Essay on Analyzing Chilrdren Child Observation - 761 Words

Children are some of the most interesting creatures on Earth. At any moment they may do something that makes you laugh. The next moment they may do something that makes you want to crawl under your seat in embarrassment. That’s what drew me to them. I’m around adults all day and all night since starting college. I wanted to sit and observe God’s most precious creation in action. My mother-in-law’s home was the most obvious choice for my observation. She keeps several children, including my sixteen month old son, in her home daycare business. All of the children who are kept there are little boys ages three or under. I chose Friday, August 28, 2009 to analyze how the children interact not only with each other, but also with their†¦show more content†¦Meanwhile, Austin, Brayden, and Gage all continued to cook. The three year old boy’s attention span appears to be longer than that of the sixteen month old; while they continue to cook , Karson has already gotten into three different situations. Karson is now playing with the potted plant and is headed back toward the gat to undoubtedly get into more mischief. The entire time up until now, Ryan, the only two year old, has been sitting in the swing, now he is on the move. I haven’t yet found where my mother-in-law finds the energy and the patience to handle six boys under the age of four. One of the boys is sent for baby wipes to clean all the dirty faces and to wipe all the dirty hands, for it shall not be long until the parents and some grandparents come to pick up their precious cargo. Just now Karson’s papa drives around the corner of the house on the tractor, pronounced â€Å"crakter.† He is apparently going for a ride as is common when Papa is home. However, this time Karson doesn’t want to go, maybe it is because I am here on the porch today. As the lost of the faces and hands are wiped off, the first of the grandparents ar rives and then another. The children’s bags and shoes are gathered up to be taken with them, only to return again on Monday. With the departure of Gage, Reid, Austin, and Brayden, we are only left with Karson and Ryan, who is enjoying a sippy cup of lemonade. The two boys are downing those delicious drops of lemonade as