Observation Report Of A Child At Elementary School Recess

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After leaving the class John ran to the
designated play area with another student. The designated play area of the
playground where the students of this program are restricted to consists of a
"jungle bar" set ; This play structure consists of "monkey bars" with tall
vertical poles for sliding down attached at each end, three parallel bars of
varying height, and horizontal bars constructed in a ladder fashion for climbing
on. Additionally, the designated area includes a tether ball court, and a
balancing beam constructed in a "Z" shape. The staff has restricted the students
of the program to this area due to these childrens' limited abilities to
demonstrate social skills, and in order to better supervise the group during
recess activities. However, other children at the school are not restricted from
this area and interact freely with the children from the program.
After John had arrived at the play area he immediately jumped onto the
parallel bars and began to swing ...

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physical, and the small group of children ran off.
John played with this group for a while longer, as they would shoot at
each other periodically and ran around the play area. John disengaged himself
from playing with this group as he was distracted by a nearby puddle of water.
John jumped over the puddle, and was prompted by the staff not to step in the
water. After this warning John jumped over the puddle a few more times before
picking up a stick, which he used to poke and investigate the tiny pool. John
seemed very interested in this activity, and spent approximately five to eight
minutes investigating what he had found before loosing interest and returning to
the ...

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