[Kristin]

observing and documenting a child’s development can help early learning providers because it can allow them to catch if a child is behind or needs more instruction. It can help the parents as well and can allow the child to have extra time to focus on areas that need improvement or to work on gaining skills that are developmentally appropriate for their age. it can allow for intervention to occur sooner rather than later as well.

[miranda]

It can let you know what areas the child is struggling in and where they are doing well. It shows that you are interested in their learning.

[Ellie]

A child that receives individual attention and is properly challenged and helped when needed will have a better experience in the classroom, and will often have fewer outbursts, because they are thoroughly entertained and happier. They will gain trust with their providers, and likely will develop “better” behavior.

[Nadia]

observing the child helps us to decide which area of the child needs progress and we can involve the child in actively accordingly because every child is different individually some need more time to learn and some child learn quickly and some children has health problem

[Personal]

Through observation and documentation, childcare providers learn children individualized needs and help childcare programs keep a record of children development. Typically, children can achieve milestones at different times within a certain range and it is consider normal development. So by observing kids in the classroom, we learn if that particular child is achieving his/her milestones, if we need to plan the curriculum differently for them to get there, or red flags that we need to pay attention to in order to help the child.

[Hadiya]

Every child develops at their own pace. Observing and documenting children’s development will help you understand where they are at and when you may need to provide additional support. It is important to meet them where they are at!

[Tim]

Helps caregivers recognize where a child is in his/her development in order to appropriate instruction to further learning.

[Ashley]

Observation and documentation helps early learning providers plan curriculum according to where each child in their class is at developmentally. It allows providers to modify lessons for children who are a little slower or more advanced developmentally.

[Lauren]

Observing and documenting helps teachers gather information about each child and therefore, we can respond rather than react to situations. It also helps us better understand the child and their struggle so that we as their teacher can maybe teach them the same thing as everyone else but with more guidance and we can help walk them through what to do and help them better understand what we are learning.

[Maria]

The purpose of monitoring in kindergarten is to collect information about children and their development. In the process of observation and documentation, teachers do not just collect information, they identify the overall dynamics of children’s development. This is necessary in order to adjust the educational process in a timely manner and select the most appropriate methods for teaching and developing children.

[Tawna]

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers by allowing a teacher to see where the child is at. It can help them create specific activities for each child. It can also let them know how to have better best practices in order to serve the children in their care. You can see from how much a student has grown as well.

[El Sollman]

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers to know how to best teach each child from where they’re at.

[Scion]

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers by giving ourselves records of first-hand observed information about said child: Doing so helps us get to know the children, their strengths and weaknesses, how they are socially, where they are developmentally– especially when compared to when they first started going to your facility, where they are intellectually, their temperament, interests, what kind of teaching and communication style best fits them, etc.!

[Meghan]

Observing and documenting a child’s behavior allows us to see if the child is hitting developmental milestones, and give us concrete examples if the child is not reaching those milestones

[Caitlyn]

It helps them to design structures and curriculum that support or scaffold individual children’s care needs to build towards milestones. By taking time set aside for observation, teachers are able to be present and focused and by documenting teachers have a record of if the child is meeting a milestone consistently or maybe working towards it or maybe struggling. This becomes data that can inform the teachers approach to care for the child.