Child Observation Form - B Certificate III in ECE - Tracy

This assignment presents a completed child observation form for a 4-year-old named Tracy, as part of a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education assessment. The form details observations of Tracy's interaction skills, language skills, and play, noting her passive interaction style and constructive play stage. The observation includes an assessment of her gestures, single words, and word combinations, revealing poor communication skills and a reluctance to imitate others. Parent feedback highlights Tracy's recent emotional distress due to the loss of a pet dog, impacting her social interaction. The overall comments suggest that Tracy is a soft-hearted child struggling to socialize, and recommends interventions such as introducing a new pet and encouraging new activities to facilitate her development. This assignment offers insights into child development and the importance of addressing emotional and social needs in early childhood education.

Child Observation Form - B
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 4
Child’s Name: Tracy
Age: 4 years
Use this form to record your interaction with children 2 years old and above. Follow the
instructions below:
1. With the assistance of the parent, interact with the child.
2. Gather more information from the parent’s own experiences with the child
3. Record relevant stories or anecdotal information from the parent
4. Use the form below to document your observations:
Observation Guide
Frequency
Comments
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
INTERACTION SKILLS
Child looks at the parent ×
She looks at her parent
depending on her mood. No
particular reason was noted
Child shifts attention from an object or
person to the parent
(demonstrates joint attention)
× She is easily distracted by new
things she observes.
Child initiates to the parent
(verbally or non-verbally) × She often communicate verbally
with her parents
Child responds to the parent
(verbally or non-verbally) × Parents pay full attention to the
need and give verbal response.
Child’s interaction style:
Social | Reluctant | × Passive | Own Agenda
Comment
Tracy interaction is passive style as she is easily distracted with new object and does not
respond other person. She used to do thing of her own wish.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Gestures:
a) Child uses a few gestures (e.g.
showing, waving bye-bye) × Tracy never noted to be show
any sign for gestures.
b) Child uses lots of gestures,
including pointing
× Whenever she has to
communicate she use points and
fingers, which show her nature of
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Child Observation Form - B
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 4
introvert.
c) Child imitates gestures ×
Tracy has not been reported to
imitate gestures of any one as she
like to do things of personal
wish.
Single words:
a) Child uses a few single words ×
She is a quite child and does not
use full sentence for
communication.
b) Child uses lots of single words ×
When she is tried to
communicated she use to answer
the thing in single words, which
is the area of concern
c) Child imitates single words ×
Sometime it is noted she imitates
words which is due to her
behaviour towards people.
Single words combined with gestures:
a) Child uses complementary gestures
(a word + a gesture that represents
the same thing. For example, child
says “Daddy” when pointing to his
dad.)
× She does not communicate with
her parents efficiently.
b) Child uses supplementary gestures
(a word + a gesture that adds new
information to the message. For
example, child says “Daddy” and
points to the ball he wants.)
×
She often communicate with
using pointing things, which
shows her poor communication
skill
Word combinations:
a) Child uses a few word
combinations × She often talk with using single
words
b) Child uses lots of word
combinations × Communication is poor
c) Child imitates word combinations ×
She tries to give effort to
communicate using full sentence
however she fails to express her
feeling
Child’s stage of communication:
Discoverer | Communicator | ×First Words User | Combiner
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Child Observation Form - B
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 4
Comments:
From observation it was noted that she has poor communication skill and less attached with her
parents. She like to do thing of own wish and does not imitate other.
PLAY
Child’s stage of play:
Functional Play| × Constructive Play | Pretend Play
Comments:
She is at constructive play where she is learning new things and trying to acquire and adapt to
the new situation. Tracy is not able to communicate however, she does show effort to interact
with people.
PARENT FEEDBACK
Provide examples of relevant stories or anecdotal information the child’s parent shared with you
about the child:
From observing the child, parent was investigated about the behaviour Tracy possessed. Her
parent revealed that she used to have a dog pet to which she was greatly attached and often
spends quality time with the dog. However, few months before, the dog died because of health
issue which has mentally affected Tracy. From that time she love to be in isolation and missing
her dog.
OVERALL COMMENTS:
From the review of the parents and observing the child, it can be said that she is soft hearted
child who love animals. She tries to interact with people however, her psychology does not
allow her to socialise. Hence, there is the need to communicate with Tracy about the issue and
make her lead to right path. There is also the requirement that her parents should address the
issue and bring her another dog and involve her in new activities. This will make her more
active and quick learner.
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