INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT: OBSERVATION

NAME: Child A
DATE & TIME FOCUS AREA OBSERVATION ANALYSIS / INTERPRETATION
6/6/18 Numeracy – counting While the children are outside playing, Child A starts collecting some Child A has not yet fully grasped the ability to
9:45am with one-to-one coloured blocks. count using one-to-one correspondence, meaning
correspondence * he cannot completely match an object to the
My mentor educator, Betsy, notices and walks over. corresponding number and recognise that
numbers have their own value.
Betsy: “How many blocks have you collected?” *

Child A lines up the blocks carefully in a row and begins counting them.

Child A: “1, 2, 3...”

He counts ten blocks but skips a few numbers in between.

PLAN FOR FUTURE LEARNING EXPERIENCE:

DOMAIN LINKS
 Dice games: COLOUR KEY
o Counting dots on a die then doing a certain number of actions (e.g. jumping) to correspond to that number. *  Physical (Fine Motor) *
o Fly swat game  counting dots on a die then swatting the numeral. *  Physical (Gross Motor) *
 Felt board songs: *  Social *
 Emotional *
o 5 Current Buns *
 Cognitive / Language *
o 5 Cheeky Monkeys. *  Creative / Aesthetic *
o 5 Green and Speckled Frogs. *  Spiritual / Moral *
o 5 Little Ducks. *
 ‘I Do, We Do, You Do’ counting activity. *