ECE 2262 Dinosaur Hatching Assignment

Statement of Context:

(Include age of child(ren))

Child A (3.0), Child B (3.0), Child C (3.0), and Child E (3.0) are on top of a table with some blankets and stuffed animals. Child D (3.0) is standing next to the table.

Observation:

Child A kneels down on the table and holds a blanket in his hand. Child D comes in with a stuffed monkey and asks, "Can my monkey be the dinosaur?". Child A says, "No, it won't fit me". Child A gives the blanket to Child B and asks, "Can you cover me?". Then Child B takes the blanket, and Child A lies on the table. Child B covers him up with the blanket. Child B asks, "Is that good enough for you?" and Child A says, "Yeah." Child C puts a small blanket on top of Child A, and Child B says, "No, it doesn't fit him. He's just sneaking out a little". Child B rubs on Child A's back, and Child A gets up. Then Child D brings a big blanket and says, "Look what I got." Child A says, "Ooh, baby shark". Child D says, "Yeah, it was my favourite blanket when I was little". Child A kneels and places his face on the table. Child D covers him with the blanket and says, "There you go". Child A says, "That's dark enough. It's really dark in here when I close my eyes". Then Child D says, "So don't close your eyes in there". Child B and Child C place more blankets on top of Child A.

Child E says, "I will be right here, so when you wake up, you will see me". Child A says, "I don't wake up. I hatch". Child D says, "Yeah, he is an egg now". Child A says, "Child B, Child B." I only like Child B". Child B climbs on top of Child A and says, "I will sit on you". Then child A says, "Can you get off that? That hurts me". Child C asks, "How about another blanket on?" Child A says, "Put more blankets on me". All children place blankets on him. Child D says, "That's a baby dinosaur; we can't be baby dinosaurs". Child A child slowly arises from the pile of blankets and goes to other children and hugs them.

Reflection:

Child A appears to be developing a sense of self, as evidenced by his expressing how he wants to play throughout the duration of the play. He appeared to be expressing and negotiating his imagination and ideas about this pretentious play. Child A demonstrates emotional control and a willingness to engage in parallel play. This is evident when Child A uses words to express his disagreement and uses a friendly tone throughout the play. He engages with other children and includes them in his idea. Child A demonstrates his knowledge of how eggs hatch by using blankets to substitute eggshells. Preschoolers show their growing sophistication by being flexible and substituting various objects for items needed in the play (Copple & Bredekamp, 2009). Child A is displaying his language skills and demonstrating command of the language. This is evident when he interacts with other children throughout the course of play.

Children are exhibiting playfulness, and this is evident when they are engaged in the play for a long time. They seemed to be understanding the situation of the pretend play, and this was evident when they patiently waited for the egg to hatch in the end. This is evidence for cooperative play and cognitive development. Children are exhibiting social skills throughout the play.

This is evident when they discuss ideas and come up with thoughts that everybody agrees on. Child D seemed to be interested in parallel play. This is evident when she comes up with the monkey initially, and when that is rejected, she comes up with a big blanket for the play.

Link Theory to Practice:

What is the interest? Dinosaurs

How does this observation demonstrate it is a pervasive interest? Children spend a long time in pretend to play and they were conversing throughout the play about the dinosaur egg hatching

What ECE theory from this course supports this interest? Cite one source from the course content. Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial theory states that in preschool age children express their natural curiosity and creativity through opportunities to act on the environment (Feenay et al.,2016). In this play, we can see that children are involved in pretend play on dinosaur hatching through which they learn about the environment.

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