1. “Makin’ a List, Checkin’ it Twice, Gonna Find Out Who’s... Using Observation and Assessment to Inform Instruction in Early Childhood Education

2. A simple liberating thought came to our aid, namely that things about children and for children are only learned from children. Follow the child

3. Domains of Development Meet Norm & Norma

4. Domains of Development Physical Language Aesthetic Cognitive Emotional Social

5. Stages of Development Infant Toddler PreSchooler Kindergartner Primary School age Tweener

6. Eyes in the back of your head Kid Watching –Monitoring ongoing development through daily activities that are integral to instruction Observation Interaction Analysis

7. Three Purposes To know the individual child To measure the child’s progress To evaluate the program

8. Main Types of Observations Narratives Sampling Child Study

9. Types of Narratives Diary Anecdote Running Record (ethnography)

10. Examples of Sampling Event Time Artifacts

11. Portfolio What goes in? Who chooses? How is material managed? What does it mean?

12. Modified Child Study Checklist Rating Scale

13. Rules of Engagement Participant Teacher (Interventionist) Observer

14. Analysis: What to do with what you know? Making Inferences Drawing Conclusions

15. Evaluate and Apply Discuss: What makes any one of these observation techniques effective and appropriate for different observation settings?

16. Follow the child