Portfolio for preschool children

Portfolio for children is not a whim and a whim. This is one of the new methods that is introduced ineducational institutions only so that a psychologist, teacher or educator can learn all the necessary information about a child as soon as possible. Agree that it is impossible to remember the necessary data about all children to the educator, and to conduct conversations with parents is not always time. Therefore, the preschooler's portfolio was introduced.

In addition, the portfolio will also be useful for your child, because in this small bright book will be collected records and visual materials on his achievements. Believe me, the child will be very interestedview from time to time what he has learned, or what he has managed to do. But any portfolio for children should be properly organized and arranged. Therefore, we should dwell on these points in more detail.

The first portfolio of the child is required to be attributed to the kindergarten. It, naturally, will differ in structure from the portfolio for a junior high school student. Let's see how to make a child a portfolio for a kindergarten.

For one day, a portfolio for a child can not be made, so first set a time frame for yourselfto know exactly for how long youwill collect information about the baby and support it with visual materials. Naturally, the portfolio will require photos. But not all the pictures from the family album will suit you, so you will need to take special photos for the portfolio.

Also the portfolio of the child for the kindergarten will include various information about your baby. Information, like photos, should be collectedfor some time, therefore portfolio pages will be constantly supplemented by the child's achievements, his hobbies and many others. In addition to information, the child's work should also be collected. Do not collect all the work of the baby, otherwise you can not organize anything. Therefore, collect only the best works, which clearly shows what your child has achieved or learned.

Any portfolio for children should have a clear structure. So not only will you be with the ease of itcollect, but also other people will be able to quickly find the information they are interested in. Therefore, think through all the sections for the portfolio. It is not necessary to use a large number of sections, you can stop on 5-6 selected directions. As they say, less is better, but better. Certain sections of the portfolio for children should be mandatory, and others will be at your own choice.

To mandatory sections of the portfolio in the kindergarten should be attributed sections on the child, his hobbies and family. Be sure to fill these sections with photos of both the baby, and his parents, sisters or brothers. In these sections, try to give full information about your child and your family.

Further sections you can choose yourself. These may be sections about the child's friends,which you will place not only their photos, but also describe where and when the children met. Dedicate the section to your kid's work. If this is a drawing, you can insert it into the portfolio. But if it is something voluminous, then you can take a picture of this work. Do not forget to describe in detail the work of the baby. To do this, ask your child if he liked the work, why that was new or complicated in its operation for him, and so on. D. On the travel or trip to the zoo can also write in the portfolio. Think about the various excursions that you could spend your child.

Also in the portfolio for children you can add sections from which others could find out exactly what your child is doing. Describe in this section what your kid can do on his own, or with what work he helps you on occasion. The orders that he carries out are also to be included in this section.

A very useful section is about booksthat your child has read. But you will not only need to write the author and the title of the book. Your child will have to describe the characters or episodes of the book that he liked most. It is recommended that each book be finished with a small questionnaire, which the child will fill out in a relaxed atmosphere.

You can also diversify your child's portfolio sections on the preparation for school, sports achievements, his fantasies and so on. Choose the sections that are appropriate for your child.

Separately it is necessary to talk about how to make out a portfolio for children. It is best for a portfolio to use a strong folder with delimiters, such as an archive folder. Put a bright picture on the cover of the folder. It can even be a wrapping paper or a hologram with a pattern. The main thing is to arrange the appearance of the folder. In addition to the folder can be purchased folder-liners of formats A5 or A4.

All sections of the portfolio should begin with a separating sheet, looking at which, you can always understand,as will be discussed in the next section. You can use both color and black and white separators. In addition, you can give your child an option to arrange the separator the way he wants it.