1. Introduction: getting started
2. Using the class list log to look at separation and school adjustment
3. Using anecdotal recordings to look a self-care
4. Using checklists to look at physical development
5. Using running records to look at social development
6. Using frequency counts to look at emotional development
7. Using conversations to listen to language and speech
8. Using time samples to look at attention span
9. Using cognitive task experiments to look at cognitive development
10. Using rating scales to look literacy
11. Using work samples to look at creativity
12. Using technology to look at sociodramatic play
13. Using documentation for child abuse suspicions and looking at self-concepts
14. Using program assessments to look at children in group
15. Using the portfolio to conference with families and look at the child’s interactions with adults
16. Using the yearly plan to observe and record children’s development