| Physical
Development |
Compare
the child’s gross motor skills
to their age
What
stages have they reached?
Compare
the child’s fine motor skills to
their age
What stage
have they reached?
Are they right or left handed?
Does the child play outside?
How can this aid their physical development?
Measure the height/weight of the child
Compare to the charts
Bladder / Bowel control
What stage has the child reached in bladder/bowel
control?
Describe the child’s progress in ‘potty training’
Health
What is the child’s health like?
Has the child had any immunizations/vaccinations?
Safety
What safety procedures are in place in the house?
Why are they there?
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| Intellectual Development |
Speech/Language
Talk to the child and listen carefully to what is being said.
What stage is the child at?
Make a list of the words the child uses.
Keeping adding to the list throughout the c/s
Note any surprising statements the child says.
Colours
Does the child know their colours?
Should they know their colours at their age?
Numbers
Record what the child knows about numbers,
Counting Sorting Comparing
Shapes Sizes Purposes
Compare each to the child’s age.
Drawing
What stage of drawing is the child at?
Put a drawing in your child study and describe the stage!
Is this stage of drawing correct for the age of the child.
Learning with Mum/Dad
What does the child know about the world around
them?
List 10 of the child’s activities – what is being learnt through
each?
Learning Aids
What learning aids does the child have?
Which are used by the child?
Which were a waste of money?
Why do you think this is?
State the occasions when your were able to see the six types of play.
(Discovery,
physical, creative, imaginative, manipulative, social)
What is the child learning through each?
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| Emotional
Development |
Emotions
What stage of emotional development is the child at?
Is this the right stage for their age?
What different emotions have you noticed in the child?
For each one, describe the occasions.
What may have produced the emotion?
How is the child being helped to control these emotions?
Crying
How often does the child
cry?
Why?
What stops the crying?
Insecurity
Have you noticed the child behaving like they are insecure?
How do the parents react to this?
Does the child have nightmares?
Discipline
Give examples of when the child has been disciplined.
How does the child react?
Does the discipline have the desired effect?
What punishment is the child given?
What are the effects?
Influences
What influences do you think have been important to the child’s
development?
Stresses
What stresses have the child been under? (Starting school, new
nanny, new sibling, death of parent/pet)
How did the child cope?
Who made these things easier to cope with?
How did they do that?
Self-Image
In what ways do you think the child’s self-image is developing?
Child care
Who looks after the child?
How does the child react to its careers?
Strangers
How does the child act to strangers?
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| Social Development |
Social Development
Describe the social development!
What stage is the child at?
Social Skills
What social skills have they learnt?
Describe aspects of the child’s behaviour.
TV
How much time does the child watch TV/Videos?
What type do they watch?
Are there any reactions to be observed from the child?
Bath time
What is the bath time routine?
What is the child’s behaviour after a
bath?
Copying
What has he/she learnt from copying others?
Play
Observe the child in ‘play’ situations
On his own.
With a child the same age.
With an older child.
With a younger child
A group of children
With an adult.
What differences occur with child’s behaviour in these different types
of play situations?
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| Diet |
Diet
Give an example of the child’s weekly diet!
Analysis the diet!
Is the child having the correct nutrients?
If not what is going to happen? / Happening?
Special dietary needs
Does the child have a special dietary need?
What is it?
How could this affect them?
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