Child development is a very in-depth process that begins as soon as the child is born. Children go through different stages of development that help them learn behavior and help in mental processes. To better understand how children learn and develop, I had observed children at three different age levels. By observing children at the three different age levels, it showed how children really grow mentally and physically in only a couple of years. I had sat in and observed a second grade class room, a forth grade classroom, and a fifth grade class room.
             The first classroom I had observed was a second grade classroom with about twenty students. When I walked in I noticed the children's desks arranged in a half circle. This made the classroom seem more comfortable and less formal. The teacher had arranged a reading corner in the back of the classroom. This corner was very cozy for the children, as there was a colorful rug that they sat on, with bean-bag chairs and stuffed animals all around. At story time, the teacher would sit in her chair and read the students a story that they would have to listen to and maybe answer certain questions out loud about the story. I had noticed that the teacher kept a radio and board games in the classroom, in case she offered her students "free time".
             There was an array of books all over the classroom and two computers in the back of the room. The classroom rules were hung on the wall in the front of the room, along with charts of the days of the week and months of the year. The teacher would refer to the charts while teaching the children the order of the days and months. Since it was autumn and close to Thanksgiving, the teacher had the children decorate the room with different color leaves and turkeys. The children cut out and colored turkeys and had to write five things in which they were thankful for. Being very young, most children wrote that they were thankful...