This document provides guidelines for daily documentation of children's activities in early childhood education. It recommends sharing a minimum of 2-3 large group activities and an individual photo for each child per day. The daily reflection should include titles, names of children involved, location, description of activities, reflections on learning, and relevant learning outcomes. Photos should capture candid moments and include all children. Deeper reflections can separate each activity and analyze learning outcomes and next steps. Cross-checking is important to ensure quality documentation.
This document provides guidelines for daily documentation of children's activities in early childhood education. It recommends sharing a minimum of 2-3 large group activities and an individual photo for each child per day. The daily reflection should include titles, names of children involved, location, description of activities, reflections on learning, and relevant learning outcomes. Photos should capture candid moments and include all children. Deeper reflections can separate each activity and analyze learning outcomes and next steps. Cross-checking is important to ensure quality documentation.
This document provides guidelines for daily documentation of children's activities in early childhood education. It recommends sharing a minimum of 2-3 large group activities and an individual photo for each child per day. The daily reflection should include titles, names of children involved, location, description of activities, reflections on learning, and relevant learning outcomes. Photos should capture candid moments and include all children. Deeper reflections can separate each activity and analyze learning outcomes and next steps. Cross-checking is important to ensure quality documentation.
per day. Ensure these photos and activities include all children and indicate meaningful A ‘Pocket Guide’ of moments from across the day. Day Journal & Documentation • Share a minimum of individual photo for each child in a structured activity or spontaneous play per day. This contributes to children’s individual assessment of learning and supports planning and reflecting on each child’s strengths, interests and goal. Daily Reflection Structure: Photographs: • Title: Daily Reflection of Room Name + Date. Subtitle Try to: for each activity. • Capture actions, expressions and candid • Who? Ensure the child/ren’s name(s) state and spell in moments. the post correctly • Take a range of photo shoots across the day • Where? What location indoor/outdoor? Which Learning Area? Describe the scene and explain the (group/individual) picture of that moment. • The photos should include all children on the • What? What are they doing? Any verbal and body day. language, facial expression? Describe the children’s Avoid to: actions, reactions, responses, ideas, interactions, and • ‘Top of head’ group photos, or ‘posed’ photos conversations. • Wonder? Reflect on what they might be learning, of child/ren achieving, thinking about or concepts they are • Blurry photos investigating, write insights sentences two or three. • Irrelevant photos • Outcome? Tag the most relevant EYLF and other learning outcomes three or four. Sharing Deeper Reflections: Cross Check or Proofread Before You Post: • Use sub-heading to separate each activity/paragraph and make the post easy to read: - What have I notice? (who, where and what?) • Any grammar and spelling errors? - Analysis of Learning? (Insights, wonder & • Does it flow, make sense and read outcomes) - Where to next? (Inquiry Curriculum easily? Extension) • Prove read by team leaders of • Write details – explain the whole scenario and record supervisor if necessary. ongoing conversations/non-verbal languages. Where this moment was sparked from? Connection to life • All children are included and tagged outside school? the right children. • Add approved theorist perspectives when relevant. • Tag learning outcomes