Development and Assessment of Young Children

Developmental assessment of Young children 4 (1+3)

Lesson 4:Environmental Assessment

Organization and supervision of space

Space must be organized and well defined according to use or functions. A defined activity area should have the following five attributes.

• A specific location
• Visible boundaries
• Surfaces for both work and sitting
• Adequate space for storing and displaying materials
• Mood or personality

There are two procedures used for teacher supervision of activity areas. They are

• Zone procedure


• Man to Man procedure: In this procedure teachers are assigned a group of children and the group has to stay together at all times.

Materials

Organization and scheduling: It includes Organization and scheduling of activities. Teacher’s role in the programme is

• Specific roles need to be assigned to adults and each adult needs to be aware of those roles.
• Continuity of adults is important, especially for infants and toddlers as infants spend most of their with the same person each day.
• Adults in the programme work together as a professional team.

Social aspects

Contingency experiences