Kavin

Who: Kavin
Date Observed: 4/16/09
Where:SNC Children's Center
Age: 4 years old
Gender: Male
Time: 1:30-5

Inside: Circle Time

Kavin did a great job sitting during circle time today. He was very attentive and was able to answer the questions that were asked. Kavin always provides thoughtful feedback and asks very intelligent questions. I can tell that his mind is always going. Kavin did a great job remembering the 4 stages of a butterfly (lifecycle). When we first sat down during circle time, he was being very social with a few other boys. Kavin is becoming much better at interacting with his peers.

Inside: Free choice time

It was a surprise to me that today Kavin did not opt to play on the computer by himself. Instead, he enjoyed playing in dramatic play with Nicklas. Kavin and Nicklas made the mail truck into their house but ended up being too rough with the toys that dramatic play was closed. Kavin's next idea was to play what they were playing in the block area. He is just so creative and can make a game out of practically anything. There was also a center with a multi-layered butterfly puzzle. Kavin loves doing puzzles and he is usually very dedicated to working on them until he finishes. Today he was not very into it. I think his frustration got the best of him.

Outside: playground

Kavin was very social on the playground today, interacting with mainly the boys. They were running around. At times the play did get a bit too rough. I ended up having to break up a fight between him and another boy in which he was on top of the boy and punching him. Kavin said the other boy punched him so that's why he did it. Kavin needs work on using his words to solve his problems, as do many children his age. He was racing the dump trucks around the equipment. Then, I started a game where the equipment was my castle and there were all these different animals or hot lava or something at the bottoms of all the exits. Kavin and a few other children took the game and let their imaginations run. They were jumping into snake pits and surviving when I sprayed them with my magical potion. It was really fun to see!