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What its like to be a 5 year old.
====Today we had a guest speaker, Johnny Barrett. He talked about what it is like to be a five year old. Johnny is a very intelligent kid for his age. When I volunteered in a pre-school for 1 year, students didn't do as well as Johnny did. Johnny's advanced in all milestones of developmental compared to others. Johnny responded correctly as Professor Barrett asked him questions in different forms about how many brothers and sisters he has. A lot of five year olds get mixed up if you ask them how many brothers and sisters do they have. Johnny did good testing in the conservation of numbers, but Johnny had trouble when Professor Barrett asked him questions in the conservation of liquid forms. Professor Barrett took 1 piece of paper and cut one half smaller and the other half bigger. Johnny answered the question that both pieces are similar "Because there are two" when one piece was bigger than the other. Johnny was using the tendency to think in world terms in one variable (Boyd). Johnny wasn't comparing the size of the papers, he was comparing of how many pieces there were. Professor Barrett did another test on Johnny, Where Professor Barrett put on a song and Johnny would dance to it. At first Johnny was a little shy and didn't want to dance but than when Professor Barrett put the song on, Johnny got excited. As Johnny was dancing, I was observing him. Johnny danced and sang to the song but than in certain parts of the song, Johnny had trouble moving his feet and arms at the same time. When it came time for testing Johnny in his gross motor skills, Johnny kept getting mixed up on his left and right. But I think Johnny was just doing the Mirror affect, where if Professor Barrett used his right hand, Johnny used his left. Professor Barrett asked Johnny to draw a picture on the board. Johnny drew a picture of his new house. Johnny is where he is suppose to be in his fine motor skills at five years old. Johnny motioned he has an imaginary friend. When Johnny went to the library with his dad, Johnny said "His friend didn't come today because he didn't think of him". Assuming when Johnny and his sister argues, is when his imaginary friend pops up. I think when Johnny needs comfort is when he thinks of his imaginary friend. It was a great pleasure and experience having Johnny in class today.====

References:
Lifespan development sixth edition. Bacon and Ally 2012. Boyd. Johnny Barrett, Human growth and Developmental. St. Johns River State College July 15, 2014. Guest Speaker.

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