Preschool teachers- Do you do assessments on three year olds?

Question

If yes, Can you tell me about your assessment and how involved it is?

Answer 1

Any Preschool teacher who wants to keep track of her children should assess each and every one. The key to a successful assessment first and foremost is that it should be age appropriate. At Head Start we have a time line of assessments to keep up with each individual child's known skills and those they need to work according to their needs and those of the federal and state governments.
These assessments measure their language skills, number and letter concepts, social skills, hygiene, small and gross motor skills, social-emotional level, color and shape recognition to name a few. Input is also gathered from the parents to assist the teacher in assessments and the teacher has parent conferences to let parents know the child's strengths and become aware of areas that need more attention.

Answer 2

Here is a great assessment... very comprehensive and easy to do... just time-consuming. Since we receive funds from the state (CA), we must do these every 3 months on each child in our class. Most centers only have to do them twice a year, but we have to do them 4 times because we serve children with disabilities. It is called the DRDP-R, the Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised. You can print a copy of the assessment at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/documents/drdp4.doc
There are different ones for different ages, so go back to the homepage of the website to select a different age group if you want (I gave you the link for 3-kindergarten).
Our center also does assessments on our children with identified disabilities with an assessment called the HELP Strands (Hawaii Early Learning Profile). This comes in handy in assessing children who may have a delay in age-appropriate behavior or ability. You can request copies of this by looking up the above-mentioned HELP on the web. I think you have to order these, though... the DRDP-R can just be downloaded or printed to use right off the site. The HELP strands are more involved and really have a lot of information that may not pertain to the level of the children you serve. The DRDP is a great tool- just be aware that it takes using other tools (such as observation and anecdotal records) to be able to do them effectively and see growth in your children. You can also do portfolios, which is simply keeping samples of the child's work in a file or box so you can see exactly what they have progressed in since the beginning. Regardless, the best way to monitor growth and development is with an assessment of some kind.

Answer 3

Most states have an Early Childhood Education Assessment. for the state that I live in it is very vague and only pinpoints on the cognitive aspect of learning. However, ECE assessments should be much more involved imo. You should assess gross and fine motor skills, language skills, social skills, as well as cognitive skills.

I have a personal assessment I do for my class that is for my own use and that of the parents:

fine motor skills
holds scissors corectly: yes/no
uses thumb and pincher finger to pick up small items: yes/no
holds small crayon/pencil correctly:
holds fat pencil correctly:


Gross Motor:
hops on one foot: left/right
kicks a ball: yes/no
catches a ball: yes/no
skips: yes/no
gallops: yes/no
alternates feet while climbing stairs: yes/no


Cognitive:
recognizes:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
recites alphabet:
spells name:
writes name:
Recognizes name:
Recognizes letters in their name:
recognizes others names:
rote counts to 10
recognizes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
matches amount to number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
opposites: up/down in/out top/bottom under/over open/close out/in full/empty
Uses weather terms correctly: cloudy, sunny, rainy, windy, foggy
recites days of week
recites days of month

social:
Knows birthday
knows telephone number
knows emergency number 911
participates in activities most of the time:
interacts positively with peers:
expresses wants/needs with words:



Hope that helped :)

Answer 4

Assessments is very broad and a bit vague. I will assume that you are speaking of assessing academic performance (testing).
We do testing at our school and it begins at the age of 1. Grades are not given. We never label the students. All is pass or fail and you continue until you pass. Passing is 100%/ After passing 6 exams, the student (yes even the 1 year olds) will take a final exam in that area. Upon successful completion of that final exam, every student must go up to the front of the class and congratulate the student on a job well done and shake his or her hand. This dramatically accelerates student learning. Our students by the age of six can read at an American 3rd grade level or higher and are at a Jr High School level or higher in mathematics, science, social science, humanities, and technology. They also have a basic knowledge of beginning Spanish, German, French, ASL, and fluency in both English and Japanese. They are also trained in track and field events. None of this would be possible without assessments. Most people dramatically underestimate potentials of children. We have 1 year olds who can read full sentences and translate them into other languages. By all means, assess and make high standards and follow them. Most of all, make sure and develop high levels of self esteem and confidence and watch your little geniuses fly.

Answer 5

I'm sorry I do not have a copy of our assessment. It is a check off list. We have one for every preschool age (3,4,&5) It's just a list of skills and we check them off if the child has mastered the skills.
There is a self skill list
like-- puts coat on
bathrooms without assesitance
etc.
fine motor
colors, shapes
gross motor
speech and language

Sorry I could help you out more.

Answer 6

most assessments at that age are only a check off list....some programs have much more in-depth assessments like headstart and montesorri(sp)....but in general children of this age are assessed in the areas of social skill, and self-help skills, and may be some pre-academic skills.....
some early childhood teacher books have some basic assessment tests you can try... or after some research of your own you can make up one.

the basic things i have used involved
can the child feed(use a fork and spoon, and maybe know how to use a knife to spread butter or peanutbutter), dress(pull up pants, pull off and on shirt or sweater, put shoe on correct feet.etc), does the child share(with one or more others), participate in group activities(some, none, alot)and language (can they ask/answer question, can they identify simple opposites, can they say their name)

once all of those items are ckd off i sometimes go on to other simple pre-academic items
colors(names, matches)
numbers(counting only to 10)possibly recognize 1-3
shapes(names, matches) circle, triangle, square, oval, rectangle
letters(mostly if they can locate their own name in a group of names)

Answer 7

this is very a great type, and that i'm quite particular there would desire to be a team to baby ratio. in case you % to comprehend what your daughter has been doing, ask your daughter. From what I easily have learn montessori nurseries, some do no longer enable actual touch (alongside with hugging etc). keeping lunchboxes exterior is a typical factor international huge, yet particular it somewhat is unsanitary. perchance ask if the lunchboxes ought to be saved interior everywhere, perchance in a kitchen in the event that they have one. in the event that they at the instant are not telling you what your baby had for lunch, you could desire to whinge to the supervisor/head instructor. interior the nursery the place I artwork (interior the united kingdom) for toddlers decrease than 2, we write a dairy for the youngsters. In it we contain what the baby has completed at nursery, what they have eaten etc. in case you at the instant are not pleased with your baby's preschool, take your baby out and locate yet another one. Sending a baby in to a rest room with yet another baby to assist them is likewise no longer a stable thought, yet montessori nurseries practice your baby independence so anticipate your baby to be able to try this themselves. additionally, the nursery the place I artwork, a minimum of a million guy or woman talks to the parents approximately what their baby has completed.

Answer 8

Pre School kids should not ordinarily be subjected to assessments, because they do not know to distinguish between love and reward for performance. Encouragement and appreciation are in order but no labelling on that basis! And, please note that I am not discounting the need for encouraging the precoscious child who may show abnormally rapid absorption of the environment and all the learning content available in the shortest possible time.

Answer 9

Brigance, ESI-Revised and ASQ, fairly simple, the ASQ is the social emotional extension of both screenings.

Creative Curriculum is an excellent assesment tool and allows you to work with the children according to their development.

Answer 10

I'm a teacher helper and yes we do give out tests! But they are on the letter of the week and colors! Simple little kid junk. LoL! I also give them tests on if they listen to instructions