Form: https://www.mediafire.com/file/q3gqsasvz30sgyt/Anecdotal+Record+Form.pdf/file SAMPLE: https://www.mediafire.com/file/sdkrol00wdged78/Sample+Anecdotal+Record.Notes+(1).pdf/file Play is at the hea

Form:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/q3gqsasvz30sgyt/Anecdotal+Record+Form.pdf/file

SAMPLE: https://www.mediafire.com/file/sdkrol00wdged78/Sample+Anecdotal+Record.Notes+(1).pdf/file

Play is at the heart of childhood. Through play, children learn how to collaborate, how to negotiate rules and relationships, and how to imagine and create. They learn to find and solve problems, think flexibly and critically, and communicate effectively. 

As you've learned, many literacy practices can be explored through play. Children in the emergent literacy stage of literacy acquisition (about ages 3-5) are just beginning to experiment and explore with written language - their literacy understandings are emerging. 

For this project, you are observing and interacting with a child who is developmentally at this emergent literacy stage (ages 3-5) while they are immersed in play. You can set up a play situation OR you may observe a classroom during unstructured playtime.

Take anecdotal notes using this form Download form. The goal is to gather documentation of the diverse language and emergent literacy practices the child engaged in through play. 

You are submitting your anecdotal note form and any pictures taken during the play event. Remember to obstruct the child's face if you take pictures.

A note about your Anecdotal Notes: 

Make detailed notes about what you see and hear the child doing while alone, with other children (if applicable), or with you.

Remember to include the who, what, where, when, and how of what occurred. Make note of when you are watching and when you are interacting with the child... Include direct quotes and descriptions of facial expressions and gestures.Anecdotal records are factual. They do not include judgments or interpretations of what took place. You will interpret after the observation.

Interpretations

Use the emergent literacy concepts discussed in course readings and class sessions. Remember to keep several emergent literacy concepts in mind, for example, you observe a child telling another child about a book she has read. In this one observation, you can make notes about the child's social skills, literacy, and oral language.