Child Development Report: Skills, Activities and Safety Measures

This report offers a detailed assessment of three children's developmental progress across various domains, including cognitive, physical, social-emotional, and speech-language development. For each child (Stephen, Naomi, and Brian), the report outlines their current skill levels, identifies areas for improvement, and suggests specific activities designed to promote growth. The report also emphasizes safety modifications necessary to ensure the children's well-being during these activities. The analysis covers a range of developmental aspects such as learning, problem-solving, fine and gross motor skills, social interactions, and language comprehension and expression, providing a comprehensive overview of each child's current capabilities and needs. The report offers practical advice on how to support each child's development through tailored activities and appropriate safety measures.

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Child 1 name (first name only):Stephen
Age:2 years
Gender: Male
Developmental Area Description of child’s Suggested activity Safety modifications
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skill level required
Cognitive Development
This is the child's ability to
learn and solve problems.
This child has low ability
on learning problems and
how to solve them. It is
therefore not easy to
understand what problem
he may be addressing and
differentiate it from a
different problem.
Self-feeding.the child
was not able to feed
himself properly. He
could not manage to
take the food from the
plate directly to
mouth. Some could
pour down, only a
little reached him.
When a chick came
around and snatched
some food he could
behave funny, start
fearing lifting hands
Role model-there
should be a grown up
around to oversee the
child as he is feeding.
This is for them to
assist keep away this
destructors coming in
as the child is feeding,
for example the chick.
Keep drinking water
near as the child feeds
incase he cries ,he is
given clean drinking
water and see if the
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and legs up crying. problem is solved. If
crying doesn’t stop
pick the child and try
to see what else
maybe the problem
maybe be he is tired
of sitting on his own.
Physical Development
Fine Motor Skills - This is
the child's ability to use
small muscles, specifically
their hands and fingers.
At this age he is able to
hold light things by
himself though not that
firm. His hands cannot
easily grasp objects
strongly without dropping.
Sometimes he tunes his
mind towards the guardian
Grasping food-the
child was to pick the
spoon and fetch food.
When he fetched the
food got poured as he
was trying to put it in
his mouth. Suddenly
he started crying
Spoon less feeding-
the parent or guardian
should ensure that
they train the child on
how to feed by use of
their fingers. The food
should also be
relatively warm to
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or parent around and lets
the object fall down
without his knowhow.
facing his mother and
the spoon fell down,
then he started trying
to wake up and walk
away from the food.
avoid hurting the
child.
Physical Development
Gross Motor Skills - This is
the child's ability to use
large muscles.
The child is able to walk
on his own .he is not stable
enough ,in case he comes
across an object that will
be in contact with his legs,
he easily falls down. When
walking on a road he tends
to run ahead of the
accompanying person. But
if he meets an oncoming
Go pick a toy-the
child had to go and
pick his toy that was
lying outside the
house. As he walked
he stepped on a small
piece of wood that
was laying on his way
and fell down.
Hand support when
walking-the guardian
should walk with the
child while holding
his hand to ensure that
they are stable and
don’t fall down
anyhow.
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vehicle, bicycle or
livestock he turns back
running towards the
accompanying person for
rescue. At this time he may
fall down and they don’t
know how to keep aside
for the vehicle to pass.
Social and Emotional
Development
This is the child's ability to
interact with others,
including helping
themselves and self-control.
The child tends to be
selfish. He finds it hard to
share his toys with other
children yet he admires
other children’s toys and
wants to be given them. In
addition he cries out for
Lending toys to his
friends-the child was
requested by other
children whom he was
playing with to lend
them his toy. Instead
he refused and started
Inducing thorough
interaction with other
children-the guardian
or parent should
ensure that the child is
allowed to play with
different children on
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help as he struggles to get
his friends toys. If the
other children may opt to
walk away from him he
cries too because despite
his behavior towards them
he also needs their
company.
hiding it behind his
back. When the
children withdrew
their opinion and
continued playing he
started crying for
other children’s toys
their watch. The child
can also be taken to
places where they
meet many and
different children like
a daycare. Here he
gets used to playing
with the toys he finds
there together with
other children and in
that way they learn to
do away with
selfishness.
Speech and Language
This is the child's ability to
The child is able to
understand when the parent
The child is able to
say the simplest words
The parent should be
keen so that they can
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both understand and use
language.
or guardian communicates
to him. He also responds
accordingly. Here he is not
well conversant with
talking. He is able to say
some words and others not.
He too don’t understand
many languages but a few
mostly the commonly used
language around him.
like mum, dad but for
other things which are
difficult for them to
ask they use words
that only the parent or
guardian can
understand but not
other people.
hear and understand
what the child is
trying to
communicate. Also
teach the child on
pronouncing those
other things that they
don’t know .
Child 2 name (first name only): Naomi
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Age:3 Years
Gender: female
Developmental Area Description of child’s
skill level
Suggested activity Safety modifications
required
Cognitive Development
This is the child's ability to
learn and solve problems.
Naomi could understand,
tough not fully. She could
therefore understand
between a mistake and
right things (Tassoni,
2008). Though not all
times, but one could say
I asked Naomi to call
her mom. She knew
that her mom was in
the wash room.
Naomi therefore
hesitated to call her. I
had to ask her the
Naomi only needs to
be corrected when she
commits mistakes.
Corrections done
orally are usually
safer as compared to
those of instilling fear
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that she has a better level
of understanding
reason behind the
negative reaction, and
she answered that her
mother warned her
against shouting her
name out while in the
washroom.
into a child by using a
cane or shouting.
Physical Development
Fine Motor Skills - This is
the child's ability to use
small muscles, specifically
their hands and fingers.
Naomi could walk, run and
play simple games. She
seemed to be energetic and
could lift weightier objects.
I asked Naomi to roll
a wheel, and she did
so very well. She even
did other activities
like dancing and
skipping the rope
without much failure
Naomi however
requires special
attention by however
is around her, since
objects may hit her.
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Physical Development
Gross Motor Skills - This is
the child's ability to use
large muscles.
Naomi could participate in
games such as athletics.
She could therefore move
up and down without
getting minor injuries.
I asked Naomi to
participate in a
running competition
between her and her
friend. She did it quite
well, thus indicating
strength in her large
muscles.
Care should be taken
upon Naomi since she
can get injured at any
time.
Social and Emotional
Development
This is the child's ability to
interact with others,
including helping
themselves and self-control.
Naomi freely interacted
with other children. She
loves games and so she
was glad to have company.
She could visit the toilet all
by herself, and fully
accepted herself the way
I asked Naomi to
report to her mom that
she had bet –wetted
the previous night.
Naomi did not
hesitate, to do so,
though she hesitated.
The parent of Naomi
should be keen
enough to ensure that
Naomi does things the
right way. She should
also be careful when
dealing with her to
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she was (Gestwicki, et al,
2011). Though she could
sometimes find that she
had forgotten to urinate
before getting to bed, she
had the courage of telling
her mother about the issue.
She did it laughing,
however, after
recognizing that her
mother had changed
her facial emotions,
she began to cry.
avoid misleading her.
Speech and Language
This is the child's ability to
both understand and use
language.
Naomi could speak well
and fluent. She could get
new concepts faster, but
forget easily if not repeated
thoroughly.
I asked Naomi to read
a book. She read it
well, but could not
pronounce some
words by herself
without assistance.
She could however
repeat what she knows
The teachers should
be careful enough to
ensure that Naomi
concentrates in class,
especially the reading
session.
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