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Five Anecdotes of Various Infants and Toddlers
Anecdotes | Date: | Beginning: When, Where, Who | Middle: What did the child do? What did the child say? | Category and/or Specific Development |
#1 | 3/12/12 | Afternoon. Room #2. Toddler (18 months) | Child is just learning to speak, and when I repeated “Auntie” to him, he tried to say it. | Language (steadily adds to vocabulary) Language (joint attention with caregiver becomes more accurate) |
#2 | 3/13/12 | Afternoon. Room #2. Toddler (18 months). | We watched a video and when the movie ended an upbeat song came on. Both boys got up and danced around the room. | Physical (walking is more coordinated) Emotional/Social (joins in play with familiar adults, siblings, and peers) |
#3 | 3/12/12 | Morning. Room #2 Toddler (18 months) | Comforted his friend when he cried as his mom left for the day. | Emotional/social (realizes that others’ emotional reactions may differ from one’s own) and (shows signs of empathy) |
#4 | 3/13/12 | Morning. Room #2 Toddler (18 months.) | To help him stop crying I picked him up and showed him pictures of my kids and asked him to tell me their names, which he did successfully. | Language (steadily adds to vocabulary) Emotional/social (complies with simple directives) |
#5 | 3/12/12 | Late afternoon. Room #2. Toddler (18 months) | His parents put him in a pack and play to take a nap when he arrived. He cried for a while so I decided to rock him to see if he’d nap. He sat with me for 20 minutes before joining the other boys to play. | Emotional/social (joins in play with familiar adults, siblings, and peers) and (uses caregiver as a secure base for exploration) and (separation anxiety appears) |