Essay On Child Observation

After reading this article, I learned different ways to observe students than just through observation records. While different types of observations are important, it is extremely important to get to the main root of the child, their parents. Teacher’s need to have a relationship with not only the children in their class, but also the parents. Communication allows everyone to work together to solve problems and help the child grow developmentally. In the article, it talks about how the teachers need methods for asking the parents questions. It’s almost like an observation for the parents! By sending the parents a couple questions to answer about their child, this allows the teacher to communicate, prepare for conferences, and learn along …show more content…
I like to include the parents as much as possible. One craft that we did to decorate our classroom was creating house shaped picture frames out of Popsicle sticks. We then asked the families to bring in a family portrait to put inside of it. These pictures are on the classroom wall. It allows the parents to feel welcomed and the children to feel secure. Another activity that I like to do is planting seeds. We bring in packages of seeds and have the children pick which ones they want. We pot and plant them, then send them home to grow. This allows the parent and child to have a learning experience together. Once the plant grows, they bring it back in for the rest of the class to see and hear about the process. After all of the plants have returned to the classroom, we decorate the room and invite the parents to enjoy a picnic lunch with the class! Another technique is of course conferences. Every parent has a scheduled time to sit down with the teacher. The last technique that I use is just daily conversation with each family. I like to find a few minutes to greet and discuss with every parent that walks in the door. Sometimes the conversation is more in depth than others tend to be. However, communication is the best technique to have. Always find time to at least highlight something that the children has done! I am so excited to try the new technique of sending questions home with the parents. I really think this will open some of the parents up a little more and allow them to feel more