Assessment 6: Child Development Analysis

This case study analyzes the development of four children in a daycare setting, focusing on their strengths, weaknesses, and suggested planning activities to enhance their communication and social skills. The assessment is aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and emphasizes the importance of a supportive learning environment. Each child's unique needs are addressed through tailored activities aimed at fostering their emotional, social, and cognitive development.

Running head: ASSESSMENT 6
Assessment 6
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Task 1
1. Four children were observed for the assessment comprising of 3 years old, Taya who
is shy and that acts as the barrier. Khade is a 3-year-old boy having behavioural issue
like hitting and biting, as he is a loner because his parents are going through divorce.
Another child, Andrew is a three-year-old happy, kind boy and a soccer player. Allsys
is also a three-year-old child who loves to talk, dance and a bright, loving kid. These
four children observed at the day-care centre must be able to interact and participate
in the child-care centre among 15 children.
Learning and Development Summary
Child’s Name: Taya Date:
EYLF Learning Outcomes Weakness and Relationships
1. Shy and non-verbal Her shyness acts as barrier and she is unable to
contact with other and participate in different
activities at the child-centre.
2. She is not connected to the world
and lack sense of identity.
She lacks the ability to form relationships and
communicate with others.
3. She lacks a strong sense of
wellbeing
Emotional development: She is unable to
recognize and express her feelings.
4. She is not confident and deviates She is unable to connect to others and share her

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from learning ideas or feelings with others.
5. She is ineffective in communication Communication development is not proper as she is
non-verbal and inexpressive.
Child’s Name: Khade Date:
EYLF Learning Outcomes Weakness and Relationships
1. He lacks a strong sense of identity He is a loner and have serious behavioural issues
and unable to get connected to others and contribute
to the world.
2. He is not connected with and
contribute to the world
There is lack of social development as he is unable
to connect with others.
3. He lacks a strong sense of
wellbeing I
He lacks social development and face behavioural
problems that is hampering his physical and
emotional development
4. He is not confident and unable to
contribute to effective learning and
share own experiences and ideas
He is unable to contribute to learning as he has
habit of hitting and biting and inability to connect to
others

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5. He is ineffective in communication He is loner and cannot communicate with others.
Child’s Name: Andrew Date:
EYLF Learning Outcomes Strengths and Relationships
1. He has a strong sense of identity There is emotional development in him and he is
happy and a loving child.
2. He is connected with and contribute
to their world
There is strong sense of social development as he is
a kind boy and loving in nature.
3. He has a strong sense of
wellbeing
He has fine physical development, as he loves
soccer and has fine motor skill development.
4. He is confident and an able learner He is an active learner as he loves playing soccer
and contributes to learning.
5. He is an effective communicator. He has proper communication development as he
has loving nature and kind. He is receptive,

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expressive and verbal.
Child’s Name: Allsys Date:
EYLF Learning Outcomes Stregnth and Relationships
1. He has a strong sense of identity There is proper emotional development as he is
confident, independent, bright and empathetic.
2. He is connected with and contribute
to their world
He has proper social development, as he loves to
talk and connect with the outside world. As he is
communicative in nature, he has sharing nature.
3. He has a strong sense of
wellbeing
There is proper physical development as he loves
dancing and has fine or gross physical development
along with expression and recognition of
appropriate emotions.
4. He is confident and involved in
active learning
There is proper creative and active development, as
he loves to dance. He has the ability to explore
ideas, as he is a bright boy and share his knowledge
with others. He has the ability to concentrate,
sharing of information and explore ideas and his

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experiences. He also has disposition for play as he
loves dancing.
5. He is an effective communicator He has proper communication skills, as he loves to
talk and enjoy other’s company. He is expressive in
nature and very receptive through his verbal skills.
This shows proper communication development.
2. Planning suggestions
Child/
Group
Information gathered Planning suggestion
Taya Shy, non-verbal, She lacks communication skills due
to shyness and need for the
development of social skills.
Activities like singing and talking
activities, book-based activities,
good play experiences like
painting, drawing and musical
activities, speech therapy would be
helpful in enhance her verbal
communication and overcome her
shyness.

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Khade Behaviour issue, biting and
hitting, loner, parents divorced
This behavioural issue is due to the
divorce between the parents and
resulted in his solitude. This biting
issue is due to lack of
communication skills and language
development, therefore, he bites to
express his frustration and anxiety
as he lacks attention. The activity
involves slow-paced activities that
slow down his frustration and
aggression. He need to be engaged
in activities that remove him from
aggressive confrontations like
playgroup activities like singing
nursery rhymes and reading books
that help him to socialize and divert
his loneliness. This would also help
him to be exposed to his peers and
get exposed to speech sounds.
Andrew Loves soccer, happy and kind As he loves soccer, outdoor game
session would help in the physical
development and increase bone
development. As he is a kind boy,

