[Alexis]

Observing children and their activities can help early learning providers see where each child is at in their development. Watching the children participate in play can help teachers identify certain sets of skills that each child has as well as areas wear each child needs assistance. If a child is deficient in certain areas teachers can document this information and plan lessons and activities based on each child’s progress and Observing and documenting development helps the provider get to know each child as well as where they are in their development. By getting to know the children and identifying where they are on their journey teachers can plan and implement an appropriate lessons for each child.

[Matthew]

Children should be observed because they are all very distinct from one another. You can discover a lot about a child’s learning style, the reasons behind their behaviors, and other things by watching them. You can record information on each of these discrete aspects of a child’s behavior through documentation.

[Matthew]

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[Taylar]

Observing and documenting a a child helps early learning providers because it allows them to better interact with the child and they have a better understanding for how to teach this child.

[kit]

Observations and documentation of a child is vital to recognize a child’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to navigate their differences to encourage growth.

[Sachin]

In several ways

1.offers opportunity to learn about strength and weakness of child

2. Allows for tracking progress over time

3. Inform the choice of instruction material a activities

4. Communicating the progress with families

[Jayleen]

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers understand the child’s current development and learning style. This allows us to create a plan of action for how to best support and teach the child.

[Peyton]

Observing a child’s development is important when creating a curriculum that meets their needs but helps them learn, and it can also help you to recognize if the child has any developmental red flags

[Nathalie]

By observing and documenting a child’s development. Providers are able to see what that child may need extra support in. This way the provider can build their curriculum on the Childs needs and gather material and games to help that child develop.

[Olivia]

Observing the child helps to see how they are developing–are they falling behind, are they ahead of their peers, or are they where they should be. It will help us know when to intervene, what the child likes and doesn’t like, what they are good at, and what they need help with. Documenting will allow others to see your observations, so perhaps they could make their own observations. It makes sure nothing will get lost, or neglected.

[mariana]

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers understand the child better

[Isi]

By observing and documenting notes about the children in our care we can provide better support for each individual child, allowing them to develop into the best people possible.

[Lexy]

Observing and documenting a child’s development will help early learning providers find a foundation for each child in their care. Each child will learn differently and they will all need a unique way of teaching. If you observe your children you will learn how they need to be taught, not how you want to teach necessarily. Documenting your child’s development will only help you remember each unique technique you used and if it helped or hurt the child’s learning ability.

[Ashley Russell]

Observing and documenting a child’s development can help us providers by helping us understand their needs, where they are doing well, and how we might help them as well as helping us craft our own material to better help everyone learn. We can learn what works and what doesn’t.

[Liana]

Observing a child’s behavior and learning speeds help us make sure we can help them with what they need most. Each child is different and we need to be able to determine what child needs specific help in those areas.