These tools provide prompts to help practitioners reflect on their planning and assessing in order to identify successes and challenges and to note changes they would like to make.
These materials share examples of how different early childhood settings plan for, and assess children's learning and development.
These materials include various planning templates that can be used in settings, for example, as part of children's individual or group learning portfolios. Samples are provided for different age groups.
A template is provided to help practitioners plan for changes in a particular area of their work in planning for, and assessing children's learning and development.
Photos from a range of early childhood settings offer additional ideas about planning and assessing.
Documentation is titled, dated and accessible to children and parents
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Aistear’s themes, aims and learning goals guide our decisions about what to document
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Short notes, written observations, photos, videos, and sample creations are collected
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Children self-assess and think about their learning and development
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Adults listen and encouarge children to reflect on their learning
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Rich pictures of children's learning are documented and built up over time
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A variety of methods are used to gather information about children's learning
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Adults talk to children to better understand their actions, thoughts and learning
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Documentation identifies, records and gives insight into key moments of learning and development
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Observations of play, interactions and drawings support understanding of children's interests and motivation
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Each child's culture, family structure and background are reflected in documentation
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Conversations, play and activities are planned to introduce new concepts and skills
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Short-term plans are based on children’s emerging interests and inquiries
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Photographs and videos are used to record and share key learning and development
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Observations are based on multiple perspectives including practitioners, children and parents
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Resources provided support childrens' interests
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Children are involved in documenting through their drawings, photos and comments
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Plans are flexible and change in response to new ideas or interests
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