Child Observation Essay

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Child’s Description I choose to observe Ella. Ella is a 5 year and 11 months old Caucasian female, who is about 43 inches tall and weighs approximately 45 pounds; she appears to be in good health, she is missing one of her front teeth, which she recently lost. Ella comes from an Italian American background; her family is upper middle class. Ella's primary language is English. Ella appears to be well adjusted for her age. Her physical development is good for her age range. Family Background Ella comes from a two parent household. Her moths is a teacher of third grade in a public school, her dad is business owner. Ella has two siblings; she is the youngest of three. Ella’s siblings are ages 12(Alyssa) and 8 (Justin). Observation This observation took place at the family home while the child had her 6 year birthday party celebration. Ella will be turning six years old on April 16; the party took place on April 14 which is the Saturday before her birthday. The theme of her birthday party was Pinkalicious a character in a series of books which Ella is very fond of. Ella was dress as the character of the book. She was very active and full of energy during her party. She was running around with friends. I was able to observe her participate in the various activities such; as coloring with her friend she was very nice and willing to share her Crayolas, ensuring all he friends had something to color. She seems to be enjoying spending time with her friends. Her motor skills are well developed I observed running jumping and skipping all over the backyard. I spoke to Ella during my observation. Her language skills are on track; she is a very talkative 5 years old; she told all about her party and how she enjoys reading the Pinkalicious book series and she wants to turn pink like the character on the book and that her favor color is pink

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