This was outdoors all the children were playing in the snow. This was after morning breakfast and play time, the educators helped all the children get dressed in their outdoor attire and were taken outside to the toddler designated play space. All the children had smiles on their face and were screaming of joy. One of the educators was shouting, "Ready? 3! 2! 1! and RUN!", and all the children surronding her ran from one side of the fence to another, Child A and B fell down in the snow and started laughing and held hands to help eachother get back up. Another educator was on the other side of the playground, she had 1 children's sled with her and she was putting each child on the sled and sliding them around the area, all the children were taking turns and were screaming of joy. Another educator was sitting on the benches with 5 children and they were using the snow to create different shapes and were spreading the snow on the bench. One child said, "Wait look! Its melting away!", Child D then went, "Here look, another snow pile!" and chuckled. The educator then showed the children the sound snow makes when it fall to the ground and how quickly it turns to water. There were two children standing near the wooden table and were filling up a steel bowl that was placed in the middle of the table with snow and mud and each child was waiting patiently for their peers to fill up their end of the bowl.

 

PLEASE EXPAND ON THIS, ADD NEW IDEAS AND MAKE UP SOME THINGS BUT REMEMBER TO KEEP IT TO THE POINT (NO INFERRING) AND IN PAST TENSE.

 

FOR Interpretation, PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND STICK TO THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED ABOVE WHEN ANSWERING (HERE YOU CAN INFER A LOT). PLEASE ADD LOTS OF INFORMATION.

Record a descriptive observation focused on one of the following:    Environment (Outdoor)     WHO; WHEN; WHERE, WHAT;   WHAT (Consider the following): What do the child/children do? What materials do the child/children play with?   Verbal communication What do the child/children say as they play with the materials?   Non-verbal communication (e.g., body language, facial expressions, voice tone, etc.).

Observation must be objective - measurable facts, it should ONLY be.... "What did you see?" "What did you hear?" Documents must be in PAST TENSE AND IN 3RD PERSON: Use gender neutral pronouns when identifying children (i.e., They/them, Child A/B)   Age(s) of child/children:   _________________________________________________

 

Interpretation:

Reflect on the following:

 

"What does it mean?"

 

• What are the children's interests, questions, curiosities and experimentations? How do you know?

 

• Be sure to link your insights to course/program theory (e.g., stages of play, Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky etc. As discussed in ECE 111, 113, 114,125)

 

Consider the use of the environment as a teacher 

• What role did the following factors play in what you observed (e.g., enhance and/or limit play)?
• Space
• Materials
• Time
• The role of the educator