conducting placement through videos by Olivia Di Petta

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:24:33 UTC

Over the past two weeks I have completed equal to one week of placement through observing children in videos online. One of these videos being from the film ‘life at one’ where children are followed from birth to the age of seven, helping us understand babies, toddlers and children.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:24:46 UTC

Why is it that some children become afraid of stranger and yet others feel comfortable and confident with strangers? Does this have to do with their upbringing or is it imbedded from their own personality?

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:24:59 UTC

Ordinary moment 1:

Stranger encounter:

Haener’s mother leaves the room leaving Haleener on her own. Haleener then becomes distressed and begins calling out for her mother. A stranger then comes into the room with toys and after a very short period of time she approaches the stranger. These actions display that the child Haener has strong trust people that she in unfamiliar with. This can also demonstrate that Haener is an independent child nor is she shy.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:25:24 UTC

Whilst conducting online placement through observing videos, I could see that these children were showing many signs of a child’s cognitive development. Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through four different stages of mental development. Piaget’s theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.

Sensory recycled materials activity

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:29:54 UTC

during placement I made a sensory activity that children are able to use out of recycled materials.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:31:27 UTC

Ordinary moment 2:

Ben’s bath time:

Ben is one of 5 babies making him born a quintuplet when he’s mother was pregnant, she was advised to abort at least 2 of her baby’s to make the pregnancy safe for not only the baby’s but herself as well, Bens mother decided to carry all 5 baby to full. Although all survived, this did leave ben undernourished and fighting for he’s life for the next 5 months after birth. Ben is significantly smaller than he’s siblings and needs the extra attention from he’s parents. Therefore, his bath time with his sibling can become very chaotic and not so much relaxing. The children all play with their bath toys such as ‘rubber duckies’ whilst getting clean. They then hop out of the bath and are each towel dried and changed into their pyjamas ready for bed.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:31:40 UTC

Ordinary moment 3:

Lulu breast feeding:

Lulu at 3 weeks old is struggling to consume milk from her mother’s breast, this is putting stress on her mother as well as herself as she cannot consume the mother’s breast milk. Lulu is an IVF baby and all her mother has ever wanted for the past 10 years was a child of her own therefore it is extremely important for Lulu’s mother to want to form that connected/bond with Lulu through the act of breastfeeding. Although after only 3 weeks Lulu’s mother is ready to give up and begin formula feeding Lulu.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:32:21 UTC

Piaget’s four stages are

1. Sensorimotor stage: birth to 2 years

2. Preoperational stage: 2 to 7 years

3. Concrete operational stage: 7 to 11 years

4. Formal operational stage: ages 12 and up

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:32:30 UTC

When conducting online placement through observing videos, I look closely into Sensorimotor stage: birth to 2 years. In this period there is major rapid cognitive growth. During this period, infants develop an understanding of the world through trial and error using their senses and actions, such as looking at themselves through mirrors.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 05:32:39 UTC

Montessori Theory is an approach to learning developed by Maria Montessori where the key principles are Independence, Observation, Following the Child, Correcting the Child, Prepared Environment and Absorbent Mind. The Montessori Theory approach, concepts and foundation principles can be applied across all ages. This theory can be shown though the ordinary moments observed.

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 21:13:13 UTC

Sean Mcleod, Jean Piaget’s Theory and stages of Cognitive Development; Simply Psychology, < https://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html >

Montessori Method, Learning Theories, viewed October 2020, < https://www.learning-theories.com/montessori-method-montessori.html >

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 21:24:07 UTC

Whilst conducting my online placement through observing children through short videos, I managed to understand toddlers/children aged between 0-2-year-old a lot more this was mostly understood by the use of the ‘sensorimotor stage’ through Piaget’s theory. I now know after completing my online virtual placement there is a lot of learning out there for the children, other learning that is possible is included in many of the theorist own theories. My question at the beginning states, why is it that some children become afraid of stranger and yet others feel comfortable and confident with strangers? Does this have to do with their upbringing or is it imbedded from their own personality? I now know the that children are only scared of strangers at first although they can quickly become comfortable with someone new once they warm up to them, this is shown through the video ‘life at one’ in the strangers experiment when a child is left alone in a room with a stranger and the stranger shows the child some toys and the child quickly stops crying and soon becomes happy and content again. I believe this can have to do with both the child’s upbringing although it can also be imbedded in their personality.

EYLF

oliviadipetta — 2020-11-17 21:32:35 UTC

Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity

Children feel safe, secure, and supported: this is also displayed throughout the video ‘life at 1’ as the infants all feel safe when with their parents displaying that they are secure and supported.

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials: this is true for infants as they learn through their own parents, grandparents and educators. This can be shown greatly through ‘life at 1’ as the children are developing from what they learn at home.

Outcome 5: children are effective communicators

Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes: this is displayed throughout ‘life at 1’ one example is when Haener interacts with a stranger and at first begins to cry for her mother but then settles when the stranger shows Haener toys.