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pairing him with other children, he
would help to cooperate in the
learning exercises, enhance sense
of belonging with others and
acknowledge others’ social abilities
along with his development.
Allsys Bright, love to talk and dance As Allsys appears to be
academically bright therefore, the
planning should be done to use his
intelligence for the proper cognitive
development. There should be
activities that help him solve
different problems in science,
mathematics, analysis of
information that enhances his
strength. The set of activities
include alphabets, numerical,
puzzle solving and animal
identification where he applies his
intelligence and maintains his
interest.
He should be allowed to direct his
own play through leisure

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experiences that enhances his sense
of belonging and relationships with
peers.
He should be engaged in dancing
sessions as he loves to dance and
group play activities that develop
his communication skills, as he
loves to talk.
Task 2
Taya Observat
ion
Khade Observati
on
Andrew Observa
tion
Allsys Observa
tion
Monda
y
Drawing,
painting
Materials
required are
drawing book,
pastel and
water colours,
white sheets of
paper
She
painted
with
crayons
and made
group
colouring
Reading
books-
Story books
He tried to
read the
story
given to
him
Outdoor
games-
Soccer
game
He
thoroughl
y enjoyed
the
soccer
session
Locking and
unlocking
game for
learning and
developmen
t, cardboard
boxes for
building
games
He was
very
active
while
working
with
other
kids and
enjoyed
the
game

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Tuesda
y
Group singing
-
Music player,
mike, drums
and other
music
equipments
She sang
with the
singing
choir
Nursery
rhymes –
Poem books
He recited
a nursery
rhyme in a
low tone
Spray
painting
sessions
It was
exciting
for him
and he
enjoyed
spraying
with
colours
Puzzle
solving
As he is
a bright
child, he
was very
intereste
d in
puzzle
solving
Wednes
day
Story telling –
Story books
She tried
to recite
the story
by
reading
aloud
Indoor games
like slow-
paced
activities,
Puzzles,
drawing
books, toys,
alphabets and
numbers
He
worked
well with
the small
group
while
matching
puzzles
and
played
with toys
Cool
down
exercise
s before
the
lunch
time
He was
very
calm and
that
diverted
him from
the
aggressiv
e
behaviou
r
Animal and
birds
identificatio
n
He was
very
receptiv
e during
this
game as
he is
intellige
nt and
ahead of
his age
Thursd
ay
Book based
activities like
reciting
rhymes and
poems
She
recited
the poem
given to
her
“Telephonic
game” that
help him to
communicate
with others
He was
little
uncomfort
able at
first,
gradually
he started
Floor
puzzles
Initially,
he was
confused
with the
puzzles,
however,
the other
Dancing
sessions
He loves
to dance
and was
very
graceful
and
enjoyed

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enjoying
the game
children
helped
him and
he took
interest
in it.
it
thorough
ly.
Friday Role play She
played the
role of
fairy
mother
and
recited
her
dialogue
“Identify the
object” game
that help to
communicate
and create his
own ideas.
He was
unable to
identify
the object
at first and
gradually
with help
from the
educator;
he was
able to
identify it.
Simple
yoga
postures
for
around
10
minutes
to
enhance
physical
develop
ment
Yoga
gave him
great
relaxatio
n and
balance
that
diverted
him from
aggressio
n
Outdoor
games like
yoga
postures,
cat and
mouse that
enhances
physical
developmen
t
Yoga
helped
him in
physical
and
mental
develop
ment
and he
felt
relaxed
during
the
session.
According to National Quality Standards (NQS) and Australian Children’s Education &
Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), Australia, a supportive and learning environment that
requires reflection (thinking), time and planning help them to develop and learn. It should be
well organized and safe, dependable and flexible that meets the needs of every child and adjusts

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accordingly. The above planning curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the four
children, encourages interaction between the children, and enhances group discussions
among them 1. For taya, drawing, book reading, rhymes are designed that encourage her
communication skills through verbal communication. This helps to overcome her shyness that
acts as barrier interacting with others. Story telling would also help her to collaborate with
others, create her own ideas, and share her experiences2.
For Khade, interaction is important. Due to lack of communication, he is unable to
interact, as he is a loner and frustrated as his parents are undergoing divorce. Slow paced
activities and games like telephone, identify the object help to enhance communication skills and
divert him from showing aggressive behaviour.
In the same way, physical environment is required for Andrew and Allsys. For them,
modification of the physical environment is important that arranges soccer, yoga and dancing
sessions that help to build their physical development and social skills while interacting with
others. Reading, rhyming and storytelling help to provide a literacy rich environment that
appreciates their home language as well as Standard Australian English when they experiment
with animal and bird picture books, images and puzzles 3.
Language and science are the two learning centres that are required to be evaluated and
monitored for the five days. When the four focused children were engaged in play based learning
and outdoor games, there is language development, communication skill enhancement and
physical and social development. When the children were engaged in storytelling and picture
1 VanHoorn, J., Nourot, P.M., Scales, B. and Alward, K.R., 2014. Play at the center of the curriculum. Pearson
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2 McLachlan, C., Fleer, M. and Edwards, S., 2013. Early childhood curriculum: Planning, assessment, and
implementation. Cambridge University Press.
3 Mayesky, M., 2014. Creative activities and curriculum for young children. Cengage Learning.