Child's ID number: 2006

Leader's First name Jennifer

Last name Carollo

Home Phone 732 373 8699

E-mail jenabc@eden

Enter the date of today's Session : 02/20/98

Time of day when session started: 3:20

Time of day when session ended: 3:45

Information about the child you played with

Date of birth August 7

Sex: __ Male _x_Female

Child's ID number: 2006

Describe the mood of the child when you began to work with him or her:

2006 seemed apprehensive in leaving her friends to talk or play with me when I first arrived. 2006 seemed shy as well, and not very excited for me to be there.

Please describe the physical conditions that apply to your child today.

2006 seemed to be very preoccupied with playing with her peers when I first arrived, and put her hands over her head, looked around the room alot, and called for her other friends to stay close when we finally sat down together.

How did you begin this activity?

It took longer than I thought to get going, I opened with explaining who I was and that I was there for her. I told her the first thing we would do would be to take her picture. The first problem of the afternoon was that 2006 seemed to answer every question and idea with, "I don't know" or just plain "no". After the picture was finally made, as well as the details being squared away as to her very own special binder, I asked 2006 if she liked to play with Kidpix, she said yes, but was more interested in showing me something else she could do with another part of the program in kidpix. I finally convinced 2006 we could do whatever she wanted later, and she agreed.

What was your opening line?

My opening line was, "Do you like to play with Kidpix?" She said yes, and I told her she was going to make me a great picture, that we would use to make a gteat story with later.

Did the child use the mouse and keyboard to draw her or his own picture today or did you work the computer on behalf of the child. Describe precisely who did what?

What features of the program did the child use? (eg. Stamps, freehand drawing. Special visual effects etc.)

2006 used a stamp set with different animals.

Describe what happened as the child made the picture.

From the very beginning 2006 did not seem happy or excited with our plans. She made her picture, which consisted of random animals scattered atound the page, and after less than 2 minutes said "I'm done" While making her picture I commented on one of the animals , but she did not respond.

Describe the picture that your child made

2006 made a picture of various animals scattered around the page, it did not really depict a scene or any kind of order.

Describe how the child went about telling you the story. Was he eager/reticent/long-winded, etc. Did he/she seem to have an image in his mind or was he merely going on and on? It may be hard for you to know that initially, but ultimately you will get to know your child.

Although the child seemed very quiet, shy, and to be preoccupied with the busy surroundings, I believe most of the problems began at this point. I tried my very best and in every way I could to get 2006 to say anything, but all I really got was "I don't know what the story should be" or "I don't know". When I myself started to give her some ideas and strted with a sentence or two, I thought she was starting to warm up. She gave me 2 or 3 of her own sentenes, which really weren't even in sentence form, but more like ideas, but then said " Thats all and I'm tired" I tried to convince her to keep going, praising her picture and work every step of the way, I told her what I liked best about her picture and asked her which part was her favorite, but things only got worse for her father arrived as did other children, who asked her to come play. I felt horrible and tried to give it another shot reminding her it was fun and askind if I could tell her a story. She said "yes" but two minutes later another child came by and 2006, boldly told me, " I don't want to hear your story" I didnt really know what else to do, I thought I really had 2006 going for a little while, and I hope that it was just a case of shyness, and unfortunate conditions. Unfortunaltely this is as far as I can go in filling out this form, I truly do feel bad and hope things go smoother next time.

Next, you, the leader try to help the child make some connection between the story and the picture. Say: "Oh here is a bee. Did you ever see a bee? Did you ever hear a story about a bee. Etc." You are trying to help the child make a connection between this story and a memory of a previous experience (if indeed there is such a memory.) Or, you are helping the child realize that he/she has created an imagination image from which he/she is working, ie. a strongman with a skullhead that is stimulating the story.

1. Describe what happened as the child made the picture.

2. Describe how the child went about telling the story

3. Discuss your follow-up of the story in terms of the way the child or you connected the picture and the story to each other or to the child's previous experience(s).

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