1. According to Piaget’s stages of Cognitive Development Sky is right on track with Piaget’s period of development. Sky is very active in game playing activities and has truly begun to have much better problem solving skills. During Sky’s period of 8 months we played Hide and Seek with toys, every time I would hide the toy Sky would see were I put it and have know problem finding it, but when I would change the hiding spot Sky could know longer find the toy. Now Sky is 18 months and is able to find the toy in several different hiding spots. This relates to the Cognitive skills because she is using her eyes to find the toy, her ears to listen were I’m at in the house when I’m hiding the toy, and her hands to physically pick the toy up. However Sky still has some improvements to work on when it comes to imitating building blocks. On the same topic of Problem Solving in regards to Information Processing, Sky is doing well in this area. I like the statement of “the view of development is one of continuous change”. Due to this statement I have come to believe that Sky is doing excellent. Sky is always changing and adapting to her new situations that she’s faced with. Sky is still a little shy but continuously gaining confidence. My progress report stated that Sky is below average in problem solving but we are currently working on that.
2. Sky’s activity is great, she is constantly engaging in play time and is very active. Sky doesn’t seem to sleep more than average in my opinion. I’m happy with her activity because it also doesn’t feel as if she is too active and placing stress on us (parents). Sky’s Sociability is still a little slow to warm up at 19 months. Sky just takes a little while to feel comfortable around new people but once she is placed in that setting she eventually warms up. We have been given the advice to keep taking Sky to playgroups in order to work on her sociability. Emotionality of Sky is fairly easy at this point. Sky is pretty easy going and doesn’t seem to throw too many fits. When Sky was observed, the observant thought Sky was very happy and content. Aggressiveness VS. Cooperativeness of Sky. Sky always seems to be cheerful for the most part and doesn’t seem to be highly aggressive. The only time Sky has really become aggressive is when another child try’s to take away a toy from her, which I find to be generally common while in this age group. Self Control of Sky has not really been tested as of this far. We have had a few situations that needed discipline but overall Sky seems to have good self control. Sky’s temperament has been constant up until 18 months. We have not had to make any drastic changes in the way we discipline Sky other than being sticklers on rules. Goodness of fit is a great way for parents to understand how to approach changes in the child’s life. The best example I can give is the way Sky is very slow to warm up, in the beginning Sky would cry if someone other than us would hold her. So in order to change Sky’s reaction to these situations we have held her and introduced her to the new person until she feels comfortable enough to be held. She is now beginning to warm up faster than before so as you can see the Goodness of Fit is working in this particular situation.
3. I was not really surprised when I read the examiners report. I felt that Sky’s development for the most part was close to the examiners findings. The one part of Sky’s development that has constantly needed work and was mentioned in the report is Sky’s attachment issues. From day one Sky has been extremely attached to mom but with some work we balanced out the attachment to be more equally shared by both of us. Now we are running in to the problem of Sky not being as social as we would like because of her attachment issues. So we are going to continue to take sky to play grounds and activities involving other children to try to get her attachment issue less of a problem.
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