Focus Child Summary (1)

Child: Anirudh Age: 5yrs Family information

Interests:
 Attends Monday- Friday
 Loves cars and can identify most of the car  Indian background
logos (obs23/8/18)  Mum and dad (Archana and Naveen, both
 Interested in road signs and road safety (obs are software professionals), with an older
24/8/18) sister Anamika.
 Enjoys talking about emergency situation  Family activities during the weekend: go
and emergency helpers and their out to the park or explore new places
transportations (Obs 24/8/18)  Parents’ expectations: improve writing skills
 Enjoys drawing (obs 3/9/18)

Significant Information from Analysis of Observations

Learning (development) Dispositions Relationships
Literacy ( & language/communication) - confidence Anirudh has a group of friends that he enjoys
- has effective language and - enthusiasm playing with at school; Aarav, Tharmonge and
communication skills (obs 23-24/8/18) - curiosity Tevin.
- begin to show interest in reading signs - creativity and imagination He has attended the centre for a long time since
and symbols (obs 23-24/8/18) - cooperation, commitment he was in the toddler room and has good
- have good fine-motor and pencil skills - problem solving relationship with the educators in the centre.
(early writing) (obs 3/9/18) - persistence

Mathematics
- knows the mathematic concepts; shapes,
colours, spatial awareness and
measurement (sizes, length and height)
(obs 3/9/18)

Science and technology

 - shows interest in exploring gravity and
magnet attribute and capacity (obs
7/9/18)

Creative Arts
- can identify colours
- draw lines, shapes, curves
- use right hand
- creative
- able to express his creativity and
imagination through words and drawing
(obs 3/9/18)

Physical development, health and wellbeing

- has good fine-motor skills (obs 3/9/18)
- has great confident involving in social play
and interaction with peers and adult (obs
23-24/8/28)

Human society and the environment

- shows interest in community helpers and
aware of things around the community
- traffic signs and rules (active citizenship)
(obs 24/8/18)

Suggestions for learning focus Suggestions for experiences to extend Suggestions for strategies
Literacy ( & language/communication)  explore road signs and traffic rules in learning - use play-based approach
1. Reading signs and symbols project - hand-on experiences
 making road signs to cooperate in play

Mathematics
2. Measurement, shapes, volume, matching and
counting
Science and technology
3. Magnet, explore technology (phone and
camera)
Creative Arts
4. Drawing and creating narrative
Physical development, health and wellbeing
5. Continue develop fine-motor/gross-motor
development, social and emotional wellbeing
Human society and the environment
6. explore community helpers, map
(geography) and environment
 Construction play with measuring tapes
and rulers
 Shapes construction
 Magnet shapes construction play
 Use pretend phones to call emergency
numbers (part of project)
 Use camera and iPad to take photos
 Have individual journal
 Use tricycle as the emergency vehicles for
traffic signs play and learning
 Obstacle course
 Provide manipulative experiences to
enhance eye-hand coordination
 look at community map (use iPad)
 emergency helpers project
 create community model
- create interest corner where children can
revisit their learning
- Provide tools and variety of construction
toys in the construction corner
- Engage in children’s play and interaction
- Role model
- Use open-ended questions
- Create interest corner
- Provide technology for children to learn
through enquire and hand-on
experiences
- Provide a journal which children can
bring out to add their artworks and share
with family and friends
- Use game and play learning experiences
to enhance the child’s physical and
emotional development
- Use peer-partner
- Be play-partner
- role model the use of technology
- use project approach
- use group work