Observation blog 4. . . . .

This week I observed the children being active as thy participated in all kinds of activities. Building with blocks, magnet shaped units, reading at the library center, digging at the bird seed and butterfly bin, magna duddles, riding the tricycles, in the sand box and making music with the instruments outdoors.

In the block center their was four children building. One girl seem to be playing alone as she built away from the boys. She gave the aide and teacher that was in this area aslo the blocks she built. She said, "Here's your cake." It was a triangle block on top of the square block. The teacher replied, "That's a good cake, your a good baker." She saw a different boy standing in this area and asked him, "Do you want a cake?" He didn't reply. She walked to him and tried to give him it but he walked away. The aide said, "I have four cakes on my lap, anybody want a cake?" A boy yelled, "Meeeeeee!!." Then she gave him one. A girl said, "I want one." Then she gave her one also.

The developmental skills this child was using were hand-eye coordination, cognitive thought, building with a purpose, sharing and being creative.

To further develop the interest of this child, if I was the teacher I would go to my local library and find a book about cakes or baking. I would read to the children and also explain the ingredients it takes to make a cake and if one ingredient isn't added our cake wouldn't bake properly. I would also tell them experiences of baking cake when I lived with my mom and six sisters when I was a child. We would clean the mixing bowl with our fingers after my mom filled the baking pan and put it in the oven.