Documentation

Create a classroom timeline! I’ve tried scrapbooks, etc., but they’re often difficult to maintain. With this timeline it’s incredibly visual, and always reminds you to keep it up to date....

Inspiring a sense of belonging at Cammeray, image shared by Only About Children (",)

Last week, I put out some wire for the children to explore. At first, they weren’t quite sure what to do with it. They seemed to be more interested in wearing the safety glasses than explorin…

Documentation from Early Excellence in Huddersfield

Topic Planning - before launching into a topic we like to sit around our floor book and find out what the kids know about the topic and other ideas they have and things they might like to do in class. We are still at the early stages of tis as they are only 3 years, but its amazing how much we can take from the kids. On the other page we document what we have done, the kids stick in the pictures and we talk about what they did, I scribe for them.

'Making learning visible' display in our FS1 classroom. Observation includes narration and CoEL aspects. Credit to my Fs1 colleagues.

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. As someone who has been asked often to teach pedagogical documentation to students and professionals, I grapple with the process and all it entails. It is difficult to…

This set of 5 QKLG posters are beautiful to display on walls, in portfolios and in programs.They contain the learning areas, activities and links to relevant theorists.

A blog to discuss the Reggio Emilia Approach/Philosophy in Early Childhood Education by Miss Reggio!

Here is a brief video that talks about some of the literacy strategies common in the Waldorf curriculum. I recognize quite a few of them as strategies we have discussed in various courses this year. Enjoy! A note of interest: This video references the Waldorf curriculum's focus on Saints and Legends in second grade. Waldorf schools are not affiliated with any particular religion, but they do place emphasis on reverence of the "spirit" in the world around us--however that may appear to…

This set of 5 QKLG posters are beautiful to display on walls, in portfolios and in programs.They contain the learning areas, activities and links to relevant theorists.

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Making teaching and learning visible has been a cornerstone of Reggio inspired practice for some time. In Ontario, there is increasingly an expectation that early lear…

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Documentation is now in the mainstream of education literature, research and practice. The Ontario government supports the use of documentation in early years settings…

Documentation strategies for family child care & early years educators using the EYLF outcomes. Meet every step of the programming cycle easily.