Child Development

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Child Development

Introduction

For the purpose of this assignment I prefer my niece. I observed her for an hour while she was at home. I observed her for an hour while she was doing the review of her class work at home. She is a five years old girl. The following part of the paper describes my personal observation about her behavior.

Discussion

For the purpose of this assignment I observed my niece. She is a five years old girl who goes to school daily. My niece, Rebecca is the only child of my sister. I observed her when she was at home with her parents. At her home she was reviewing her class work. While reviewing her class work her mood was changing. Often times I observed her in exciting and joyous mood for instance I observed that while she was doing tasks that appear to be easy such as coloring a picture then in such situations I found her very interested and joyous. I observed that as soon as she completed a single piece of work there was a surprising smile on her face. After completing her work she made sounds like yayyyy! And Hurray! Even at a moment I found her shouting with joy. This was the movement when she finished all of her home work. This suggests that children possess the capability to enjoy according to the situations. It is a general perception of the lay man that children do not understand the situations and they do not know how to react according to the situation. But, this example of observation of my niece revealed to me that children possess tendency to react according to the situation. Some other times she appeared to be confused. I found her confused when she was reviewing her number sheet. She was confused because of calculation. I can say that she was confused because while she was doing work on her number sheet she looked at me many a times for help. When I did not listen to her and go for her help she made bad faces. She even called her mother for help.

There are certain learned factors as well as influence of genetics that aid a child to think, perceive and develop an understanding of the world. Through the observation of my niece I came to know that at the age of five a child becomes capable of focusing ...