Contents of growth files Generally speaking, the contents collected by growth files can cover children's physical, sports, cognitive, verbal, emotional and social development fields, and their specific forms are rich and varied, mainly including:
1. Children's works. Children's works mainly refer to children's artistic works and oral records. Oral records show children's language expression ability and record children's thoughts, feelings and reflections. Adults should continuously collect children's oral records and record background information for a long time. Children's dictation can be saved in written form or recorded by audio recording.
2. Written records. Written records include interviews with children and observation records of teachers. The interview is mainly to discuss a topic with a child in depth. If you can discuss a book or a game that your child has read recently, informal questions can guide your child to dictate his feelings and comments on reading and games, and help him understand his difficulties and needs in reading or games. The interview record records the children's thoughts and needs, so that teachers or parents can understand the children's individual needs and give feedback when time permits. Teachers' observation records can include children's systematic records and anecdote records. The former mainly records the child's progress on the predetermined goal, while the latter records the child's spontaneous behavior. Different from the system records, it captures some interesting events that are not designed in advance, and teachers can attach photos.
3. Image data. Image data mainly refers to photos, audio tapes and video tapes. They can provide rich information about children's growth and development, which is of great help to promote family participation and let parents see or hear children's activities without actual experience. For example, a tape with children retelling stories, reading their own stories aloud and practicing singing is very powerful evidence for children, teachers and parents. Teachers should often take pictures or videos of children and their activities. When shooting, they should briefly record the content or object they are shooting, including the date, place, children's names and the special features of each scene.
4. Various tests and survey results. Mainly some formal or informal questionnaires and lists. Such as children's family situation questionnaire, children's health status questionnaire, children's learning situation questionnaire and so on. These questionnaires can help us quickly understand the situation of young children.