Child Observation Essay
Jason wakes at nine this particular morning yawning and smiling from the foot of our bed with his sleeping bag under him and pillow beside him and mutters " Its not dark out side no more," with an accent as if he has lived in "Jersey" for the two almost three years of his life.I ask him " did you sleep well last night"? He always says yes, as if he has a knowledgeable night when he hasn't slept well. He lays there at the foot of the bed, for about five or ten minutes attentively watching the Today show with me. Then scurries into his bedroom to locate a diaper because the one he is wearing is overflowing and going to collapse off his tiny behind. He promptly comes back to me and plops down onto my bedroom floor trembling, unpleasantly cold from the saturated engrossed diaper. After putting the fresh, dry diaper on him he is roaring and ready to go, like a race driver in his racecar at the start line, beginning to take off. We begin our day in his bedroom. He is eager and energized to get dressed this morning after I have informed him that we will go outside today and play. He asks me twice before I can even answer, " Can I take my bike outside with me?" "Can I take my bike outside with me?
When we observe is when begin to know our children. I knew that he chattered to himself occasionally, but I presume I never really paid attention to what he actually said. He strolls up to me and says, "I want a nola bar" I ask him if he would like some grapes and he answered "no the nola bar!" I informed him I would give it to him only if he ate five grapes first; he began to whine and in fact threw himself on the ground, screaming at the top of his lungs "I want a nola bar!!! I made it clear to him he had to two choices, we can go inside right now and eat inside, or we can stay outside and eat five grapes then the granola bar. We observe the way they move and explore, their gestures, every sound that is made, the tone of their cries, what calms them down, the times they nap and their eating habits. When they are babies, it is nature's way of making sure they are protected and cared for. I overheard him saying " Do you want to go check the mail" and then he said "no you do it," and then he replied back "okay, I'll be right back. I hope he feels significant and valued because occasionally as parents we can overlook our children when dealing with our day-by-day activities. " I answer yes, and off he goes searching for his Tricycle, at the same time yelling loudly "Where's my dad" (He just started this recently, he use to call him Da Da) I tell him yet again that he is at work, and that he will be home later on and Jason constantly asks "Why?" and I explain to him that he goes to work to make money. Jason subsequently asks in an overjoyed tone, to get new cars for me? I tell him that money buys more than just new cars and that dad goes to work to buy things like food and clothes, too. He has an actual conversation with him self. He first climbs up the slide, not using the stairs that are intended for it and swiftly turns and seats him self sliding quickly down the slide screaming WEEEEEEE! After going down the slide only a small number of times he observes me eating and determines that he too his hungry. He carried this out for a few more minutes and then ultimately fell sound asleep, finally lying down on the floor. One way that we learn about our children is by watching them, we learn who they are and how they interact. Why he just didn't lye down baffled me.
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foot bed,
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