Observation
Part 1: Infants
- Introduction: A brief overview of your observation setting. (1-2 paragraphs)
- Summary of information from the teacher in the infant setting. (2-4 paragraphs)
- Evaluation of infant routines and transitions you observed for safety, consistency, responsiveness, respect, and whether/how they fostered responsive and respectful relationships including attachment and/or autonomy appropriately. Be sure to substantiate your thinking with evidence-based resources. (2-4 paragraphs)
- Three recommendations for enhancing or improving the opportunities in routines and transitions for infants’ healthy development specific to fostering respectful and responsive relationships and appropriate attachment and autonomy. Be sure to substantiate your thinking with evidence-based resources. (2-3 paragraphs)
Part 2: Toddlers
- Introduction: A brief overview of your observation setting. (1-2 paragraphs)
- Summary of information from the teacher in the toddler setting. (2-4 paragraphs)
- Evaluation of toddler routines and transitions you observed for safety, consistency, responsiveness, respect, and whether/how they fostered responsive and respectful relationships including attachment and/or autonomy appropriately. Be sure to substantiate your thinking with evidence-based resources. (2-4 paragraphs)
- Three recommendations for enhancing or improving the opportunities in routines and transitions for toddlers’ healthy development specific to fostering respectful and responsive relationships and appropriate attachment and autonomy. Be sure to substantiate your thinking with evidence-based resources. (2-3 paragraphs)