METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION AND CURRICULUM APPROACES 3
2. Methods of Documentation
Documentation is one of the actions or considerations which helps in observing the child in
the early years and providing the future understanding of the child’s mind set. For children
everything is new and the reactions which they give on any occasion is either natural or it is
their observation of their surroundings. Documentation of the children’s activities and their
learnings, is like an evidence to their activities and it could be acknowledged well for
understanding the perception of the child (Rintakorpi, 2016). There are multiple methods of
documentation which is practiced in the early childhood which includes Anecdotal records,
learning stories, running records, time samples, sociograms event samples, photographs, and
many others. These methods of documentation play a significant role at the respective
situations. The Anecdotal Records and the Learning Stories are explored thoroughly to
understand its significance in the early childhood.
2.1 Learning story:
Through the learning stories documentation, the reason for the reaction or the behaviour of
the child, is displayed through a story form which gives the parents practical as well as
theoretical information.
2.1.1 Relationship with Early Childhood Education and Care
The story learning documentation is kind of interesting and attractive documentation which
provide a practical knowledge to the parents (Rintakorpi & Reunamo, 2017). The
documentation is expected to reduce the gap of thoughts and perceptions among the parents
and the children and thus, the youngsters would have a support of their parents all life and
vice a versa. The parents could assess their child on the basis of the documentation and react
in a way which would make them closer to their children. In the current generation children
are going apart from their parents due to generation gap, documentation helps in

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