Kavin

Who: Kavin
Date Observed: 4/20/09
Where:SNC Children's Center
Age: 4 years old
Gender: Male
Time: 1:00-3:00

Inside: Circle Time

It was very obvious that it was a rainy day today and the children had been stuck inside. During circle time, Kavin had a lot of difficulty knowing when it was his turn to talk and when it was time to listen to his friends or the teacher. He spoke out of turn a lot. He also had trouble sitting still. Although, whenever he did speak out, he had something important to say. He was always on task talking about the book, just was forgetting to raise his hand. Today we read the book ZOOM. It is actually quite an interesting book because it starts out really zoomed in on something and then as you turn the pages, you zoom out to see the bigger picture. They did an activity where the kids had the various pictures and had to put them in the correct order. Kavin was constantly helping his friends know when it was their turn. He could tell which picture came first and which one was a little more zoomed out. Kavin is a very observant child. He always notices even the smallest of details.

Inside: Free choice time

Kavin spent most of his time in the block area today. He was mainly playing by himself. He was creating different jumps with blocks that he would have some of the toy pigs jump off of. He also tested out the new sensory table. Since this week starts Earth week, the sensory table was full of dirt. Kavin would fill up some small pails with dirt, but he did not spend too much time there. I do not think he enjoyed getting dirty. Exactly why he did not participate in the art activity because the children were painting their hands and putting them on a picture of the Earth. When I asked if he wanted to make a dirt cup, his response was "ewww! I don't want that." I do not think he was able to realize that it was not real dirt.

Transition Time:

During transition time to go outside after preschool today, Kavin had trouble keeping his hands to himself. He did not like when other friends were touching him, but he was okay touching others. Today, we had a big reminder about keeping our body parts to ourselves.