ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION
Name of Child: Suzie
Name of Observer: Melanie
Age of Child:
Site: Kirkwood Kids
Date
8 months
1/10/07
Setting: play time
BEHAVIOR
Suzie is lying on the floor on her tummy.
COMMENTS
Suzie likes to play with the duck
She looks interested in the toys near the
teacher. She doesn’t know how to crawl
Suzie can’t crawl yet
yet but she figures out how to get what
she wants. She wants the yellow duck
beside the teacher. She is very happy
Suzie likes her teacher
when she gets the duck and the teacher
sings to her
OR
Suzie is lying on the floor on her tummy.
Suzie demonstrates good control of her
She lifts her head and looks at the
upper body by lifting and holding up her
caregiver who is sitting nearby. Suzie
head and reaching for objects with her
pushes forward with both legs. She
hand.
moves closer to the caregiver by
pushing with her feet. Suzie reaches
Suzie is beginning to show signs of
with her right hand and touches a plastic
crawling as she pushes herself with her
toy duck and then looks up at the
legs
caregiver again. The caregiver smiles
and says “It’s a duck.” The caregiver
begins to sing a song about duck. Suzie
Suzie is interested in the caregiver and
looks at the caregiver while she sings.
the song. She is fully engaged in the
She smiles at the caregiver and has
wide open eyes. When the teacher
finishes singing, Suzie looks at the toys
near her and touches a toy giraffe.
interaction with the caregiver.
ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION
Name of Child: Suzie
Name of Observer: Melanie
Age of Child:
Site: Kirkwood Kids
Date
6 months
1/10/07
BEHAVIOR
Setting: play time
COMMENTS
B. is lying on the floor on his back. He
B is a fussy baby. He cries to tell the
is very fussy because he wants to eat.
teacher he is hungry
He cries loudly to let the teacher know
he wants food. He doesn’t stop crying
until the teacher picks him up.
OR
B is lying on the floor on his back. A
B communicates his needs by crying.
caregiver is sitting near him. He begins
to cry and kick his arms and legs. The
He responds to the caregiver when she
caregiver looks over and says “B are
talks to him and pick him up.
you hungry?” She walks over and
bends down to him. She looks him in
the eyes and says “B are you hungry?
N is getting your bottle.” She picks him
up and stands holding him. She smiles,
B is aware of his surroundings and looks
pats his back and says “N is getting your
around when the teacher picks him up.
bottle.” He stops crying and looks
around the room. N, his primary
B responds to his name and gives his
caregiver says “See B I have your
attention to N.
bottle.” B turns and looks at N. N takes
him from the first staff person. She sits
down with him in a rocker and begins to
feed him. While she holds him she
looks in his face and talks quietly to him
ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION
Name of Child: E
Name of Observer: Melanie
Age of Child:
Site: Kirkwood Kids
Date
28 months
1/10/07
BEHAVIOR
Setting: transition from naps
COMMENTS
E is in the block area as the teachers
are helping children awake from nap
and change diapers. Two other boys
E uses two to three word sentences
are working on floor puzzles. E points
to the tractor on the top shelf and says
“Here’s a tractor.” He stands on his tip
toes and takes the toy off the shelf with
He initiates a brief interaction with
both hands. He smiles and holds the
another child
toy in front of a friend and says “A
tractor” His friend nods and turns back
to the puzzle. E turns back to the shelf
and points to the toy trailer. “There’s a
trailer, I can’t reach” He points at the
E needs help and can verbalize this. He
tractor and repeats “I can’t reach it” A
does seek out an adult for help. He
teacher walks over and says “Do you
does respond to the adult’s coaching
need help? “ He nods and she says, “E
and asks her for help.
say, Can you help me please?” He
says, “Help pease.” She smiles and
says, “Sure I can help you” and hands
him the trailer. He smiles and hooks the
trailer to the back of the tractor and
E begins to be engaged in simple
pushes it across the floor.
pretend play by pushing the tractor
around the room.