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?”
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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:
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Adjustment to routines
Self-care
Specific development
Frequency of choices of
learning centers
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Personal diary kept
separate and private
from children’s
records
Useful for recording:
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Thoughts
Expressions of
emotions
Questions
Self-examination
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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
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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
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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
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CONVERSATIONS OR
INTERVIEWS
Recording a child’s
verbal interactions
either in writing or in
audio recording
Useful for recording:
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Informal conversations
Child’s viewpoints
Evaluate speech/language
Assess cognitive
development
• Assess literacy
development
• Discuss work with child
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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)
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RATING SCALE
Criteria arranged
according to
developmental stages
Useful for recording:
• Child development
stages
• Environment
appropriateness
• Teacher performance
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WORK SAMPLES
Collection of child’s
products from which
to draw conclusions
Useful in recording:
• Progress in
development
• Literacy
• Creativity
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TECHNOLOGY
Action preserved in
photos, audio/video
recording
Useful in recording:
• An event in sequence
• Child development
• Self-esteem
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CHILD ABUSE REPORTING
Precise, descriptive,
Useful in recording:
immediate note-taking, • Indicators of abuse
State Reporting Form
– Neglect
– Sexual abuse
– Emotional/
psychological abuse
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PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
Tool to evaluate
program environment,
curriculum, and
administration
Useful for recording:
• Interactions
• Curriculum
• Policies and
procedures
• Health and safety
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