
attention kept on changing from one to the other. She tried to interact with her caregiver both
by verbal communication and through gesture. She made some incomprehensive sounds