The Observation Of A Four Year Old Malen.b - 922 Words

From birth to the toddler stage a child changes significantly from facial features, to walking and sleeping much less during the day. At the age of four his vocabulary increases significantly, the child can even put together sentences. They are like little people twith some sense of independence. This paper will focus on the observation of a four year old male N.B conducted on March 6, 2015 from 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm and March 7, 2015 from 4:00 pm to 4:30. The paper will provide examples of Piaget’s theory, Vygotsky’s theory as well as apply these examples to the cognitive and development of the child. Piaget’s pre-operational stage focuses on the use of symbols, language use, memory and imagination to evaluate the child. During this stage it is noted that thinking is done in a nonlogcial and nonreversible manner. For instance, N.B. used Lego’s and hot wheel tracks to build a make believe wall. He even placed some pillows on the carpet to mimic spiderman falling. The child then took the spider man and began to run around the living room make noises and using his hand as if he was throwing a web on the wall and swing from one side to the other. When asked what he was doing, N.B. stated he was spider man and had to save the town. He then pointed to where he had built a wall surrounding various objects. N.B then ran and jumped over the wall and had a make believe fight with one of the action figures and stated he was saving the day. This demonstrates make-believe play which is a