Essays on Childhood Development

Introduction Numeracy is evident in all facets of our day-to-day living; from shopping and cooking to paying the bills. It is the skill of using numbers and mathematical reasoning in all aspects of life. This stems from the ability to think and communicate quantitatively, solve…

What Is Listening Listening is an activity. It is an important activity, dominated by its widespread use in life. Accordingly, it is estimated that about 60% of the time will be spent simply listening. With so much time spent listening, listeners need to have effective…

Introduction Manipulative talents, generally, are those in which a person learns to grip things with accuracy in accordance with speed and control. These talents mainly contain physical events with the use of hand and body. Keep fit the figure to carry out physical activities is…

Introduction The American Psychological Association defined shyness as the tendency to feel awkward, worried or tense during social encounters, especially with unfamiliar people. Severely shy people may have physical symptoms like blushing, sweating, a pounding heart or upset stomach; negative feelings about themselves; worries about…

Liv and Maddie, Property Brothers, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Twitches, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Double Trouble, Twins, The Parent Trap. Have you watched of any of these media productions? The answer I’m assuming is probably yes! As a child, I remember religiously watching…

Introduction This report writing is on the importance of community development focusing on the field visits observations and learnings especially on the challenges encountered with Early Child Development and Positive Parenting Program implemented from the communities visited. The writing also states the positive outcomes of…

Introduction Hong Kong is a diverse society. According to the Census and Statistics Department (‘2016 Population By-census’, 2019), 584,000 ethnic minorities are living in Hong Kong, taking up 8% of the total Hong Kong population. Drawing from the Hong Kong Education Bureau cited in Wong…

Background Information Age – 4 Gender – Boy Time and location – Smyrna park 6:30pm – 7:30 pm My child observation is done with four-year-old Brook, son of mine sister in law. The observation take place in June 6, 2019 at Smyrna park for one…

Introduction From my first day at U-NOW I have enjoyed observing and interacting with Juna. Juna consistently has a smile on her face, which makes me feel happy. I enjoy spending time with Juna because I can easily connect with her. For instance, the way…

Purpose of Observation The Purpose of this observation is to document Sally’s development and learning skills. The area I will be focusing on more is on physical (fine and gross) motor skills. Background Information Sally lives at home with her mother, father, and two older…