Corilynn

Paley, Vivian (1988) discusses how children use fantasy play as a way to come over fear, she states that children  who have an experience with the perception of danger and or loss will often portray fear into their fantasy play in order to prove that they are not afraid which will help them to conquered their own fears. The concept of  fear can be linked to all domains of development because fear is a natural emotional that all humans feel at one time or another.  I feel that this was an excellent choice of book to read in class because it captures a teachers methods of assessments without using a standardized method such as the four screeners we have previously learn about. While teachers are observing Fantasy play, children often incorporate skill building on their own terms. They use Social/ emotional concepts, Cognitive concepts, Language ,Physical development and creativity without even realizing it. This allows the assessment from the teacher to be authentic...

Weekly Readings: (Week Five) Devon E. McKenna (spring 2003) Developmental pedagogy in the Swedish Preschool: The Portfolio as a Vehicle for Reflection, Learning, and Democracy AoYC: Chapter 5 PDF 

Aloha Kristin, I hope you don't mind, but I have copied and pasted your questions so that I can answer them to my best knowledge. So with that said you have asked what kind of documents you show the parents? Do you have descriptions of the child's documents? How effective do you think this kind of communication is? How do you think it fosters more/fewer conversations with parents? In TS Gold  when you first sign in the system there is icon's on top of the screen one of the icons is Teach you selected that icon and there is your site to do lesson plans, however in the teach section there is also an icon that states family conferences, here is where you can go and share information with families such as assessments charts and anecdotes on the children. As I have stated TS Gold is not as easy as everyone thinks it is because you have to do a lot of searching yet once you achieve mastering the system it can be a real time saver when it comes to assessments. I believe th...