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3-18-00 Question 15
Dear Preschool Teacher,
I work in a preschool that did not previously have a
report card per say. I am looking for a cute and positive way to give
the children and parents some feed back on how the children are doing.
If you have any ideas I would love to hear them.
Thanks,
Positive feedback
Dear Positive Feedback,
The first step in assessing the children is to know a general
guideline of where the children should be by their age. These sites
might help with that:
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/age.stage.page.html
http://www.ecdgroup.com/
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/new.html
Once you have
brushed up on where the children should be you can now evaluate them. I
made my own report card. I just researched where the children at my age
level should be and I developed questions to fit in those guidelines.
Now here is the tricky part... Keeping the evaluations positive.
I made a spot on the back on my evaluation for comments. I tried to
pick out the students strongest points and make a nice comment to the
parents about it.
The best way to keep it positive for the children is
while evaluating them make it fun. See this article http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/ins/kidart.perf
Also educate the
parents to know that just because little Tommy can not count to 20 yet
does not mean he is failing, a slow learner, dumb, etc... Make sure to
tell them this is just a very general guideline. This way the parents
don't come down to hard on the children.
Another way to make a positive evaluation is to do
certificates. There are a some books that specialize in certificates.
You can make your own using clip art too! I use ones from the mailbox magazine
and from the mailbox online companion. (You have to be a magazine
subscriber to get the companion.) http://www.theeducationcenter.com/
. You can use a certificate that says Johnny can count to 20. Linda
knows her colors. Parent and children love to get certificates of
accomplishment. Now this is very positive and it is still getting the
information to the parents.
Good Luck to you,
The Preschool Teacher
Dear Positive Feedback,
While surfing the net, I
came across a progress report for kindergartners. Maybe it will
give you some ideas.
Here's the link:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/lasttry.jpg
Good Luck!
Jill
"Ask the Preschool Teacher" Staff
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