Week by Week: Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children - Softcover

Nilsen, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766810542 ISBN 13: 9780766810549

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2000

Synopsis

This book provides a systematic plan for professional observation and recording of information about young children. It presents techniques, provides examples, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. In addition, the text includes a review of developmental milestones and off

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Manageable observation techniques for portfolio building
If you are the teacher or caregiver of toddlers through early elementary age children, and you want to build meaningful portfolios of children's develpment throughout the year, this book is for you. It gives you week by week assignments and a whole year's plan to oberve EVERY child, in EVERY developmental area, several times or the course of the year, using DIFFERENT methods of recording to get the most objective, usable information. You're too busy? This book will help you manage your time with the children and the information you gather. It also is an overview of child devlopment because you need to know what you are looking for, as well as curriculum ideas, classrom practices and tips on communicating with parents. Personal stories and essays on issues are included too. Forms are performated for reproduction. This book can also be used as a college textbook for observation methods. Comments welcome: Contact me by email NILSEN_B@sunybroome.edu

Edition details

• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766810542
• ISBN 13: 9780766810549
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 435