Nursery World - Who is involved

In a setting where documenting children's learning processes is valued and respected as a 'teaching tool', the whole staff, parents and the children themselves participate in the process. The key to successful, meaningful, informative documentation lies not within the knowledge or skill of a particular teacher, but within the ethos of a setting that creates a 'listening climate'.

The key to successful, meaningful, informative documentation lies not within the knowledge or skill of a particular teacher, but within the ethos of a setting that creates a 'listening climate'.

Here, everyone feels valued and children's views are listened to with no pre-conceptions. Children's and adults' ideas are received equally and allowed to develop and evolve through a range of expressions and collaborations.

When parents understand the importance of listening to their children and respecting their contributions as an integral part of the learning process, then their observations of their children at home become extremely valuable ingredients in the documentation process.

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