neuromuscular development. At the in-home daycare a little girl about one ½ cannot walk alone while another girl the same age is very agile on her feet and has a lot of coordination. This difference is most likely due to the neurons of the girl not being myelinated of the little girl who can't walk. Myelinization is "the process by which neurons become coated with an insulation fatty substance called myelin," this "helps the neurons to transmit nerve impulses faster and more efficiently" (Rice 113). This myelinization also plays a role with potty training. If the neurons are myelinated the sensation of urinating and a bowel movement can be sensed faster so the child knows when they must go to the bathroom. During the observation I noticed that all the children above three years old in the home daycare were potty trained. I did not get any numbers from the Holland College daycare.
             Both places that I observed at they had a snack time. This is very important for the children to get the energy and nutrition they need. Both places provided a healthful snack, at the in-home daycare the afternoon snack was apple slices, trail mix, and a cup of milk. The Holland College Centre had a cookie and a cup of juice in the morning of my first observation and some fruit and a cup of milk on the afternoon that I went. The two places also had a scheduled nap time. This is very important since sleep is needed for the children's brain to properly process and learn new information.
             Cognitive development is "all the changes in the intellectual processes of thinking, learning, remembering, judging, problem solving, and communicating"(Rice 580). I looked at the thinking, remembering, problem solving and communicating intellectual processes in my observation of the children. Most of the issues that I will present in this section of the report are related to the preoperational stage of the Piagetian perspective. At this stage "child...