The document discusses the development of a virtual child named Rose from birth to age 2 based on monthly reports. It describes Rose's progress in the physical, social/emotional, and intellectual domains at each stage, noting she is advancing well physically but sometimes slower in other areas. Overall, Rose appears to be meeting typical developmental milestones for her age.

1. MY VIRTUAL CHILD (PART ONE)
Student Name: Sathi Sen
Student ID #: 300 619 965
Course Title: The Health Development of the
Whole Child
Course Code: ECEP 103
Professor: Chris Cadieux
Date of submission: November 09, 2011

2. The Infant Years (0 – 4
Months)
Developmental Answer Examples from my Virtual Child Examples from the Book
Domain ( Original Thoughts) Reports
It seems that Rose’s birth was After eight hours of labor, Rose When a fetus is in distress, a
Physical not normal but after her began to go to distress. The doctor might want to remove it
birth, she had not any problem. doctor said that the baby was from the mother’s uterus
So, she is meeting her not in the correct position and surgically by performing a
developmental milestones. for that reason, they did a C- Caesarean section.
section and after 10 minutes, (Children: A Chronological
Rose was born. Her Apgar score Approach, p.-98). When a baby
was 7-8 that means she was cries, it tells that the baby is
able to express her problem hungry, tired or hurt (Children: A
through her crying Chronological Approach, p.-
101).
At the age of 03 months, Rose’s Rose smiles at familiar people At about 2 months infants start
Social / Emotional developing behavior is like a and toys. She is able to laugh at to make social smiles when they
typical baby. funny things such as a little dog. see another human face.
She is developing lots of cute Sometimes social smiling is
little habits. accompanied by cooing (sroufe
& waters 1978). Children: A
Chronological Approach, p.-181
It seems that Rose’s intellectual Rose is able to focus her eyes on At bout 4 months, infants can
Intellectual improvement is going on her mother and spends a lot of successfully reach for objects
properly which we can see in time studying her mother’s face (Bertenthal & Clifton 1998).
normal babies. & the faces of anyone who Children: A Chronological
comes close to her. Approach, p.-129.

3. The Infant Years (5 – 8 Months)
Developmental Answer Examples from my Virtual Examples from the Book
Domain ( Original Thoughts) Child Reports
It seems Rose’s developmental Rose is able to digest new Solid foods (rice cereal,
Physical milestones is going on a foods well, so the doctor strained vegetables) can be
perfectly like a typical baby. recommends that Rose eat a introduces into an infants diet
variety of foods from the family in this age.
dinner (ground up).
Rose’s social and emotional Rose is cautious around new By 6 or 7 months, infants begin
Social / Emotional development is going on people and situations, but to distinguish facial expressions
properly like a normal baby. warms up fairly quickly to associated with different
friendly people and to new and emotions Children: A
interesting activities and then Chronological Approach, p.-
begins to vocalize a lot and 183
make eye contact.
It seems Rose is meeting her Rose is able to find a hidden At 8 months, infants search for
Intellectual developmental milestones object as long as I don’t wait objects, but they understand of
properly which is very common too long or distract her in the object permanence remains
in a typical baby. middle of the search. Rose incomplete. If 8- 10 month olds
really likes this hiding game and see an object hidden under one
shows by her interest that she container and then see it
wants it repeated. hidden under a second
container, they routinely look
for the toy under the first
container. Children: A
Chronological Approach, p.-

4. The Infant Years (9 – 12Months)
Developmental Answer Examples from my Virtual Child Examples from the Book
Domain ( Original Thoughts) Reports
Rose is progressing perfectly to Rose is growing up properly. She At about the first birthday
Physical her developmental milestones. is very active in her activities. youngsters usually are ready to
She likes to play her age try eating with a spoon. At first,
appropriate game such as, find they play with the spoon,
objects from hidden place. dipping it into a dish filled with
Recently she pronounced her food or sucking on an empty
first clear word and pointed at spoon. Children: A Chronological
the object. Approach, p.-130
It seems Rose’s social/ Rose is now interested with Children’s first social
Social / Emotional emotional progressment is going other kids. She can understand relationships are usually with
on proper way. the happy moment in her family. parents, but infants rapidly
She is also comfortable with the expand their social horizons.
attachment of her care giver. Infants with secure attachments
relationships tend to have more
successful peer relationships.
Children: A Chronological
Approach, p.-190
Rose is meeting her Rose is able to find a hidden At this age children says first
Intellectual developmental milestones same object and she likes this kind of word, likes to place objects
as other normal children’s. Her play. At nine months old, Rose inside one another. Ages and
intellectual development is began to understand a few Stages: A Brief Overview Birth
increasing day by day. words. to 12 Years.

5. The Toddler Years (2 Years Old)
Developmental Answer Examples from my Virtual Examples from the Book
Domain ( Original Thoughts) Child Reports
Rose is growing up properly. She Rose has a tremendous drive to By this age children walks up
Physical is approaching her use her motor skills. She is and down stairs by holding onto
developmental milestone like a sometimes interested in dancing railing. They can tosses or roll a
typical baby. or singing along with music. large ball, feeds self with spoon.
Ages and Stages: A Brief
Overview Birth to 12 Years.
Rose’s social and emotional After she got warmed up, Rose Toward the second birthday,
Social / Emotional development in very similar like seemed to get along very well youngsters begin to engage in
a typical baby. with the other kids and vey co- co-operative play. Children: A
operative for a child of her age. Chronological Approach, p.-197.
Sometimes she acts shy when Acts shy when around strangers.
looking at mirror. Ages and Stages: A Brief
Overview Birth to 12 Years.
It seems that Rose’s intellectual Rose is able to imitate actions or Children at 18 months learn 10
Intellectual development going on properly words that she has seen or heard or more new words each week.
that I can see in a typical baby. days before. This greatly Ages and Stages: A Brief
expands her ability new things Overview Birth to 12 Years.
Rose also seems to be aware of
basic categories, such as big or
little blue or red.

7. Answer to the question: c
According to the repot of the virtual child each month, I think Rose (My Virtual Child) is advanced in some of the
activities, also age appropriate and a little slow in some of the other activities.
Physically Rose is very active and is advanced in her gross motor skills. And to keep it up, the examiner
recommended that I expose Rose to variety of indoor and outdoor activities and let her interest be the guide as
to what to pursue.
In my opinion, Rose is going to be fairly active child at preschool age.
Social skill is something that most of the children use to get along with each other. Some of them have a
really hard time and some of them don’t. Rose, in this case is also doing a good job. Even though it takes a little
bit time for her to get warmed up with kids, but when she does she seems to be getting along with others very
well and is really co-operative for her age.
Rose also sometimes gets moody when things inst exactly going her way but if I give her some time
eventually she is able to overcome this kind of situation. So hopefully I will be able to pay more attention at this
matter when she reaches preschool.
As babies grow older, they imitate their parents and what they see and hear around them. According to
my virtual child report, now Rose is also able to imitate action or words she has seen or heard days before. This
greatly expands her ability to learn new things. Therefore, if she keeps this up in future she will most probably
be able to cope with her age appropriate skills in her preschool or school age years.
I think my predictions will most probably will be true, because according to my virtual child report Rose’s
physical, social/ emotional and intellectual progressment is telling me how she is doing right now and what may
happen further.