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 Academic – Casey has developed knowledge of animals and their sounds. Casey is able to sing the alphabet song, but does not know the sound or letter her name starts with. She shows knowledge of colors when she points out that her friend has blue socks.

What are some observations you can make about Casey’s development? Emotional, Social, Physical, Artistic, Intellectual, Academic? Emotional development: According to the observation note, Casey has developed positive emotions such as happiness and excitement. She maintains an overall cheerful mood when she is at school and engaging in classroom activities and peer interactions. Social development: Casey enjoys playing with other children, observing and imitating her peers’ behaviors (such as crawling under a coat with a peer or hopping down the steps). She also has developed a sense of humor and would laugh when engaging in certain situations (such as seeing her friend run behind her). She is also able to engage in conversations with her peers, responding to what on of her peers said (“Where are your socks?”). She used her knowledge about a certain type of job (a man who catches clams) to act during pretend play. Artistic development: Casey understands that a painting can be a representation of things and people in her real life, and she is able to paint abstract circles and lines to represent the figure of her mom. Physical development: Casey is able to and likes to jump and climb, despite that she sometimes loses coordination (such as when she hopped down the staircases) and still needs to keep balance and avoid falling off (such as when she walked up the steps one at a time and made sure she kept both feet on the same stair before moving onto the next one). She also has fine motor development, for she is able to do actions such as taking out crackers from a basket, painting (assuming she was using a paint brush or some kind of painting utensils), and putting on her shoes. Intellectual: Casey is developing an understanding that other people and things are different individuals from her. She knows how to use objects to represent other objects (such as using books and pretending they are boots) and knows that she can do role play as another societal role. She also recalls the sounds that different animals make and knows the possible places (such as a zoo) that animals can be at. Academic: Casey has some understanding of the concept of color and different kinds of colors (demonstrated as she said to one of her peers “You have blue socks!”). She shows understanding of the reading at group time, as she did the sounds of animals to match with the content of the book. She can sing the alphabet song, but still has difficulties matching the letters with their letter sounds.

Emotional + Social - Casey interacts with her classmates, joins them in activities (crawling under the coat, jumping down the stairs), is able to respond to conversation, is able to follow instruction from her teacher (albeit does not follow through entirely) Physical - Casey has difficulty putting her lunchbox on the hook and jumping down the stairs without loosing balance, however she is able to take off and put on shoes (even if not on the right feet), use a brush for painting (even able to make a circle and straight lines), and create and manipulate a beaded necklace Artistic - Casey is able to represent her mother at the easel, able to pretend she is someone else in dramatic play Intellectual - Casey is able to understand and respond to conversation using correct wording and full sentences, she often knows how to begin tasks but not to complete them Academic - Casey knows her animals and the noises they make but does not know what sound her name beings with