Child Observation In Children

Submitted By mawisbasden
Words: 358
Pages: 2

For this project, I observed my little nephew, la’akea, who is 5 years old. He is the Second oldest, and is treated like the only child because his older sister is in middle school and his younger brother is just 3months. My nephew is 3’10 and around 50lbs, and is haole / Hawaiian. La’akea is very sociable and is very attentive. He loves to play games and play with all kinds of technology such as an ipod, ipad or computer, but he plays with these technology only because he has no one to play with at home because his brother is to small to do anything. My sister-in-law and brother work long shifts and are usually worn out by the time they get home. My nephew lacks attention and people to play with at home; which is why he plays on gadgets all the time. However, when he comes over to our house for the weekend, We go all over with him such as go the park, fun factory, and we go out to eat when ever he’s at my house and I love eating so it works out perfectly for the both of us right there. La’akea comes over to my house almost every weekend. This past weekend I took time aside to observe his actions and put into play what I learned while in this class. When I got home from the practice La’akea was already upstairs playing games. Friday’s are usually my family’s day to catch up. When I get home on Fridays, my mom is usually making dinner, my brothers and their girlfriends are usually watching T.V. or playing card games with La’akea in the kitchen talking story, and my