I.

Observation 10: Chris Torres

The Four Domains of the Child

II.

Grade:
First Grade

III.

Students:
1 child - 6years old

IV.

Setting:
First Grade Classroom at Saint Matthias School
Multi-Age (6-7 years old) classroom, 23 students and 1 head teacher

V.

Pre-Observation:
I will be using age appropriate developmental checklists to assist in
recognizing milestones the child has or has not met. This is the last of three
child observations that I will be performing on this student during my
placement at St. Matthias School. The purpose of these observations was to
assess the physical, emotional, cognitive and social development of the
student in the school environment.

VI.

Data:
Observations took place November 9th & November 16th 2016
Physical Domain:
As noted in the previous Child Study the child has remains at the same level
of development. She did mention to me that she is still playing basketball and
thanked me for my encouragement.
Social & Emotional Domains:
The child continues to show an appropriate social and emotional well being.
She is kind to her classmates and enjoys conversing with them. Recently a
classmate dropped his pencil sharpener on the floor and the child immediately
assisted her classmate with retrieving the sharpener and cleaning up the mess
that was created.
Cognitive Domain:
During a writing assignment I noticed that the child had spelled words
phonetically. Example: She wrote I like cac. Instead of I like cake. She
also wrote I like dzuning., misspelling designing. Widely known as
"invented spelling" or "temporary spelling," this process means that children
use phonetic spellings and letter names to represent long or short vowels and
consonants. This stage is typical of five- and six-year-olds who are signaling
their readiness to learn conventional spelling patterns. (Moats) I went over
the proper spelling of the words so that she could add them to her new words

list. I made sure to commend her on her effort to make sure she was not
discouraged.
VII.

Analysis:
As noted in my last Child Study the child remains at same level of
development.

VIII. Recommendations:
I have no recommendations at this point since there are no considerable
changes from my last observation.
Post Observation:
The child has displayed suitable social, physical, emotional and cognitive
skills. She has been an ideal subject and has a healthy appetite for knowledge
and experiences. I am confident that she will continue to grow appropriately
in all four domains of development.
IX.

Citations:
CDC - Child Development,Middle Childhood (6-8 years old) - NCBDDD.
(2015, March 15). Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/middle.html
Child Development Milestones - 6 to 8 years. (2003, June 6). Retrieved from
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/ph/documents/childhealth/28134.pdf
Moats, L. (n.d.). How Children Learn to Spell | Scholastic.com. Retrieved
from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/how-children-learn-spell