This book provides a systematic plan for observing and recording information about young children. It is designed to enable professionals who work with young children build portfolios for the children. It presents techniques on how to use the various methods of recording with examples, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each method. In addition, the text includes a review of developmental milestones to guide observers. This book also provides suggestions for communicating observations to the child and family in a positive, descriptive manner. This is a helpful text for all professionals involved in observing and recording the behavior of young children.

Week by Week: Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children

Science & Math

Nilsen, Barbara A.

Behavioral Sciences

Thomson/Delmar Learning

An Introduction to Learning and Teaching introduces students to the exciting world of teaching children from birth through age 12. It covers such topics as the classroom environment, health and physical development, cognitive skills, language, literacy, creativity, mathematics and science, and emotional and social competence. This text focuses on child development as the foundation for learning about children and stresses the importance of providing instruction that is developmentally appropriate. This realistic and practical text offers readers the insight of experienced teachers as well as the theoretical foundations of educational principles. The text includes a variety of settings, including child care, preschool, Head Start, and public and private elementary schools.

An Introduction to Learning and Teaching: Infants through Elementary Age Children

Parenting & Relationships

Albertalli, Gini

Family Relationships

Cengage Learning'

This well-organized book provides students with a systematic plan for week-by-week documentation of each child's development in an early childhood setting. It presents instruction in the most common recording techniques as well as a review of basic child development principles. By following the week-by-week plan, the observer is able to collect periodic and useful information from a variety of sources. Diagrams, thinking exercises, and case-studies help the content meet the individual learning styles of the readers and the weekly assignments provide manageable collection of data to form a portfolio illustrating the child's development in all areas. This is useful for the child's feeling of competence, the parent's ability to see progress, and the teacher's developmental planning.

Wadsworth Publishing

This text is full of resources that current and future teachers need in order to implement regular, quality developmental observation of all their young students. It explains accepted methods of recording observations and the applications of those methods, including their advantages and disadvantages. This includes pitfalls to avoid, the use of technology with each method, and how to find the time to actually implement the plan. This is paired with an overview of child development so teachers know what to look for and how to record it. The actual filing system for documentation is addressed, as is sharing results with the child and family. Special features add further, thought-provoking substance to the text. Each chapter's "Topics in Observation" section presents an issue for consideration that is related to but beyond the context of the chapter content. A "Reflective Journal" guides the students to think personally about each developmental area, and an Action section gives curriculum ideas, including suggested children's titles that correspond to the chapter's developmental area.

Week by Week: Documenting the Development of Young Children

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

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