The number of caregivers in the room jumped to four as one took care of the younger child and the other three watched over the increased number of toddlers. Not knowing how many more children would be introduced to the room I choose not to label the new children as I had with the first three. Instead, I split my observational goals, firstly I was counted to follow the three children I labeled to see how they interacted to the environment and its changes as more of a case study, and for the other kids and more that would be added I decided to watch how they interacted with the toddlers already their. In this time span I noted two important changes in the toddlers, firstly that it did not matter who had a toy or area first, as everything was eventually shared, and secondly, it did not matter how many kids were in one area, it seemed as if they did not even notice one another until one of them made a louder sound or took hold of the biggest toy. I also noticed that gender seemed to not play a factor, as everyone ended up grouping
The number of caregivers in the room jumped to four as one took care of the younger child and the other three watched over the increased number of toddlers. Not knowing how many more children would be introduced to the room I choose not to label the new children as I had with the first three. Instead, I split my observational goals, firstly I was counted to follow the three children I labeled to see how they interacted to the environment and its changes as more of a case study, and for the other kids and more that would be added I decided to watch how they interacted with the toddlers already their. In this time span I noted two important changes in the toddlers, firstly that it did not matter who had a toy or area first, as everything was eventually shared, and secondly, it did not matter how many kids were in one area, it seemed as if they did not even notice one another until one of them made a louder sound or took hold of the biggest toy. I also noticed that gender seemed to not play a factor, as everyone ended up grouping