advanced cognitive thinking is in Crystal's language development. She speaks as though she is five or six years old. Crystal has very advanced language for her age. For example, she said "I am not a baby, I just did it because I am lazy," with a smirk on her face and her hand on her hip. Crystal's emotional and social skills are very normal and well developed. Preschoolers often experience an emotion called empathy. Empathy is "the ability to recognize and respond sympathetically to the feeling of others." (Beck 355-357) In one incident, a child fell down and Crystal ran to the girl and tried to help the little girl. Crystal made sure she was all right. Crystal also is very active in social relationships. During "share time" Crystal shows doesn't show any signs of shyness. She always gets up in from of class and talks about everything and anything. She is very cooperative in her play with others. When it comes to positive discipline, she understands that what she did was wrong and sits very quietly in a "time out" until her two minutes is up. Crystal is very sociable and friendly. She can walk right up to another child, even if she doesn't know them and have a conversation with them. In group activities Crystal "fits right in". When she plays alone by herself, she plays quite effectively on her own. The thing that I observed about Crystal is that she expresses something called sex-stereotyping. When Crystal is told to do something, she would say "….but I'm a girl" and use this as an excuse for not wanting to do what she is told. The book stated, "As early as 2 years of age, kids start to express sex-stereotyping." Crystal comes from a broken home, in which both parents share custody. She is loved and very well taken care of. Seeing her smile and hearing her laugh is a delight to watch. Unfortunately, I was unable to observe her over a long period of time and I couldn't find out everything about her development. From my experience ...
