If you are working with infants or toddlers, describe one child s basic motor abilities. Assess and write about the child s gross motor skills, giving examples that demonstrate attainment of gross motor control, a struggle for control, or a lack of control. Observe the language skills of one child. Discuss if their language skills are appropriate for their age. If the child is between 18 months to 2 years, observe and record any multi-word constructions and attempts at sentences.
Humans show a range of emotions from the earliest days of life.
Indicate which of the basic and self-conscious emotions you observed in the children. Describe in detail the situation in which either social referencing or emotion regulation occurred and the child's behavior. Conduct mini-experiments on cognitive development, if your service location allows it. If your service location does not allow you to conduct these experiments, observe children's behaviors and conversations and try to identify examples that fit Piaget's description of cognitive development. Also note abilities or task achievements that appear to reflect a higher level of functioning than Piaget described in his theory.