Guest Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hello! Does anyone else do an initial assessment when children start with you in Nursery. My Nursery is attached to a school and my head is keen to be able to show where children are starting from! I was thinking about drawing up some kind of brief tick list. Does anyone currently use anything ? Thanks, Amy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Amy, I'm in a DN Pre-school, 2.6 to 5 years. We have an assessment sheet we go through with children who come to us from outside the nursery, ie, they haven't worked their way up to us, will look for it tomorrow and try to attach it. Will have to scan it, though, so don't know how successful it'll be! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 HI Amy we are a nursery pre-school and we do an intial assessment with mums first then go over it again on our own to see what the children can do with us. We start children at 2.6 months so ours covers 0 to 3 and feeds into the Stepping Stones. if I can scan it in i will post it for you. Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thanks both of you, that would be a big help. If you can't scan it, just an idea of some of the things that you assess would be great. Amy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I would also love to see the checklists, i am trying to compile one and any ideas would be greatfully recieved Thanks debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I would also love to see the checklists, i am trying to compile one and any ideas would be greatfully recievedThanks debs 45514[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 45547[/snapback] Please! Iwould also be very grateful for help in this area acb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I have finally remembered to bring one home and will attempt to attach in a bit. Just in case you all thought I'd forgotten!! Although I usually do ! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Could I have one too please? Thank you Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Well, I give up, can't attach no matter how I try. Criteria are - Number - 1-5, 1-10, 1-20, over 20 - attempted (att), good attempt (g.att), achieved (ach), further broken down as recites, recognises - Maths language - big, bigger, biggest; small, smaller, smallest ; long, short, full, empty, thick, thin,middle, corner,edge, side - att, g.att, ach - Colour - red, yellow, blue, orange, green, brown, purple, pink, white, black, gold, silver, grey, light/dark - att, g.att, ach - Drawing - Hand used - L, R; - Adopts - palmer, pincer; Draws - figure, picture. - Shapes (recognise/match) - triangle, square, circle, rectangle, other - list. - att, g.att,ach - Name - trace, copy under, attempts own, writes own name - att, g.att, ach - Patterns - copy, 2 colours, 3 colours, 4 colours - att, g.att, ach - Jigsaws - inset, 6 piece, 9 piece, 12 piece, 18 piece, complex - att, g.att, ach - Cutting - snips, cuts, cut along line, cuts around shapes, good attempt, accurate - att, g.att, ach We don't use this continuously, just when we have no prior knowledge of child's skills, which is why it's fairly wide ranging. I would like to see positional language in there, too, but that's a matter of taste. Obviously we don't sit the child down for formal testing!! we tend to build the picture over a number of days or weeks depending on their attendence (remember, Day Nursery) Don't know if that's much help? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Thanks very much Sue, its good to see what you have. I have put mine together, it has some similar things on I think. I will try to attach it and you can see what you think! Doh! Canot seem to do it on this computer, will try again later! Amy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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