Initial Observation Plan
Student Name: Taylor Roncali Date: September 21st, 2017
Document a Descriptive
Observation:
- Document what you have
heard and seen (i.e.,
conversations, experiences,
interactions, questions,
situations)
- Document non-verbal
communication (i.e., body
language and voice tone)
- Document in detail (i.e.,
answer who, what, where,
and when)
- Omit your opinions (do
not infer)
- Documentation should be
written in past tense
- reinforcement. During the session, Student As reinforcement was
The following observation session took place with Student A and I.T.
Becca.
In the morning when Student A had arrived, he was allowed to get
settled in and free play. He chose to go into room eight and explored
the castles, farms, as well as the little people and animal characters.
Student A engaged during his free play by holding up the little
characters and saying things like, look! and presented the object.
He would also hide behind the castle or farm structure and pop back
out saying peek-a-boo involving both the I.T and myself in the
game.
Once we felt Student A had settled in, his programs and targets were
introduced throughout the session as well as reinforcements.
Student As session took place in the gym as this is where he seems
to be motivated the most.
The first target that was worked on with Student A was filling in the
blanks to the songs Happy Birthday and ABCs. I.T Becca would
present the songs with props or big gestures as Student A is very
motivated by big gestures. When singing Happy Birthday, a cupcake
prop was used and gestures like blowing out the candle and eating
the cupcake were implemented.
The second target song, ABC, was implemented on the carpet in the
gym. Student A sat on the trampoline as I.T Becca jumped along
each letter on the carpet while singing. While singing, I.T Becca
would pause along letters and Student A would fill them in to get her
to continue jumping.
Once Student A completed the task, he was presented with a
the Disney movie Frozen.
The final program task that I observed during the session was the
task of completing a three-piece puzzle. Student A was presented
the puzzle with the pieces removed and given a minute to examine.
Since he did not start to complete the puzzle alone, some prompts
were implemented. The first prompt presented was a gesture of the

Child(ren):
What skill(s) and
developmental domain(s)
did you observed? Focus on
the strengths of the
children. What can they
do?
What did the child(ren) find
interesting? How do you
know?
What did the child(ren) talk
about? What did
he/she/they say?
What type(s) of play were
demonstrated (i.e.,
cooperative, parallel,
solitary)?
puzzle piece, then a hand over hand prompt till the puzzle was
complete. Once he completed the puzzle, reinforcements were
presented. Student A was not as interested in the puzzle as he was in
the songs.
Domains
3.3 Expressive Language Skills: Words with Gestures.
speaking with words and gestures beginning to speak
with more words than gestures
4.2 problem solving. setting goals and achieving
through trial and error.
During the observation, two domains from Elect that were
observed was Domain 3.3: Expressive Language Skills - Words
with Gestures, and Domain 4.2: Problem solving.
Student A presented Domain 3.3 during the session when the
song targets were implemented. When filling in the words, to
you for the song Happy Birthday, Student A would point to I.T
Becca. Domain 4.2 was used when Student A was completing
the puzzle task. Through trial and error, as well as prompts,
Student A was able to complete the task asked of him.
During the session, Student A seemed to be very interested in
the movie Frozen. The movies was used as his reinforcement
as it made him motivated to work for it. Something else that
made the movie more enjoyable for Student A was I.T Becca
singing and mimicking the actions of the characters in the
movie.
The types of play that were demonstrated through the
observation session were Cooperative Play and Physical Play.
Both of these types of play were presented when Student A was
engaging during his free play, completing the puzzle and
singing the songs.
 Plan of action/Purpose

Plan of Action: From the information gathered during the observation session,
a learning experience I would present to Student A would be a
- What Learning sound puzzle. By presenting the sound puzzle it is
Experience will you present
incorporating a reinforcement and a target into one.
the following placement
day? For example,
Learning Experience: Play-
dough fun Objectives:

Allow Student A to freely explore the puzzle.

- Purpose:
Motivate the use of fine motor and problem solving
- Objective: skills.
If needed, use prompts to help Student A complete task.

- Materials:
Materials:

Sound puzzle puzzles that makes sound when pieces are

inserted.