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 * Guest Speaker Report**

As part of our studies in Early Childhood Development, we were able to study a four year old, Johnny Barrett. During Johnny’s visit, he was first asked to draw on the board for us to draw whatever he wanted on the board. When prompted to draw his house, Johnny stretched high above his reach to draw the base of his house. This coincides with the “Stages in Children’s Drawings” figure in the textbook (Boyd). In the figure, you can see that basic shapes are being drawn and Johnny is right on track with his drawing skills. During the preoperational stage, “children become pretend in their play”, according to the textbook. In Johnny, we saw that this was true in his previous need to be Iron Man. Now that he is older and moving beyond this, he no longer has this need. In regards to the conservation tasks Johnny was asked to attempt, he scored above the general basis (Boyd). The text states that Johnny would not be able to grasp the challenges until age five. At age four though, Johnny was able to understand most of the conservation tasks by count (Barrett). In motor skills, Johnny scored as well as expected. In table 7.1 (Boyd), it states that a ages 3-4 we can expect to see children skip two feet at a time and Johnny replicated this exactly. Though Johnny matched most of the marks for basic childhood, it is easy to see how excels in some aspects, probably based on home life and emphasis on education.

References: Barrett, Johnny. Human Growth and Development. Saint John's River State College, Orange Park. 15 July 2014. Guest Speaker.

Boyd, Denise Roberts., and Helen L. Bee. //Lifespan Development//. Sixth ed. Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2012. Print.

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