4. Create an "At Home" section:
This is another fun way to involve parents and carers in the development of their child's Learning Journey. You can
encourage parents to bring in content from home - this could include photo diaries of family trips, certificates or even
artwork and mark making achievements. Parents could also be asked to add their own short observation/explanation
and the evidence can be added to the Learning Journey and contribute to tracking of EYFS progress. This is a wonder-
ful way of ensuring all parents, even those that may use English as a second language to document using photography
if they wish, whilst still feeling involved in their child’s learning journey.
5. "Just Spotted" templates:
In addition to the more formal and routine early years observations, use post-its or special stickers to record sponta-
neous observations. These snapshots and bite-sized narratives will help add depth to the Learning Journey and track
moments that could sometimes be overlooked during a busy day.
6. Include samples of work:
Whether it's mark making, role-play, artwork or creative expression - real samples of children's work provides evidence
within a learning journey tracker to support your EYFS observations.
7. Diary of significant events:
The Learning Journey is all about tracking development over time and a diary of significant events is an interesting
way to do this. It's a great way for a child to look back over the year and review what they've learned and experienced.
8. Involve children:
Older children in particular will enjoy helping to put their Learning Journey together. For example, they could person-
alise the cover, choose which pictures and pieces of work to include, draw a picture of their family in the All About Me
section and so on. There are lots of opportunities to encourage independence.
9. Repeat an activity:
A fun way to track development for a learning journey is to ask children to do the same activity at different time
intervals. For example, they could draw a self-portrait when they start a setting and again when they leave. Parents in
particular will enjoy seeing the visual difference of how much their child has learned and progressed since the begin-
ning of term.
10. First and last day:
Create a template to record a child's first and last day at the setting. This could include a photo, an outline of what they
did, what they enjoyed and how they felt.
A personalised record of a child's unique development journey tracks those precious moments as an early year's child
learns, discovers and develops. In fact, many parents will treasure these documents for years to come.
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