Observation is being able to “read” a child, understand a group and “see” a situation. Through observation teachers can evaluate the growth of students and help them continue growing and learning. Teachers can monitor their progress and improve their teaching through observing children. There are many types of observations and many ways teachers can observe children, but they all have one goal. The purpose of observation is to understand children better. Teachers, students, and parents retain a lot of information through observation. The contexts of observations is what helps individuals understand the child or group of children. When observing teachers listen to students speech and vocabulary, and watch their play to determine which of their
