“Observing and listening to children. E123 Working with children in the early years”

(All names have been changed in order to maintain confidentiality)

The child I have chosen to observe is a girl named Annie, she is 3 years and 8 months old and has blue eyes and shoulder length mousy brown hair. She has two older sisters, aged 9 years and 5 years. Annie attends at least 5 sessions per week and has attended my setting since she was 2  years old; she is therefore very comfortable with all of the staff and the daily routines.

Annie loves the programme Peppa Pig, the colour pink, singing, dressing up and play dough. She is a very independent and strong willed child and copes extremely well in new situations, most recently her close friend left the setting to go to school and Annie coped especially well.

Although Annie plays with a mixture of children she has recently become close to a boy named Sean, a relatively new child at our setting and will quite oft…(short extract)