What else do we need before we start name Thank You Mr. Caleb so my name is
Debbie and I'm employed here at salandrich kindergarten this is a newly
built center that's just opened here in cranbourne north we all collaborate
together so as much as we are individual rooms and individual teams as you can
see it's a very open environment the children do flow in and out of each
other's rooms and they do share the outdoor space together so if the
children working in my room for example and they're picking up on the interest
of my immediate group well then I would share that with the other girls and let
them know that they were exhibited an interest in the bunk tray for example
and so they might be then able to extend that interest into their room or it
might be something that we would facilitate for the children in our room
do you remember when we talked about the butterfly we talked about how the colors
are on one side and then on the opposite side they're the same is that what we're
doing with their painting yep making the butterfly wings blue and green rain the
smudge butterfly paintings been out for the week so we've talked them through
the process of how initially when that was set up what what concepts we were
hoping to gain from that the mirror image of the butterfly wings so that was
the talking of the folding the paper so by this stage of the week those skills
and concepts should be established and so they're experimenting now they're
sort of trial and Erin as you heard they were trying to mix the colors and so
that just initially led into the discussion about the life cycle of the
butterfly what's this called though what's that this elec what's a chrysalis
so what I was trying to gauge from Caleb in that moment was his comprehension of
the actual life cycle and the way it flows so with things like that I would
use that as a form of review for myself that yes obviously that learning that
I've done with them had sunk in so what do I need to do now to take them to the
next level or what would be the next step that I need to
facilitate or support or scaffold or provide for the children tenaya is this
the water well I love that picture thank you for telling me about it every child
has a portfolio and so their individual learning goes into their portfolio
that's a tool for the families to see the learning we call it their learning
journey so the families can see that and that's accessible all the time the
children will go and gain that throughout the session and look and see
what's been added they also have ownership of it so they choose what they
would like to add to it so if Caleb had Donna his painting today for example and
he desperately wants that to go in his folder so he's got that as a memory we
would support that and put that in his folder so that he's got that there to
refer back to Jen will probably give me feedback on discussions she's had with
other children as well and we'll get a bit of a feel as to whether or not the
group is also ready for that next step and that data collection can be in many
formats it might be through observation where we quickly jot down notes or we
might purposely just jot some dot points down that will trigger a memory of what
the situation was we might just take immediate photos or we might have the
children involved in a particular art piece and so will rely on that to be a
form of documentation of what the children are involved with or we might
write the child's voice and we do use a anti briefing sessions and our team
meetings to talk about specific children and their needs so it might be children
that might have additional needs or it might just be behavioral or it might be
just that strong interests are coming from those particular children so if we
are aware as a whole team what is happening with those children we can
then use our observations of what's happening with that child to give
feedback to their immediate educators so that they can use that as an assessment
tool so then we're all supporting that whole nurturing and cycle process Thank
You Caleb that was a wonderful story you're a good teacher I like her story
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