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Integrates practical strategies, activities, and children’s books to encourage development.

• Many up to date multicultural children’s books are listed to support developmental progress. 
• Families are encouraged to utilize these strategies and read these books at home as well.

Highlights the use of The Child Development Checklist—a practical tool for use in assessing children’s development in 11 areas:  self-esteem, emotional development, social play, prosocial behavior large and small motor development, cognitive development, spoken language, emerging literacy skills, art skills, and imagination.

• This simple self-teaching device is used as an outline for chapters and their content.
• Pulls together the observing, recording, and interpreting aspect of development in one chapter.

Explains what students should look for developmentally in children in their care—Gives them a basis for understanding what they are seeing.

Focuses on child development and observing development (all tied together with The Child Development Checklist.)

Strategies to support development

If You Have Not Checked This Item: Some Helpful Ideas-This expanded feature in each chapter gives students specific suggestions for activities that will help children developmentally in areas not checked on the checklist. (Ex. pp 78-79, 272-273).

Includes coverage of the eleven stages of development–Includes background research and practical activities to enhance development of each stage throughout the text.

Provides a separate chapter on sharing observational data with parents (Chapter 14, Ex. pp 426)--Provides a unique approach to involving parents in their children's development through child observations at home and developing collaborative portfolios with teachers and children in the classroom.

New To This Edition

NEW!  Presents new information on how to become an observer--How to get started, when and how long to observe, what to look for in children, and how to record.

• This is critical for new students and teachers.  (See Chapter 1 Ex. p. 9, 11, 12)

NEW!  Suggests alternative approaches to child assessment–These include visual documentation, i.e. art, photos, videos, and using documentation panels.

• This is Important for evaluating both children and program.  (See Chapter 1 Ex. pp 23-26).  

NEW!  Offers new information on self-esteem in young children–Explains how and why a child should develop a secure attachment relationship with a teacher.

• Sets the stage for child’s success. (See Chapter 3 Ex. pp 81-82).  

NEW!  Includes new research on the brain showing the importance of physical exercise for children–The research shows that exercises increases brain synapses that improve permanent memory development.

• Even clapping helps.  (See Chapter 6, Ex.p.267) 

NEW!  Depicts the importance of oral storytelling for children–Promotes high-level thinking such as planning and reminiscing, setting the foundation for children’s school achievement. (See Chapter 10, p.445)

NEW!  Encourages the importance of “drawing stories” for children-Promotes first writing that promotes first reading.(Chapter 11- Ex. p.459)

NEW!  Explains the importance of observing children’s dramatic play--Teachers can witness children’s knowledge, feelings, and abilities.

• Makes visible children’s thinking in a way no other observations do. (Chapter 13, Ex. p.547)

Table of Contents

Brief Contents

1       Observing and Assessing Children’s Development

2       Collecting and Recording Observational Data

3       Self-Esteem

4       Emotional Development

5       Social Play

6       Prosocial Behavior                                                                                                   

7       Large Motor Development                                                                                               

8       Small Motor Development                                                                                                 

9       Cognitive Development                                                                                                     

10     Spoken Language                                                                                                

11     Emergent Writing and Reading Skills                                                                        

12     Art and Music Skills                                                                                                      

13     Dramatic Play Skills                                                                                                       

14     Sharing Observational Data with Families

          References

          Web Sites

          Index of Children’s Books

          Index

Courses

Observation  (Early Childhood Education)

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• Observing Development of the Young Child, 6/E
  Beaty
  ©2006  |  Merrill  |  Paper; 496 pp  |  Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0131700138  |  ISBN-13: 9780131700130
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  Appropriate for Observation in Early Childhood or Assessment in Early Childhood courses, or as a supplement to Child Development or Practicum courses in which observation is a component.

  Distinct from other books on observation techniques, Beaty’s practical text, Observing Development of the Young Child, 6e, presents her unique system of observing and recording child development using an invaluable planning tool, The Child Skills Checklist.  This practical, easy-to-use system is based on a progression of children’s skill development in six major areas: emotional, social, physical, cognitive, language, and creative.  Unique aspects of Observing Development of the Young Child include discussions of how to observe young children, interpret the data recorded, and plan for individuals based on the observations.

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Reviews

Jan Jewett, Washington State University-Vancover

"This text benefits from focused coverage on explaining specific, key areas of development knowledgeably and engagingly.  Further, it provides many valuable, developmentally appropriate and well researched strategies for supporting healthy progress in practical, manageable terms.

I would consider adopting this text as a second reference for my advanced seminar--because it so clearly allows the reader to work through the basic foundations and principles of E.C.E. through the lens of observational assessment and to apply this knowledge in specific ways that benefit the growth of each individual child.  I found it engaging, highly readable, and very practical and useful."

Louise Vlasic, Everett Community College

"The writing style is user friendly for the community college population for whom I teach.  Students generally like this text and retain it for future reference."

Carol Dixon Sammis, Tompkins Cortland Community College

"I see the key strength of this project to be the use of the Child Skills Checklist as the collection tool of data."

Author Bios

Janice J. Beaty is a professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York.  She is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant in early childhood education from her home in Cape Coral, Florida.  Her textbooks include Skills for Preschool Teachers, Eighth Edition, 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, Second Edition, 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten, Second Edition with Linda Pratt, Building Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books, Safety in Preschool Programs, and Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child.  She is also engaged in a literacy mentoring program with the Foster Grandparents Program in Columbia, Missouri.

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Janice J. Beaty, Professor Emerita, Elmira College 

Focuses on child development using a unique checklist to document each aspect of development.

This book teaches readers how to observe, record, and interpret development of children ages 3 through 5.  It also discusses what these children are like and how to support them in their development with exciting hands on activities. 

The text focuses on the six major aspects of child development: 

• Emotional
• Social
• Physical
• Cognitive
• Language
• Creative 

Teachers can use the author’s unique system of observation, The Child Development Checklist, to determine children’s levels of development.  This simple, self-teaching device is also used as an outline for chapters and their content. 

Strategies to support development

If You Have Not Checked This Item: Some Helpful Ideas-This expanded feature in each chapter gives students specific suggestions for activities that will help children developmentally in areas not checked on the checklist.

Includes coverage of all stages of development–Includes background research and practical activities to enhance development of each stage throughout the text.

Provides a separate chapter on sharing observational data with parents (Chapter 14)--Provides a unique approach to involving parents in their children's development through child observations at home and developing collaborative portfolios with teachers and children in the classroom.

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