Analysis of a Child's Learning Story and Development

This assignment presents an analysis of a child's learning story, observing interactions and activities within a play school setting. The analysis highlights aspects of child development, including social interaction, language acquisition, and engagement in various learning activities. It discusses the importance of timely meals, adequate sleep, and the role of physical and artistic activities in fostering cognitive and physical growth. The assignment also explores strategies to encourage learning, such as providing opportunities for creative expression, enhancing communication skills, and promoting responsibility and fairness. The review emphasizes the significance of creating a supportive and stimulating environment to facilitate children's holistic development. References to relevant research papers are included to support the analysis.

Child’s Name: …………………….. Date: ……………………………… Observer: ………………………….
Focus A Learning Story
Taking an interest
Finding an interest here – a topic, an activity a role.
Recognizing the familiar, enjoying the unfamiliar, coping with
change
There are multiple kids in the video. They
are in a play school learning through play.
The class seems very crowded as children
are making noise. The class starts at 8:30
am so the day for all kids’ starts quite early
about at 7 in the morning. There is a boy in
the video and he seems quite obedient as he
is following the instructions of his tutor.
All of the kids enjoying each other’s
company. He seems very sincere as he is
having his meal without making any
problem to the tutor whiles others shouting
and not having their meal properly. There
is a girl and she seems an apple of the
tutor’s eye. All of the kids love spending
time in the class as tutors making learning
interesting. Playtime is 9:30 am to 10 am
and during this time all kids having lots of
fun with other kids. There is another boy
looks very active in physical activity as he
is roaming around all over the class. One of
the kids loves vegetable sticks, cheese and
milk in his breakfast as he is having all
these items in his meal. All of the kids
having fun and few of them are very active
and giving full attention in the class and
also focus on the topic which was being
discussed by teachers. Once teacher asked
a question related to the topic that has been
discussed by the tutors in the class one of
the kid gave the answer immediately
thereafter. There is a girl sat between two
boys and she seems very friendly and
familiar to other kids. During the meal time
that girl sharing her meal with others that
makes her a trusting kid. During the
remedial classes, a girl did not find any
difficulty in doing all the tasks which was
being shown by the tutor while others were
struggling. She was making it easy by
Being involved
Paying attention for a sustained period, feeling safe, trusting
others. Being playful with others and / or materials
Persisting with difficulty
Setting and choosing difficult tasks. Using a range of strategies
to solve problems when ‘stuck’
Expressing an idea or a feeling
In a range of ways eg. Oral language, gesture, music, art,
writing etc.
Taking responsibility
Responding to others, to stories, and imagined events, ensuring
that things are fair, self-evaluating, helping others, contributing
to program

following a strategy and that was helping
her in enhancing her thinking power. All of
the kids are participating in singing which
is being held by the tutor. There were 2-3
kids who stand up and went to the tutor and
singing along with her. One of the kids was
feeling shy in singing but once he started
singing, his command on language was
noticeable. It was awesome. Not only the
oral language but the writing skills of all
kids were also good. When the class ends
about 12 pm tutors change the dippers of
Short term Review
What learning do I think went on here?
(Main learning in the story)
The story shows that kids with active
exposure to language have an educational
and social advantage and the best exposure
of language is reading (Czochralska-
Szczgiel, 2016). The things that kids can
learn from the story that is the timing of the
meal. Kids should have their breakfast,
lunch, and dinner in a timely fashion. It is
also important for kids to have at least
eight hours of sleep (Harrison, Anderson &
van Vliet, 2012). Kids might go for a
difficult task as it can improve their
thinking skills and how to build strategies
in order to deal with difficult situations.
Kids can also focus on enhancing their
command over oral language and writing
What next?
How might we encourage this learning
(interest / ability/ strategy / disposition) to
be:
*more complex
We should allow kids to create pictures that
are in their mind of what they just heard
and read (Carr, 2009). Schools require
organizing art activities on a frequent basis
that can help in increasing their level of
thinking. Physical activities are also very
much important for kids. We need to
engage them in an activity that requires
physical labor that can help them in
growing (Philipp, 2012).
*appear in different ways
We require giving them a chance of
explaining things that can help in analyzing

skills also. They would also learn that we
should help others in their difficult
situation (Masi, 2008).
how they are making sense of information
and how they are mentally feeling it.
Remedy classes can also help kids in
improving their visual memory We require
teaching the parents' of kids about the
importance of bed timing and waking times
of kids and also the importance of daily
nap(Shin, Lee &Yoo, 2015).
References
Czochralska-Szczgiel, Z. (2016). Your best activity…: Big Toddle turns into an outdoor
adventure. Practical Pre-School, 2016(187), 10-10.doi: 10.12968/prps.2016.187.10
Harrison, C., Anderson, T., & van Vliet, H. (2012). ‘Play School’ –a catalyst for
play. International Journal Of Play, 1(2), 151-164. doi: 10.1080/21594937.2012.700440
Masi, W. (2008). Toddler play (5th ed.). New York: Metro.
Philipp, D. (2012). Reflective family play: A model for whole family intervention in the
infant and preschool clinical population. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(6), 599-608.
doi: 10.1002/imhj.21342
Shin, H., Lee, E., &Yoo, M. (2015).A Preliminary Study on Developing the Items of the
Toddler Parental Reflective Functioning. Korean Journal Of Play Therapy, 18(4), 349-
367. doi: 10.17641/kapt.18.4.5
Carr, M. (2009). Kei tua o te pae: assessing learning that reaches beyond the self and beyond
the horizon, 20-41.