Week by Week: Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children

Summary: Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1: Separation and School Adjustment. Chapter 2: Using Anecdotal Recordings to Look at Self Care. Chapter 3: Using Checklists to look at Physical Development. Chapter 4: Using Running Records to Look at Social Development. Practice. Chapter 5: Using Frequency Counts to look at Emotional Development. Chapter 6: Using Conversations to Listen to Language and Speech. Chapter... 7: Using Time Samples to Look at Attention Span. Chapter 8: Using Cognitive Task Experiments to Look at Cognitive Development. Chapter 9: Using Rating Scales to Look at Literacy. Chapter 10: Using Work Samples to Look at Creativity. Chapter 11: Using Technology to Look at Sociodramatic Play. Chapter 12: using Documents for Child Abuse Suspicions and Looking at Self-Concept. Chapter 13: Using Program Assessments to Look at Children in Groups. Chapter 14: Using the Portfolio to Conference With Families. Chapter 15: Using the Yearly Plan to Observe and Record Children's Development. Appendix A: Week by Week, An Observational Plan for Portfolio Building. Appendix B: Weeks 15 through 40: Plans for the Week. Appendix C: Summary of Plans by Developmental Area. Appendix D: Recording Forms. [read more]