Becoming A Skilled In Observation And Assessment

I am a French teacher in Murch Elementary School, and I observed Julian on November 10, 2014 between 11:30 am and 12 pm, during his outdoor play. Julian is 6 years old and he is a boy. He attends a second grade Class in Murch School. Observing Julian during his outdoor play will give me an opportunity to learn more about his physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. I decided to observe Julian because Julian is a confident child who is taller than other children in his class. He enjoys play outside. Julian is a child who likes smile and runs everywhere. My observation method was to write everything I saw Julian was doing, and there were sufficient staff supervising outdoor play so I was able to concentrate on observing Julian

Provides a Systematic Method for observing children. It assists teachers, and parents in assessing individual skill development.

Clark and Moss (2001) illustrated the importance of observation, observations that involve watching, hearing and listening to all children’s voices. Nevertheless, Clark and Moss noted that observations signify adult’s understandings of a child’s world and environment. We should always consider children’s own interpretations to form the complete mosaic. I adopted the Mosaic approach (Clark and Moss, 2001) because their focus is on research with young children in early years

The observation of children is performed by teachers and educators, to help understand each child, and their characteristics. Along with assessment and evaluation, educators are able to understand each child’s development, and make decisions about appropriate activities and experience to offer each child, to help foster their individual development. (Veale, A. and Piscitelli, B. 1988) This essay will discuss the Value of the Observation Process in Planning for early childhood settings, and the role of each teacher in facilitating children’s individual learning and development.

I felt the implementation of my lesson went very smoothly. For the introduction of my lesson, I had students interact with the smart board to practice addition problems and moving manipulatives to get correct answers. The smart board was acting up during this time, and I would say that was the only part of the implementation that did not go smoothly. The rest of the lesson, I helped students practice word problems and create and move manipulatives using kidspiration. This all went very well.

Today I had the opportunity of observing a left above the knee amputation, which is removal of a body part. This patient was a diabetic with neuropathy and had a wound for several years in his left leg that was severely infected, which was compromising blood flow to his left leg. First, the patient was sedated with general anesthesia followed by prepping and scrubbing the patients skin. Thereafter, the surgeons marked lines on the patient’s skin to guide them in what areas to incise the skin. As the surgeons, were cutting through the skin, I saw that they carefully divided the muscles and clamped then cut the blood vessels to stop the bleeding. Once they reached the femoral bone, the surgeons then used a bone saw to transect the bone. Once

Seeing children in their natural environment – this helps to increase the validity of the

When I made my first visit to practicum site, I tried to consider observing developmentally appropriate practice. First of all, I observed physical conditions of the classroom and the garden. The class and the garden are connected by windows that this helps children to make a connection between inside and outside world (Gonzales-Mena, 2001). When the classroom allows children being more integrated with the outside world, in my opinion, they find more things that they can improve their developments more intellectually. Also, this physical condition makes easy some activities. For example, in my observing class, every morning a child shows what weather is today via looking outdoor from the windows. I think that it is more pleasure looking from

Observations is needed in our profession because it helps us read children without hearing them. We understand what they’re going through by their facial expressions, body language or tone of voice. I feel that I have mastered this gift of reading what children and adults want because I have three children of my own. Each child is different and reacts to situations differently. Therefore, knowing what signs to look for helps tremendously when successfully guiding children. In my first observation, I had a wonderful time observing one of two three star In-Home daycare in my state. I came in the classroom close to 10:30am and began my observation. The children where freely playing moving around. They played together but wanted what the other

As a practitioner we are always carrying out observations on the children in our care, this will help us to recognise when children are ill or going through a tough time at home. Observations are also important because children do not always verbally communicate their feelings, being able to recognise children’s emotions based off only their body language and their interactions helps us to understand the child better and be able to provide a better service. Observations during play can help the practitioner discover the child’s interests and then they will be able to use these interests to engage the child. For example a child who has a fascination with trains may respond positively to an activity centred on trains. One downside to this technique

Most child care providers understand the role of observation in early childhood education. Observation is often seen as one of the most simple, yet effective methods of assessing young children as they develop.For a child care provider or educator, observing a child begins with noting how each child behaves, learns, reacts to new situations and interacts with others. Later, you reflect on this information and determine how it can help you improve your classroom to meet the needs of your young learners.Observing the children in your care can help you to better understand the strengths and weakness of each individual child. Your observations can then guide your programming and help you make adjustments to your care environment to improve a child’s behavior and facilitate learning. Also, regular observation and careful analysis of their behaviors and personality traits can help you build a stronger

In order to be a good educator, it is critical to observe children during their learning experiences. Observations allow the educator to determine what the child knows, can do and understand (Early Childhood Australia, 2012, p.1). Observations help the educator to implement experiences, which are of interest to the children helping to build on their knowledge. According to Curtis & Carter (2013, p. 16) educators have many demands and distractions; therefore learning to pay attention requires systematic study and ongoing practice. It was nice to conduct an experience with two children, however, I feel that in an early childhood setting there would be many distractions that I would have to overcome.

It is always difficult to understand children because they are different and complicated. With all the amusing and ambiguous characteristics of young children, we studied decades ago that in order to better understand children we should start by observing them as they play. As caregivers, it is essential for us to know our children intensely, to flow with their movements, and to broaden their approach to how the world works.

I request permission for your child to participate in a child observation project that will be used for my class project in the upcoming weeks. All information will be confidential, and alias names will be used. Please let me share some information with you about a child observation assessment and what will be involved with this process in the classroom. The purpose of this assessment will be to select the appropriate curriculum for your son, identify what he has already learned, and to determine if any special needs need to be met. I will be observing your son in his natural surroundings in the early childhood classroom by doing so this provides a familiar place where the he is comfortable in exploring the various areas of the classroom,

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary (1828), “observation is an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence.” Observation in Early Childhood is important so teachers are able to meet developmental needs of young children through evaluation and assessment. The purpose of this case study is to observe the characteristics and behaviors of a child’s stages of development in an early childhood class; the child’s dominant stages of play would also be highlighted based on Parten’s stages of play. Activities and strategies would also be recommended to improve areas in which the child can be assisted. These areas would be the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.