FS-120
Running Record Observation
PART II
I. Physical
a. Motor Competence (Gross and Fine Motor Skills): Deliberate actions that use many parts of the body, producing large movements, are called gross motor skills while Small body movements are called fine motor skills. The most valued fine motor skills are finger movements, enabling humans to write, draw, type, tie, and so on. Movements of the tongue, jaw, lips, teeth, and toes are also fine motor skills. Seraphim showed a great motor competence according to her age. She moved from one table to other with great control while carrying the objects in her hand. She also showed great control with her coloring, making structure with Legos where she had to use small pieces of the …show more content…
Seraphim used her right hand to achieve her goal in different tasks like coloring with markers, making structure with Legos. She also used her left hand to hold things like markers and wooden block while doing the task with her right hand.
c. Tension of child- Seraphim was continuously chewing her nails of the left hand while coloring with the markers. As she moved to different table to make Legos I observed her putting her hair in her mouth and chewing them. Her friends also brought teacher’s attention when she picker her nose. Teacher directed her to use the tissue. As 4-year-olds grow, they look more like older children and less like toddlers because their bodies are changing in proportion. Their sense of balance is increasing, and they usually have a noticeable preference for the right or left hand. II. Cognitive development-
a. Cause and effect while engaged in activities- During the activity of cleaning the wooden block with water using the paintbrush, Seraphim and her friends used more water than required to start with which created mess on the table. When teacher brought their attention to it they emptied the water container and cleaned the table with paper …show more content…
According to observation, Seraphim is at the Preoperational Stage as per Paiget’s Cognitive development theory. The use of language is one of the most significant developments during the preoperational stage. For example When Seraphim went to the teacher and used her words to describe after being called name. At this stage of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, a child can make use of internal representational systems to describe people, his feelings and his environment. For example when Seraphim shared how does she feel when being called “poopie” by her friend. Symbolic play also evolves at this stage allowing the child to engage in pretend play using available objects to represent something else. For example when she pretended to Legos person as