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Trainer Monitored Discussion – Observing and documenting a child’s development
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Trainer Monitored Discussion – Observing and documenting a child’s development
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Observing and documenting is very important because that’s how we can keep track of developmental milestones. Also- each child is different, so some might be a bit behind than others, being able to see where they are helps us be able to help them.
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Great insight, Eva! Observing and documenting helps track milestones and tailor support to each child’s needs. Well said!
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Observing children helps you understand them and know how to interact with them and how to engage because if you van see what milestones there are at you can see how to help them.
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You can use observations to plan for learning experiences and interactions. Taking time to observe allows you to explore what infants or toddler are focusing on, what their intentions might be, and what strategies they are using to learn. Conducting screenings and assessments
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Observing and documenting a child’s development helps care providers by being able to see a child’s progress as well as what they need to continue to focus on. It is also important so that providers can ensure the activities are age appropriate.
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Maggie, you’ve highlighted the importance of observing and documenting to track progress and ensure age-appropriate activities. Well stated!
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documenting information on a childs development helps everyone around the center be able to learn and know more about the childs growth in the center and how they can better assist and teach that child the things needed to prepare them for school after care.
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Observation is the basis for decision making about how to create curriculum or alter the environment, and even informs how you interact effectively with each child.Using various modes/methods of observation help the teacher determine what a child can do independently, what they can do with help and what additional support they need to take them to the next developmental level. One should never use their observation for comparison or labeling the children.Using observation to understand development is essential to effective teaching.
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Great insight, Raghanivedha! Observation guides curriculum, environment, and interactions, ensuring each child’s developmental needs are met respectfully.
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Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers understand each child’s unique need, and tailor activities to support individual growth effectively.
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Serena’s response demonstrates a clear understanding of the benefits of observing and documenting a child’s development for personalized learning.
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Serena, well said! Observing and documenting help tailor activities to support each child’s unique needs. Great insight!
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realizar la observacion y la documentacion de los ninos como profesionales de ensenanza temprana es una herramienta que se interrelacionan entre si, es importante hacerlo porque de esa manera observamos la evolucion y desarrollo diario del nino en cada actividad, aprendizaje, juego, comportamiento y en todo lo que se relaciona a la actividad y lo que observemos de cada nino en el dia a dia y saber con que frecuencia ocurre durante el dia o con un nino en particular, de esa forma podemos determinar si su desarrollo es acorde con la edad.
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Observation and documentation help us track a child’s progress and tailor learning experiences to their developmental needs.
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Observing and documenting a child’s development can help learning providers by giving an insight of what to teach. You can observe where the children are on their knowledge so you can make lesson plans, activities on how to further educate ALL the children and work with those who need it the most if you see them struggling
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Observations and documentation helps early learning childcare providers interact more efficiently with the children in care through developmentally and age appropriate ways to continue their journey of learning and development. Each child is vastly different on this continuum of development, so knowing through documenting interactions and observations helps their place along the continuum to create an environment and provide appropriate materials for their learning path.
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It helps, because you will always have multiple children in your care, and they all will develop differently. Observing and keeping clear records of milestones and the development of each child will help you keep everybody’s learning straight. including the correct curriculum development.
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The combination of all children’s records during this developmental stage is what allows us as educators to continue to workshop the education system so that it continues to grow and change in a way that is congruent with the child’s needs and changes in society.
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Hannah, well said! Documenting children’s development helps educators adapt and improve the education system effectively. Great insight!
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Early Learning providers must rely on observation as a tool to understand where children are on the developmental continuum. Observation can not only provide information on a child’s strengths and weaknesses, but can tell a provider about a child’s cultural background and home life, how they best absorb new information, their interests, and much more. Once a provider gets to know a child through careful observation, they can modify their curriculum to be more individualized and allow them to scaffold the child’s learning.
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Observing and documenting a child’s development can allow early learning providers insight into the child’s developmental progress. With documenting information it allow the providers to see were the child may need extra help in and in areas were they might exceed. As well as observing its provides knowledge into a child’s unique characteristics and learning styles.
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Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning teachers by getting to know each kid individually and shows them where they are on the developmental platform. It helps the teachers see if the children are thriving or need a little bit extra help.
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Great insight, Josie! Observing and documenting children’s development helps teachers understand their individual needs and track their progress effectively.
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