The observation project component consisted of ten hours, two hours per age group. I selected four different settings and enjoyed my time at each location. Every location and setting is different, as are teaching styles. When I observed a childcare room at King's College Early Learning Center, I was impressed by the quality of the childcare as well as the classroom setup. Most importantly, I enjoyed my time with the infants. While I was in the room there were 6 infants. Most of them were not mobile but were very active playing and trying to be mobile. While I was in this room, I focused my observation on two infants, one was a four-month-old boy and the other was an eight-month-old girl. The four-month-old boy babbled, smiled and said objects. He was also able to support his head when on his stomach, grab toys with his hand and shake them. The eight-month-old girl showed all the skills of the four-month-old boy, although she showed other skills as well. She would hit things, sit up on her own, and also get into a standing position using a shelf or another adult in the room. The next age group I observed were the older toddlers at Little Meadows Learning Center. While I was in that room, there were 14 two-year-old toddlers. I was in this room for circle time, free play, centers, outside time and lunch. All this time the children were very active and I decided to observe two toddlers. The first child was a boy who had turned two about a month ago. From my observations, he is affectionate, strong-hearted, friendly and very active. He does not have a large vocabulary and speaks quickly. As he ran, it sometimes seemed like his feet couldn't keep up with the way ...... middle of paper ...... ions and he was attentive throughout the class. While observing the settings, I took note of some of the techniques that I had never seen or appreciated before. I took note of this when, at Wilkes-Barre Academy, the teacher taught social studies. At the start of the year, she assigned each child a state as their first name and a capital letter as their last name. Most of the children in my observations knew all the states and capitals. Another technique I observed involved school age classes. The teacher would attract the students' attention by clapping or playing a rhythm on the piano. The students then clapped, and this continued until the room became quiet and the teacher began to speak. My overall experience of my observations was satisfactory, I enjoyed visiting various centers, meeting new people and observing the techniques used in class..