NAEYC Guidance Assessment

Resources are selected as part of my formative observations and planning system and reflect the requirements of the EYFS curriculum (Early Education/DfE,2012). When observing children’s play, it allows me to identify the child’s interests, how they learn and what is required to develop their learning further. As a practitioner I can then provide varied opportunities within my planning to support development.(KS1)

Every child is a unique child, and all children are at diverse stages in their development, henceforth they all have their own individual needs. There are numerous advantages for children when their individual needs are met. Children turn out to be a greater amount of a compelling and self-coordinated learner, as they are enhanced in their gifts and capabilities. They are given support to help progression and to reach goals in learning and development to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage guidance.

The pediatric observation assignment allows me to observe not only about the children but also about myself. While doing this assignment, I have observed myself that I can understand the theories better when I can able to apply them practically. The developmental theories I have learned in class are reflected in this process of observation and documentation. Also, the observation assessment tool, Hawaii Early Learning Checklist helped me to observe specifically about developmental signs of the child of the assigned age range. Together with the knowledge I already have and the assist of HELP Checklist, I documented the skills, and patterns of development of the 30-months-old-preschooler-boy Isaac.

NAEYC is the National Association for the Education of young children. The NAEYC standards are 1.Relationship standard is promoting positive among all children and adults and it is when all the children see it. The children want to have a relationship with their teachers who help children resolve conflicts and find their feelings. 2.Curriculum standard has a topic in these areas. They are social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive. They also have to make sure that the children learn through play and have the work through their problems. 3. Teaching standard is where teacher engage children to learn new stuff. 4.Assessment standard benefit children and teachers by knowing if the children have a disability and will let them know

Christina J. Groark, Stephanie K. McCarthy, Afton R. Kirk. (2014). Early Child Development: From Theory to Practice. Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

In this assignment I am going to be discussing and describing a child observation that I have done while doing my student teaching at Maplehurst. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of the child and also, the key developmental milestones based on Lev Vygotsky. The child I observed is a 6 year old hispanic boy that comes down to the kindergarten Title I reading room that I have been doing my student teaching in. Joey is the stage of early childhood development.

The observation tool provided monitors and records a variety of developmental milestones. These observations are used later as a reference to better plan the curriculum for the class. Accurately collecting this information includes an honest, unbiased record of behaviors, regular updates, and a review by other staff members trained in the observation

engage effectively with children to encourage the child’s participation and involvement in planning their own learning and development activities.

A two year assessment is carried out between the ages of two and three. Parents/carers/guardians are provided with a short written summary of the child’s development in the prime areas. Within the progress

This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of children and young people’s development birth to 19 years. By completing all tasks within the assignment, the candidate will provide evidence that meets the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria for Unit 022, Understand Child and Young Person Development.

Observation is a very valuable and important part of the planning process as each child is different. Observation and Record Keeping in Early Childhood Programs

Berk, L. E. (2012). Infants, Children, and Adolescents (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Clarity/Parsimony of the Theory: Since use of the Child Assessment Interaction Theory has led to the development of the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Project, which has been used in the United States as well as many other countries, I would say that the theory is clearly stated. This model has led to many other wonderful foundations and projects some of which include the Center on Infant Mental health and Development and Zero to Three.

Standard 5 for the NAEYC professional preparation is “Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum” With the key element “Knowing and using the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content areas or academic disciplines” the artifact in which I choose is the rebus recipe that I competed in my Health, Safety, and Nutrition class. This was a recipe that children could easily use and make their snack themselves. This is why this tool fits well with this key element and the NAEYC standards.

It is imperative that practitioners are able to observe and assess each child’s development in order to gain a full understanding of their development and how they can build upon this in order to cater to the needs of the child and allow them to fulfill their potential. This is highlighted by Wheeler (2009, p.63) in stating that ‘Observations are fed into family worker and team planning so that future activities can be based on an individual child’s interests and patterns of behavior and thereby enhance their learning’.