Observer: shahada Khatoon

The Name of Childcare Center: Up and Away Children’s Learning Center

Name of Children & age: ‘M’ (3 years 8 months), ‘B’(3 years 8 months) , ‘K (3 years 7 months)’

Settings: Preschool outdoor

Date of Observation: 10th of October 2016

It was approximately 3.45 pm on the 10th October in the outdoor play ground. I observed that children were playing together. ‘M’, ‘K’ were playing in the slide. They went up and down to the slide appropriately. ‘B’ who was playing with sands came to the slide, and he was starting to climb on the slide from the opposite side. Then the other two children who were coming down from the top said that they could not slide down smoothly. They were scared and told ‘B’ to move from the opposite side. When ‘B’ did not listen to them they were starting to slide. I immediately approached there, and I guided them by using ‘I- message’ to avoid collision among them. I told ‘B’, “I am scared to see you climbing from the opposite side of the slide because when your friends are sliding from the top of the slide you will be hurt”. If you want to slide you could ask your friends to join with them.   He listened to me, and he abstained sliding from the opposite direction. As a result, I could save the child from the collision.