Early Childhood Observation

Observation techniques: In the field of Early Childhood Education, observation is a method of gathering information by watching and writing what children do and say. Observation is important in the field because it helps in child development. when caregivers observe and know what the child have said and how he/she have acted in the particular situation then she will help him/her in building such skills according to it.
Observing a child is a tool which is not only use by parents and teachers parents to measure child's developmental progress but it is also help to discover new things about the child which can be included in teaching and uses as guidance strategies. Thus teachers observe children in different settings to see a comprehensive

I choose this observation technique for moral development because teachers can focus on more than one child at a time means it can be notified how other children/peers of the particular child reacted on the same situation. This way caregiver know what is the area where moral values to be taught and discussed more often. Moreover, with the use of anecdotal observation you can look after the classroom. The writing process doesn’t require to sit alone and write it. That’s why a teacher can write the observation and supervise the children at the same time. Also, with the anecdotal observation teacher can work with other children while observing. For example, if teacher is observing how boy B gets the toy from boy A whereas she is helping boy C in writing, she can still watch the boys talking to each other while helping boy C. There is no requirement of her to leave one task to do anecdotal observation. And I believe it’s also good because by letting them solving their problem themselves is also a way to teach moral values. The way they agree on one point to share a toy or lend a toy for some time to each other is also a

For example, discussing the preferable behaviour among two behaviours. Such as sharing a box of colors or pushing your friend from the table away so that only one of you can use the colors. By discussing these conflicting behaviours the child will focus the behaviour through which he will make other happy. These type of discussions will create empathy and increases the level of moral development in the child. Moreover, by using literature in a group we can teach moral behaviours. By reading a book which is caring and shows respectful behaviour can boost up moral development. For example reading a book where one character felt bad because other didn’t say thank you to him, upset him. In this way we can teach children and let them think about the efforts made by the character just to bring smile and make his friend happy but in reverse the character didn’t appreciate his efforts, will make the child think about