Preschool Child Development Case Study TTE 303: The Young Child May 13, 2015 Kaitlyn Dennis

Learning Story: EC Builds a House

Learning Story: EC Learning to Care for a Horse

Physical Development Strengths: –Ability to manipulate various types of materials to write his name –Ability to position his body and recreate all the yoga positions –Ability to connect and disconnect manipulative (Legos, Lincoln Logs and counting cubes) Areas for Growth: –Building strength in his upper body –Strengthening his leg muscles

Physical Development School and Home Based Activities: –Continuing to build strength through swimming (practice kicking holding onto wall of pool and throwing beach balls into the pool) –Helping around the house by lifting items weighted appropriate for his age –Practice throwing various types of balls at a target –Participating in an obstacle course that would included: jumping, running, climbing, and crawling –Helping to stack the classroom chairs at the end of the day

Language Development Strengths: –Understanding of word to letter knowledge and recognition of letter sounds –Using appropriate pragmatics with peers and adults –Utilizes telegraphic speech and complex sentences –Self- talks during independent play Area for Growth: –Strengthening his consonant clusters –Increasing knowledge of grammar around pronouns her and she

Language Development School and Home Based Activities: –Modeling good language practices –Emphasizing sounds in words –Labeling item in the classroom, as well as, at home

Cognitive Development Strengths: – Strong evidence of reasoning and problem solving –Use of private speech during independent play –Ability to interact wit creative and imaginative activities –Ability to make connections between home and school Area for Growth: –Limiting interruptions during large group circle time –Willingness to try new activities

Cognitive Development School and Home Based Activities: –Creating a more interactive large group circle time that encourages child participation –Activity helper, that helps to ‘lead’ new activities in the classroom –Encouraging him to read the story and interpret the pictures –Have a new responsibility around the home each week

Emotional Development Strengths: –Ability to show empathy to his peers –Ability to regulate his own emotions –Understanding of other’s emotions Areas for Growth: –Requires adult reminder on class procedures (especially around clean-up) –Taking ownership or pride for own creations

Emotional Development School and Home Based Activities: –Assign specific responsibilities for him to complete in the home (get the mail, set the dinner tables, exc) –Option of documenting his own creations and giving him a place to display his work –Giving clean up warnings starting at 10 minutes till clean up and going down from there. Also possibly giving him a portable timer so he can monitor his own time

Social Development Strengths: –Strong awareness of cooperative play –Understanding of what it means to be kind Areas for Growth: –Looking for friendships in peers –Social interactions with adults

Social Development School and Home Based Activities: –Building relationships with peers through arranged collaborative play –Interacting with other adults at the preschool (taking attendance to the office or being classroom greeter) –Modeling social interactions –Participating in play with children from his home neighborhood