Kimberly Lopez

Observations
4/24/17

Observations:
Julie, 7 years old (cared for at home)
Sean, 7 years old (cared for at a child care)
Activities, Interactions, Behavior
● Julie’s activities that she does at home are coloring, drawing, playing with
her baby dolls, and playing outside on her tire swing. She interactions with
her mom and dad, cousins, and sister. Behavior of Julie is very calm,
outgoing, and a little shy.
● Sean’s activities are quite the same, because at his child care he colors,
draws, plays with his toy trucks, and plays outside as well. He interacts with
the other kids in his child care, and with his caregiver. Sean’s behavior is
very outgoing, shy with the other kids, and a very happy child.

Social Skills:
Both of their social skills are the same. For Julie tends to be more social with her
family members more than children or people who aren’t related to her. Then Sean
is social with his caregiver, and other kids in his child care. They are both very
social with other people they might interact differently, but they still interact with
other people.

Developmental Stages of the children:

The developmental stages of the children are doing great physically, emotionally,
socially, and intellectually.

Day care Vs. Stay at home

It states that there can be no dispute about children staying at home and be
nurtured by their parents. Experts stated that when a child is in a day care they tend
to develop stress and develop signs of aggression than kids who are taken care of at
home. But their are some studies that contradict these findings. For instance some
state that having great nanny, babysitter, daycare center worker, relative, or other
caregiver can make sure your child gets the stimulation and affection she needs to
grow and thrive.
There can be many advantages for having your child stay at home. As a
parent you will know that your child is being taken care of by someone who’s
going to around for a very long time, not a caregiver who might take another job in
the next month. As well as you are going to be there and making sure that your
child is in a very calm and relaxed environment. Yes, it sometimes can be a good
idea if your child is in a daycare, because you will have time to do things that you
need to do say go grocery shopping or just having your alone time at home. Yet as
a parent you would miss all the new things your child may do for the first time.
Either say their first words, do something funny, and cute or just anything.
This is why I agree more with having your child stay at home, and being
taken care of by the one person who knows the child more their parents. It’s always
up to the parent, because they know what is best for their children.
 Resources

https://www.babycenter.com/0_staying-at-home-pros-and-cons_6025.bc?page=2

http://www.parenting.com/article/working-vs-staying-home