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Child Background
-5 years old, born February 28th 2012

-About to graduate from pre-k at Ocotillo

-Born and raised in Tucson with 3 sisters

(ages 8, 7, and 2)

-She and her sisters live with their mom &

dad

-Loves to read, swing, dance, and play with

sisters
Language Development

-First language is Spanish

-English has grown immensely this year

-Being raised in a bilingual home

-Able to write name, copy words in front of her, and is

beginning to sound out to spell

-Chooses to write and practice letters during indoor play

time

-Read to each day at home and loves to read at school

Language Development
 Emotional Development
-Usually very happy and expresses

this with a smile and laughing

-Silly with a great sense of humor

-Will be tearful and wish to be held

if sad

-Able to control her emotions or have

conversation if sad or upset

Cognitive Development
-Learns through her imagination

-Quietly and thoughtfully observant

-Thinks of an idea and follows through with a plan

-Asks questions

-Tells stories verbally and through pictures

-Makes connections within books

-Can read through pictures

-Follows directions
Cognitive Development
 Physical Development: Gross Motor
-Sat up at 6 months, crawled at 7 months,

walked at 11 months

-Very coordinated and balanced

-Loves movement activities and dancing

-Cautious yet tries new things her older

sisters can do

-Able to use her whole body to move on the

swing, her favorite activity

Physical Development: Fine Motor

-Able to cut and squeeze glue for art projects at home and
school

-Hold and use different sized writing materials and tools

-Participates in finger movement songs

-Writes letters aside from her name proficiently

Physical Development: Fine Motor
Social Development

-Outgoing and funny

-Able to form lots of friendships within our class

-Not shy when it comes to meeting new children or adults

-Plays mostly with friends or sisters, but is content

working on art, a puzzle, or building alone

-Checks on and takes care of others if they are hurt or sad

Social Development
 Learning Story #1
She looked up at me and gave her big classic smile. She asked, What does this
say? The letters read D, r, o, L, F. I looked over, read each letter, and said,
Hm that says Drolf. She smiled and added another letter, the letter M for her
name. She asked again, what does this say? She continued this pattern of adding
a letter and asking me to read it to her until the list was D, r, o, L, F, M, N, C,
P.

Maida Is recognizing that letters form words, which we

are able to read from left to right.
Learning Story #2
Maida took over our one-on-one reading of animal book If
Youre Happy and You Know It. She read the story through the
pictures and memory while also acting out the actions from
each page.