Chapter 15 Using the Yearly Plan to Record Children’s Development “The Week by Week plan answers these questions: Who? What? How? By Whom? When? Why?” ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. CLASS LIST LOG Alphabetical first name list to record small, specific pieces of information on each child in the class Useful in recording single elements of: • • • • Adjustment to routines Self-care Specific development Frequency of choices of learning centers ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. REFLECTIVE JOURNAL Personal diary kept separate and private from children’s records Useful for recording: • • • • Thoughts Expressions of emotions Questions Self-examination ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. ANECDOTAL RECORDING Detailed incident on one child including setting, action/reaction, exact quotes, and result Useful for recording: • Separation & adjustment • Self-care skills • Developmental areas • Sociodramatic play • Child abuse disclosure • Self-esteem ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. CHECKLISTS Listing of related criteria against which skills, knowledge or behavior is measured indicating “yes” or “no,” “present” or “not present”; can indicate milestones attained and areas yet to be developed Useful for recording: • Self-care skills • Stages of development • Sociodramatic play • Self-concept ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. FREQUENCY COUNT A tally of frequently occurring behaviors to quantify their frequency and later used for comparison after a strategy is implemented Useful in recording: • Separation difficulties • Requests for assistance • Prosocial and antisocial behavior • Language used in certain functions • Choices of activities ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. CONVERSATIONS OR INTERVIEWS Recording a child’s verbal interactions either in writing or in audio recording Useful for recording: • • • • Informal conversations Child’s viewpoints Evaluate speech/language Assess cognitive development • Assess literacy development • Discuss work with child ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. TIME SAMPLE Recording children’s free-play choices at regular intervals Useful for recording: • Child’s free-play choices • Sustained play • Interactions • Presence of adult(s) ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. RATING SCALE Criteria arranged according to developmental stages Useful for recording: • Child development stages • Environment appropriateness • Teacher performance ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. WORK SAMPLES Collection of child’s products from which to draw conclusions Useful in recording: • Progress in development • Literacy • Creativity ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. TECHNOLOGY Action preserved in photos, audio/video recording Useful in recording: • An event in sequence • Child development • Self-esteem ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. CHILD ABUSE REPORTING Precise, descriptive, Useful in recording: immediate note-taking, • Indicators of abuse State Reporting Form – Neglect – Sexual abuse – Emotional/ psychological abuse ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. PROGRAM ASSESSMENT Tool to evaluate program environment, curriculum, and administration Useful for recording: • Interactions • Curriculum • Policies and procedures • Health and safety ©2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.