COGNITIVE ACTIVITY BASED ASSESSMENT

Date: 11/26/20
Teacher: Kimberly Mackay
Child’s Name: McKay Knecht
Child’s Age: 2.5 years
Setting: Kitchen Table

Detailed description of the activity, with photo:

I will have differently craft sticks I will have him sort the colors and with the numbers. He will also recognize
the numbers 1-10. He will also be able to recognize basic shapes.

Domain Domain Domain

Cognitive/Math Cognitive/Math Cognitive/Math
Skill: Skill: Skill:

Match colored sticks with the Recognize written numbers 1-10 Match basic shapes
colored numbers

Presentation of materials: Presentation of materials: Presentation of materials:

Have paper of differently colored I will have the different color I will have the shapes cut out and
numbers with differently colored sticks next to the paper of the next to the paper with the
sticks. differently colored numbers. different shapes all coordinating
with colors.

Prompt: Do/Say Prompt: Do/Say Prompt: Do/Say

Let’s match the colors! Put this What is this this number? Let’s match shapes. Where does
stick on the same color number. this shape go? What color is that
shape.

Child’s Response: Child’s Response: Child’s Response:

He would take the stick and circle When I pointed to the numbers, He was able to match the shapes,
the number of the same color. He He would say them. “One! … but he could not say the names
would take the red stick and circle Four!” He did this from 1-10. I of the shapes.
 the red one and did the same with
each color.
picked up 2 sticks and asked him
how many I had. He said “two”.
When I picked up 3 stick I asked if
I have 3 or 4 and he started from
five counting to ten.

ABA Narrative
I wanted to see if McKay could recognize written numbers 1-10 and sort colors and basic shapes.

Authentic assessment is an assessment done as close to a real-life setting as possible. We were playing and

having fun so even though it was not real-life, like doing one-to-one while setting the table. We were playing

and laughing while we were doing the assessment. I had the activity on the table with him mom across from us

at the kitchen table. I had the shapes cut out and next to paper with the matching shapes. When I picked up a

shape I said, “let’s match them. Where does this one go?” and he was able to point to each shape correctly. He

was able to place the triangle, rectangle, circle, and square on the correct spots. When I asked what the shape

was called, he just said that color of the shape. For the other part of the activity I asked him if he could put the

yellow stick on the yellow number. When I asked him to do that, he would take the stick and circle the yellow

number. I would then ask him what number that was. He was ablet to tell me after saying the color. So, for

yellow he took the yellow stick and circled the two and when I asked what number that was, he said “yellow”. I

said, “yes, that’s yellow, what number is it?” He was able to say “two.” He did this with the numbers 1-10 on

the page. Each one with the correctly colored stick. I knew that he could count to ten, his mom told me. I didn’t

know if he could recognize the numbers written. I learned that he hasn’t learned the names of shapes but he can

recognize them. He can correctly put the right shapes together. He also recognizes and knows his colors and

numbers well. He can’t do one-to-one correspondence or count out a certain number of sticks, which I added in

there when I saw he could easily do the activities I prepared for him. I am not worried about him at all. He is 2.5

years old and counting out a certain number of sticks is more advanced. He was able to match basic shapes and

sort by color. He also recognizes numbers 1-10 written out.

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