Observation of Children Playing with Sensory Table

Running head: SOCIOLOGY
Sociology
Name of the Student
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Part 1................................................................................................................................................2
Anecdotal Records.......................................................................................................................2
Part 2................................................................................................................................................7
Data analysis................................................................................................................................7
Discussion on the results...........................................................................................................10
Conclusion and Suggestion............................................................................................................12
Reference list.................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The sensory table play includes incorporating preschoolers to play with plastic beads.
Along with the plastic beads a good number of containers and equipment are provided to them.
The game is unstructured and preschoolers need to use their imaginative power in order to play.
According to Follari (2015), sensory play can be considered to be one of the best ways that help
in the development of the child. The sensory table is basically a table full of materials that get
children to use all five senses. The table is set up to let children learn and engage their senses by
interacting with everything that is being presented to them. In this report, 3 children will be
observed while playing with the sensory table. The skills, activities, and observation of the three
children will be noted down with the help of an Anecdotal record template. Following data
collection, data analysis will be performed in the report where a detailed discussion about the
observed skills and behaviors' of each child will be performed. Finally, an effective
recommendation to enhance the capability and skills of each of the children will be provided in
this report.
Part 1
Anecdotal Records
Activity observed Child 1 (male) Child 2 (Female) Child 3
playing at the sensory
table
 Is totally
engrossed in
 Constantly
communicatin
 Was
attentively

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Time observed: 3
minutes 8 seconds
the sensory
table activity.
 Prefers
playing the
game while
standing.
 Des does not
follow his
peers while
playing.
Prefers to play
independently.
 Not
communicatin
g with any one
of his peers.
This act
demonstrates
that child 1 is
introvert in
nature.
 Is using a
funnel and a
g with her
peers while
playing.
 Helped her
peer to
understand the
game. While
child 1 was
pouring beans
into her
container,
child 2 told
him that it's
her container
and hence he
should feel his
container
instead of
filler hers’.
 Is getting
detracted
while playing.
This act of her
listening to the
instruction of
the educator
for playing.
 Paused for a
moment and
tried to find
out a chair for
comfort.
 Helped the
educator to
place the
chair.
 Was playing
by her own but
was
communicatin
g with child 2.
 Was trying to
play with a
good number
of equipment.
 Planning her