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[iar fach goch]

At the small charity run nursery where I work, in accordance with social services inspectorate requirements, not only are the parents required to fill in evaluation forms, but also the children. Forms for parents all done, but I have no idea how to go about it with the children, seeing as the age range is 2-4! Any ideas? I'd thought of using smiley faces in some way, but haven't got any further. Help!

[freddie]

Hasn't it all got too rediculous? Glad mine are teens now. Good luck with it!

[Snowy]

Maybe do a reverse star/sticker chart for the kids to award to the nursery?

[Gertie]

Golly, that does sound a challenge!

 

What are the children evaluating exactly? An activity, how happy they are, their learning?

 

I work in early years & we have 'child voice' and 'parent/carer voice' comment sheets which we give to the parent to complete when they look at their learning diaries. The photos act as a catalyst for children's comments. We also ask 1-1 what they think/feel/have learned etc, but that can be difficult with some children with limited language skills.

 

I would definitely go pictorial!

 

What about doing a class activity where you ask children the question e.g which of 2 or 3 activities they liked best, or how do they feel about coming to nursery (happy/sad/don't know) etc. draw up a large chart with a picture of each option at the top. Either ask children to come & make their mark (& scribe their name next to it), draw a tally under their choice, or print off & cut out a thumbnail sized picture of them which they can then stick on to the chart.

 

Otherwise you could do a vote using pictures of the options and giving children an object (or their name card) to make their vote by putting the object next to their choice. You'd have to photograph this idea though.

 

I use these ideas all the time to enable children to express their opinions & make choices.

 

Hope you find something that works for you!

[patsylabrador]

It never has occurred to me that littluns could evaluate emotions like that. If mum,dad,home are missed I'd have thought the best nursery would feel like a bad place. It's been a long time since I've been around babies though.

[Janepie33]

At school we use a smiley face system for evaluation.

 

We have smiley, neutral and sad and have questions like :-

 

 

I enjoy........

I am good at........

I do not like........

 

It's simple and seems to work well.

Good luck!

[sadietoo]

Absolutely no offence intended to the poor soul who has to come up with a solution to this but truly

 

The world has gone mad.....someone is getting paid for monitoring this stuff whilst meanwhile in Lewisham the A and E is closing through lack of funds.....

[mimi5]

Poor you what a bonkers thing to have to try and structure for under 5's!! This is exactually what drove me out of early years childcare I am a nanny now and love it

 

So back to your question. Definitely use smiley faces/emotion faces and some simple statements with prehaps photos of your setting in different senarios........and some velcro!!!! Good luck!

[iar fach goch]

Thanks for your suggestions guys. I think the reason I'm having such a hard time trying to come up with a suitable means of evaluation is that I don't agree with what is being asked of us. Surely anyone with any experience of pre schoolers would know that what they like one minute holds little attraction for them the next (especially for example if that toy is no longer in someone else's hands!). Also, if they're feeling a little bit clingy on that day and would really rather be at home with mum, every single thing will end up with a ! They are meant to evaluate the service as a whole, although we can also focus on certain areas, as with the parents.

But they are only 2!