I can sheets

We have some new sheets, named ‘I can…..’.  These sheets contain various statements about what your child can do.  When we have observed them here, we highlight the statement and date it (when possible).  If a statement isn’t highlighted it doesn’t mean your child can’t do it, it could mean that we haven’t observed it here.  Therefore, if you observe you child at home then please highlight the statement (you can asterisk it – no need to use highlighter pens) and ideally write something about it. 

The statements range from approximate ages of 20 months to 4 years (babies files will contain sheets from birth), so your child won’t be able to do all of the statements on each sheet.  They give us something to plan for though and for you to plan for at home too.  For instance, one statement says, “I can undo a zip” – this is perhaps something you could practise at home, as well as what we will do here. 

We are going to have a focus sheet every week/fortnight, where we will concentrate on that particular area of development.  If you bring your child’s file on their first day with us and we will return it to you on their last day, so that you can use it at home. 

Your child can be involved in their own file – they are more than welcome to colour in the pictures, or you could ask your child if they can do a certain task, i.e. Can you hop?

We are just trying these out; if we find they aren’t something that works for us then we will stop using them.  Please let us know what you think. 

We will complete what we can here from our existing assessment sheets, so we will start sending the files out after next week, or once we have managed to complete them.