2) Observational Project: If you choose to complete this extra-credit option, you must observe a 2- to 6 year-old child, and interview his/her parent or guardian about the child, in regard to the primary domains of child development. You must turn in 4- to 7-page typed paper that includes the following sections: • General Details of Observation: Describe the general setting, length of observation (should be 1-2 hours), the observed child’s age, gender, and racial/ethnic background • Physical Growth and Motor Development: Describe the child’s physical appearance; the motor development of the child you observed (refer to gross and fine motor milestone chart); observe and list specific skills you observed with examples (balance and control of gross body movements, such as running and jumping, and fine motor movements, such as handedness, drawing, printing, etc.) • Cognitive Development: Describe the child’s play (e.g., make believe play) and describe specific examples of cognitive development through the play activities you observed in the child; describe where the child falls in Piaget’s stages, including limitations in thought; describe any effective social interaction to promote cognitive development (i.e. observations in line with Vygostky’s theory); describe cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, planning and problem solving; include evidence of theory of mind you observed in the child. • Language Development: Describe evidence of language development in the child as far as is possible, given that you may not have understood much of what the child said. List specific examples; observe and describe unique words and inaccuracies in language; describe any private speech you observed with the child. Give examples. • Emotional Development: Describe the child’s ability to understand and express emotion, including basic and complex emotions; describe child’s temperament and how it fits with any parenting approaches observed or described by the parent; describe the attachment style that relates to the observed self-regulation behavior in the child