Ana Flores Case StudyRebecca Cohn

Physical Development Strengths• Fine motor skills• Using scissors• Writing her name using the appropriate

pincer grip• Gross motor skills• Peddling a tricycle• Swinging on a swing and pumping her

legs• Body awareness

Physical Development Improvement Suggestions

Improve Balance Skills• School activities: using “kids yoga” cards in

classroom, music and movement, and incorporating more obstacle courses that include the use of a balance beam

• Home activities: using the balance beam at the local park

Cognitive Development Strengths• Knowledge of the alphabet• Writing letters in her own name, and

others’ names• Recognizing patterns• Especially AB patterns

Cognitive Development Improvement SuggestionsAdding number quantities together• School activities: adding small,

familiar objects together with one-on-one help from teacher and playing iPad games such as TallyTots and Park Math

• Home activities: helping mother cook (counting different ingredients) and counting how many toys she has

Language Development Strengths• Pragmatics• Being able to use language differently

based on the setting and situation• Receptive Language• Being able to understand words and

sentences (that may not necessarily be used correctly)

Language Development Improvement SuggestionsRhyming• School activities: rhyming

pegboards and rhyming songs such as “Willaby Wallaby” or “Five Little Bees”

• Home activities: reading rhyming books such as “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss or “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin Jr. and finding words that rhyme with objects around the house

Emotional Development Strengths• Very excited to learn new

things, as shown by her eagerness during large group circle time

• Passionate about drawing, coloring, and painting

• Has a sense of identity, knows personal information

Emotional Development Improvement SuggestionsBeing able to express her feelings• School activities: doing a

behavior over time graph with different books and drawing in her journal about how she feels

• Home activities: reading books such as “Llama Llama Misses Mama” by Anne Dewedney, “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain, or “Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day” by Jamie Lee Curtis and going through magazines and looking at pictures of people and identifying their feelings

Social Development Strengths• Great friendships within her class. She

has remained friends with the same group of girls for the entire year.

• Listens and follows directions

Social Development Improvement SuggestionsProblem Solving• School activities: having a class

discussion on problem solving and perspective taking

• Home activities: discussions about how to solve problems with each other and reading books about solving problems, such as “Talk and Work It Out” by Cheri J. Meiners, “Ella, Of Course” by Sarah Weeks, or “Shelby The Flying Snail” by Virginie Hanna