Week by Week : Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children

Name: Week by Week : Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children
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ISBN: 9780766810549

ISBN-10: 0766810542

ISBN-13: 9780766810549

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Barbara A. Nilsen

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Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 8.49" wide x 10.90" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction: Getting Started	p. 1
The Whys of Observing	p. 1
Portfolios	p. 7
Week by Week Plan	p. 9
Topics in Observation: The Ecological View of the Child	p. 12
Now You Can Get Started	p. 15
A Word about Confidentiality	p. 16
Using the Class List Log to Look at Separation and School Adjustment	p. 18
Using the Class List Log	p. 18
Topics in Observation: Why Not Use a Diary or Daily Journal?	p. 21
Using the Reflective Journal	p. 23
Looking at Separation and School Adjustment	p. 25
Helping All Children with Separation and School Adjustment	p. 35
Helping Professionals for Separation and School Adjustment Concerns	p. 36
Other Methods	p. 36
Plan A	p. 37
Plan B	p. 38
Plan C	p. 38
Using Anecdotal Recordings to Look at Self-Care	p. 40
Using the Anecdotal Recording	p. 40
Looking at Self-Care Skills	p. 45
Topics in Observation: Using All Our Senses	p. 47
Helping All Children with Self-Care Skills	p. 57
Helping Professionals for Self-Care Skills	p. 57
Other Methods	p. 57
Plan A	p. 58
Plan B	p. 59
Plan C	p. 60
Using Checklists to Look at Physical Development	p. 62
Using the Checklist	p. 62
Topics in Observation: Your Frame of Reference	p. 66
Looking at Growth and Development	p. 68
Helping All Children with Physical Development	p. 79
Helping Professionals for Physical Development Concerns	p. 79
Other Methods	p. 79
Plan A	p. 79
Plan B	p. 80
Plan C	p. 81
Using Running Records to Look at Social Development	p. 83
Using Running Records	p. 83
Looking at Social Development	p. 88
Topics in Observation: "The Stew"	p. 89
Helping All Children with Social Development	p. 98
Helping Professionals for Social Development Concerns	p. 98
Other Methods	p. 99
Plan A	p. 99
Plan B	p. 100
Plan C	p. 101
Using Frequency Counts to Look at Emotional Development	p. 103
Using Frequency Counts	p. 103
Looking at Emotional Development	p. 107
Helping All Children with Emotional Development	p. 118
Helping Professionals for Emotional Concerns	p. 118
Other Methods	p. 118
Topics in Observation: The Assessment and Curriculum Braid	p. 119
Plan A	p. 122
Plan B	p. 123
Plan C	p. 124
Using Conversations to Listen to Language and Speech	p. 126
Using Conversations as an Observation Method	p. 126
Listening to Language and Speech	p. 131
Helping All Children with Language Development	p. 138
Topics in Observation: Diversity	p. 139
Helping Professionals for Speech and Language Concerns	p. 140
Other Methods	p. 141
Plan A	p. 141
Plan B	p. 143
Plan C	p. 144
Using Time Samples to Look at Attention Span	p. 146
Using Time Samples	p. 146
Looking at Cognitive Development	p. 151
Topics in Observation: Measuring Cognitive Development--Why Not Test?	p. 158
Helping All Children with Attention Span	p. 161
Helping Professionals for Attention Concerns	p. 162
Other Methods	p. 162
Plan A	p. 163
Plan B	p. 164
Plan C	p. 165
Using Cognitive Task Experiments to Look at Cognitive Development	p. 167
Using Cognitive Task Experiments and Assessments	p. 167
Looking at Cognitive Development: Math and Science	p. 169
Topics in Observation: "Real" Curriculum	p. 179
Helping All Children with Cognitive Development	p. 180
Helping Professionals for Cognitive Concerns	p. 181
Other Methods	p. 181
Plan A	p. 182
Plan B	p. 182
Plan C	p. 183
Plan D	p. 184
Using Rating Scales to Look at Literacy	p. 186
Using the Rating Scale	p. 186
Looking at Literacy	p. 190
Helping All Children with Literacy	p. 205
Topics in Observation: Books in the Sandbox	p. 207
Helping Professionals for Literacy Concerns	p. 208
Other Methods	p. 208
Plan A	p. 209
Plan B	p. 210
Plan C	p. 211
Using Work Samples to Look at Creativity	p. 213
Using Work Samples to Observe a Child's Development	p. 213
Looking at Children's Creative Development	p. 219
Helping All Children with Creativity	p. 230
Helping Professionals for Creative Arts	p. 230
Other Methods	p. 230
Topics in Observation: Responding to Children's Work	p. 231
Plan A	p. 233
Plan B	p. 234
Plan C	p. 235
Using Technology to Look at Sociodramatic Play	p. 237
Using Technology as Documentation	p. 237
Topics in Observation: Protecting the Rights of the Child	p. 242
Looking at Dramatic Play	p. 243
Helping All Children with Sociodramatic Play	p. 250
Helping Professionals for Play Concerns	p. 251
Other Methods	p. 251
Plan A	p. 252
Plan B	p. 253
Plan C	p. 254
Using Documentation for Child Abuse Suspicions and Looking at Self-Concept	p. 256
Using Documentation for Child Abuse Suspicions	p. 256
Diversity and Child Abuse	p. 261
Topics in Observation: Dealing with Families Suspected of Child Maltreatment	p. 263
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem	p. 264
Helping All Children with Self-Esteem	p. 272
Helping Professionals for Child Abuse and Self-Esteem Concerns	p. 273
Other Methods	p. 273
Plan A	p. 274
Plan B	p. 275
Plan C	p. 276
Using Program Assessments to Look at Children in Groups	p. 278
Assessing Early Childhood Programs	p. 278
Topics in Observation: Assessing the Environment--Pointing Back at You	p. 284
Looking at the Adjustment of the Child to the Program	p. 285
Helping All Children in Group Settings	p. 294
Helping Professionals for Program Evaluation and Support	p. 295
Other Methods	p. 295
Plan A	p. 296
Plan B	p. 297
Plan C	p. 297
Plan D	p. 298
Using the Portfolio to Conference with Families and Looking at the Child's Interactions with Adults	p. 300
Communication between Home and School	p. 300
Using the Portfolio to Conference with Families	p. 301
Daily Contacts	p. 302
Looking at the Child's Interactions with Adults	p. 316
Topics in Observation: Does the Week-by-Week Plan Meet NAEYC Guidelines for Assessment?	p. 319
Helping All Children through Home and School Communications	p. 322
Helping Professionals for Home and School Communications	p. 323
Other Methods	p. 323
Plan A	p. 323
Plan B	p. 324
Plan C	p. 324
Plan D	p. 325
Using the Yearly Plan to Observe and Record Children's Development	p. 327
Week by Week: An Observation Plan for Portfolio Building	p. 331
Weeks 15 through 40: Plans for the Week	p. 335
Summary of Plans by Developmental Areas	p. 367
Observation Forms	p. 371
Weeks 15 through 40: Reflective Journal	p. 391
Glossary	p. 419
Index	p. 423
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