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Corky - I too was an 'oldie' when I studied - so don't stress there are lots of us
With your observations you just need to record stuff that you may have instinctively done over the years.
For instance - if you are observing Johnny play with the blocks, you might observe that in relation to developmental needs that he only plays on his own, that at best he parallel plays near other children and this tells you where he is developmentally at present. You could also include ideas to encourage him to play with others by adding items of interest to the blocks that he would need to work with others to construct (large cardboard tubes for tunnels etc) In relation to interests, you might note that Angela likes playing 'cooking' in the sandpit and you could use this to suggest program planning of real cooking experiences or suggest items that could be added to her sandpit play or incorporated in the home corner to help with these experiences. If you were doing explicit teaching this could lead to measurement (ingredients) healthy eating etc.
Another great method of observation is a learning story & there is heaps of info on that on this site.
Good luck
Cathiek

thanks Cathiek

I will lokk at it again and see what I can come up with

CheersCorky

You could also include parents input,child's interest as well in that question.