Early Childhood Observation An observation was held in the children's wing of Tarrant County Junior College. Inactivities ranging from physical to motor to social and cognitive development were observed in a variety of children between the ages of two and six. Specifically I mean that, whether it be leadership skills or lack thereof, running, climbing and jumping, drawing and writing, or anything that might fall in between, has been seen, done, and explained in the following observation. First Let's start with physical and motor development. Say hello to Karligh and Bethany, my first observation volunteers. Both are about four years old. I will observe them carrying out the first activities in the phase of physical and motor development and the great general muscular/motor skills. Great muscle/general motor skills include: climbing monkey bars, riding big wheels (or tricycles), and racing through an obstacle course built into the playground. it is clearly obvious that Karligh is physically stronger in the upper body than Bethany. With surprising ease, Karligh passed through the bars using nothing but her arms to accomplish this task. Bethany, on the other hand, was shaky and uncertain from the start. After hanging from the first bar, she quickly moved her feet to the side to support her legs. She was able to cross, but only with great assistance from me. Karligh also showed mastery in riding the big wheel. His speed and ability to turn seemed to surpass anyone else on the playground. Bethany chose to ride only after a piece of candy corruption. His trike skills were a little slow but about average. However, once again Bethany won. The last major muscular activity was completing the obstacle course. The obstacle course involved running up a slide, crawling through a tunnel, crossing a rickety bridge and then walking along a balance beam. Karligh ran up the slide with considerable effort. He quickly crawled through the tunnel and crossed the rickety bridge with little effort. He crossed the balance beam faster than I had seen any child do all day. Bethany got up the slide in a slightly faster time than Karligh. The crawl through the tunnel was done quickly and she was first stuck on the rickety bridge. He managed to cross the bridge in a modest amount of time but encountered some problems with the balance beam. After slowly completing about ten percent of the journey