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Assignment

Background

For this assignment, you will be observing a child by video, creating an activity to support the learning you observe and writing a learning story to document and share the child's experience and how your activity will support the child's development.

Directions

First, select an age group and watch one (1) of the following videos located here.

1. Video 1 - Infants: Talking with Drums (2 minutes, 16 seconds)
2. Video 2 - Toddlers: Party of Chairs: Making Meaning of Others' Actions (10 minutes, 16 seconds)
3. Video 3 - Preschool: Cheers for Chaislyn (2 minutes, 15 seconds)

Second, watch the video a second time and choose only one child to observe.

1. Write down observations about what the child says and does.

2. Observations should contain facts (what you see and hear), giving a complete view of what is happening in the video with your chosen child.

Third, create an activity to support your observed child.

1. Determine an activity that will help support your chosen child. Get the instant assignment help.

2. The support may be for a child who is struggling with a skill, who has a special need, or who needs to be additionally challenged.

3. Your activity should include:

a. Activity title
b. Activity goal(s)
c. Materials needed for the activity
d. Activity write-up (how and where the activity might be done)

4. How this activity will support your chosen child and the selected goal

Finally, write a learning story to show your observations of the child and how you came up with the activity to support the child. You can find examples of a learning story in the Additional Resources section below. Include the following:

1. Share what you observed the child do in the video and what he might be experiencing or learning.

2. Use details, facts, and observation notes focusing only on the one child.

3. Explain what it means. What goals do you see for the child to work on? Get the instant assignment help.

4. Include what you observed that influenced the creation of your planned activity.

5. Describe the activity and how it will help support that specific child's continued learning and development. Include the name of the activity, the goal for the activity, the materials needed, activity write-up(how and where the activity might be done), and how this activity will support your chosen child and the selected goal.