Week by week : plans for documenting children's development

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 14
About the Author......Page 15
The 10 W’s of Week by Week......Page 16
How to Use This Book......Page 28
In the Companion Website......Page 35
Topics in Observation: Ethics of Documentation......Page 37
Plans......Page 42
Resources......Page 43
Using the Class List Log......Page 44
Using the Reflective Journal......Page 48
Topics in Observation: Why Not Use Daily Logs or Daily Journals for Recording Children’s Behavior?......Page 51
Looking at Separation and School Adjustment......Page 53
Helping All Children with Separation and School Adjustment......Page 65
Standards......Page 66
Resources......Page 67
Using the Anecdotal Recording......Page 68
Looking at Self-Care Skills......Page 76
Topics in Observation: Using All of Our Senses......Page 78
Helping All Children with Self-Care Skills......Page 89
Plans......Page 90
Resources......Page 91
Using the Checklist......Page 92
Looking at Physical Growth and Development......Page 100
Topics in Observation: Your Frame of Reference......Page 113
Observing the Physical Development of Infants and Toddlers......Page 116
Helping All Children with Physical Development......Page 117
Resources......Page 118
Using Running Records......Page 120
Topics in Observation: “The Stew”......Page 125
Looking at Social Development......Page 126
Observing Infants and Toddlers in Social Play......Page 139
Helping All Children with Social Development......Page 140
Other Methods......Page 141
Resources......Page 142
Using Frequency Counts......Page 144
Looking at Emotional Development......Page 148
Topics in Observation: Assessment and Curriculum Braid......Page 163
Observing Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers......Page 164
Helping All Children with Emotional Development......Page 165
Standards......Page 166
Resources......Page 167
Using Listening as an Observation Method......Page 168
Listening to Speech and Language......Page 176
Observing the Developing Language of Infants and Toddlers......Page 186
Helping All Children with Language Development......Page 187
Topics in Observation: Diversity......Page 188
Standards......Page 190
Plans......Page 191
Using Time Samples......Page 192
Looking at Approaches to Learning......Page 199
Helping All Children with Attention Span......Page 212
Topics in Observation: Attention Span and Autism......Page 213
Standards......Page 214
Resources......Page 215
Using Tests......Page 216
Looking at Play and Cognitive Development......Page 227
Helping All Children with Cognitive Development......Page 239
Topics in Observation: “Real” Curriculum......Page 240
Helping Professionals for Cognitive Concerns......Page 243
Resources......Page 244
Using the Rating Scale......Page 245
Looking at Literacy......Page 252
Topics in Observation: Books in the Sandbox......Page 257
Other Methods......Page 272
Resources......Page 273
Using Work Samples to Observe a Child’s Development......Page 275
Looking at Children’s Creative Development......Page 281
Observing Creativity in Infants and Toddlers......Page 288
Topics in Observation: Process Versus Product......Page 294
Helping All Children with Creativity......Page 299
Standards......Page 300
Resources......Page 301
Using Technology for Documentation......Page 302
Topics in Observation: Protecting the Rights of the Child......Page 310
Looking at Dramatic Play......Page 311
Helping All Children with Sociodramatic Play......Page 319
Other Methods......Page 321
Resources......Page 322
Using Documentation for Child Abuse Suspicions......Page 323
Diversity and Child Abuse......Page 329
Topics in Observation: Dealing with Families Suspected of Child Maltreatment......Page 332
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem......Page 333
Helping All Children with Self-Esteem......Page 343
Other Methods......Page 344
Resources......Page 345
Assessing Early Childhood Programs......Page 346
Topics in Observation: Assessing the Environment—Pointing Back at You......Page 355
Looking at the Adjustment of the Child to the Program......Page 358
Observing How Infants and Toddlers Adjust to Group Settings......Page 370
Helping All Children in Group Settings......Page 371
Plans......Page 372
Resources......Page 373
Communications with Families......Page 374
Using Portfolios for Progress Reports and Child Studies......Page 382
Looking at the Child’s Interactions with Adults......Page 394
Topics in Observation: Does the Week by Week Plan Meet NAEYC Guidelines for Assessment?......Page 398
Helping All Children Through Home and School Communications......Page 400
Resources......Page 401
Practitioners......Page 402
Review......Page 403
Glossary......Page 407
References......Page 411
Index......Page 423