Anecdotal Observation Record 

#1 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years  
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/9/2019 
Other Children: Andy  Age: 1.11 
 
Anecdotal note: 
8:55 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She is sitting on the floor playing dolls with 4 other 
girls. Betsy’s doll looks out the window of the doll house and sees a toy dinosaur. 
Betsy yells “Ahhh! There’s a monster in the house!”. Andy, Betsy’s little brother, 
takes Betsy’s doll. Betsy takes the doll back, then she hugs and kisses the doll. 
 
Areas of development:  
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#2 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/9/2019 
Other Children: Rachel Age: 3.10 years 
Beth 3.8 years 
 
Anecdotal note: 
9:40 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She walks over to Rachel, who is playing with a toy 
school bus. Rachel grabs the bus and says “My bus”. Betsy sits down and looks at 
Rachel. Betsy grabs a different bus and a doll off of the toy shelf. Betsy puts her 
doll in the bus and starts pushing it across the floor. Beth starts crying. Betsy 
stops and asks “What’s wrong?”. Beth says “Rachel took my bus”. Betsy looks at 
Rachel. Rachel walks away. Betsy gives her bus to Beth and says “Here is a bus you 
can play with”. The teacher walks over and gives Betsy another bus. Betsy tries to 
put her doll in the new bus but she doesn’t fit. Betsy stands up and walks over to 
the toy shelf and grabs an airplane. She puts her doll in the airplane. Betsy 'flies’ 
the airplane through the classroom. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.4~ Engages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve 
conflict 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communication with others 
 
 
 
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#3 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/15/2019 
Other Children: Liam Age: 4.5 years 
Beth 3.8 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
8:42 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She is sitting at a table playing with playdoh with 
Liam and Beth. Betsy puts her playdoh in a cup and holds the cup up to her mouth. 
Betsy asks the teacher “When your done with that, can I play with it?”. Betsy 
points at the rolling pin that the teacher is using. The teacher gives Betsy the 
rolling pin. Betsy rolls out her playdoh. Betsy cuts the play doh with a play doh 
knife. Betsy looks at Beth, who is also cutting her play doh but using a different 
kind of knife. “When you’re done, can I use that?” Betsy asks Beth. Beth says 
“Yes”. Betsy waits and watches Beth until Beth finishes cutting her playdoh and 
gives her the knife. “Thank you” says Betsy. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Times spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation. 
● C.EL.3~ Demonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations. 
 
 
 
 
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#4 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/16/2019 
Other Children: Sara Age: 4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:17 am 
Betsy is playing outside on the playground. She is in the sandbox with Sara. Betsy 
pats sand into a mound and puts sticks in it. “Can I use that shovel?” Betsy asks 
Sara. Sara kicks over Betsy’s sand mound. “Now I have sand in my boots.” says 
Betsy. Sara bends down, takes Betsy’s boot off and dumps out the sand. Sara pulls 
off the other boot and dumps the sand out. Betsy sits down in the sand and shovels 
sand into her shirt. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
● Social 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spend 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals:  
● B.EL.2~ Demonstrates self-awareness 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#5 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/17/2019 
Other Children: Cathy Age: 4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:47 am 
Betsy is outside on the playground. She is on a swing. “Cathy you are a hopping 
carrot!” yells Betsy. Cathy is on the swing next to Betsy. Betsy screams and then 
jumps off of the swing. She lands in the sand. Cathy jumps off of her swing and 
lands next to Betsy. “I’m going to take your dirty old spot!” says Betsy. Betsy gets 
up and walks toward Cathy’s swing, then turns and runs to her own swing. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interactions and plays with others. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#6 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/17/2019 
Other Children: Dolly Age: 3.11 years 
Ben 3.11 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:30 am 
Betsy is outside on the playground on the swings. Ben walks over by Betsy. “Watch 
out, I’m going to kick you!” says Betsy. Betsy kicks her foot out but doesn’t kick 
Ben. “Will you push me?” Betsy asks Ben. “I’m really big because I can pump by 
myself,” says Dolly. Betsy says “I’m really big too”. Betsy jumps off of her swing, 
lands in the sand, then walks over to a green saucer swing and gets on. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observations: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet safety needs. 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#7 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/23/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 1.11 years 
Liam 4.5 years 
Angie 5.4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:18 pm 
Betsy is outside on the playground. She is walking around the playground looking 
for her brother, Andy. “Where’s Andy?” Betsy yells. “Andy, Andy”. Betsy sees Andy 
over by the jungle gym and runs over to him. Betsy climbs up the jungle gym, then 
climbs back down. She climbs back up and sits on a bar. Betsy looks at Liam and 
Angie, who are playing inside the jungle gym dome. Liam points to a scratch on his 
arm. “Sara did this to me,” says Liam. Betsy looks at Angie. “Sara isn’t coming to 
your birthday party, is she?” asks Betsy. “No” says Angie.  
 
Other Note: Angie’s birthday isn’t until January but the children have all been 
telling each other that they can’t go to their birthday parties when they are mad 
at them. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others 
● B.EL.2a~ Uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate 
 
 
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#8 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/23/2019 
Other Children: Suzy Age: 3.4 years 
Rachel 3.10 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
4:10 pm 
Betsy is on the playground. She walks over to the see saw, where Andy is standing. 
Betsy gets on the see saw and asks Andy “Andy, want to come on?”. Andy walks 
away without answering. Suzy jumps onto the other end of the seesaw. Betsy yells 
“Watch out!” as her and Suzy start spinning on the see saw. Betsy and Suzy giggle. 
Rachel runs over to them. She touches Betsy and says “Got you”. Betsy smiles. Suzy 
says “Go fast!”. Betsy giggles and starts spinning them faster. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet safety needs 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#9 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/24/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:35 pm 
Betsy is outside on a bike on the playground. Betsy starts moving the bike by 
pushing with her feet on the sidewalk. “I can’t do it” Betsy says to her teacher. 
“Yes you can. I’ll give you a push.” answers the teacher. The teacher pushes Betsy 
and Betsy starts pedaling. They go a few feet down the sidewalk. The teacher 
stops pushing and Betsy goes a few more feet, then stops. Betsy pushes on the 
pedals but the bike doesn’t move. Betsy gets off the bike and starts pushing the 
bike while she walks. Betsy goes a few more feet down the sidewalk then lets go of 
the bike and walks away. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● A.EL.1~ Displays curiosity, risk-taking, and willingness to engage in new 
experiences 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#10 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/24/2019 
Other Children: Hope Age: 2.1 years 
Chris 2.5 years 
Andy 1.11 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:50 pm 
Betsy is on the playground in a toy car. She uses her feet to push the car down the 
sidewalk. Betsy stops the car and puts her mouth on the steering wheel. She sits 
back up and beeps the car’s horn. Betsy looks at Hope, who is looking at a tricycle. 
Betsy starts moving the car down the sidewalk again. Andy and Chris are playing a 
few feet away in the sandbox. Chris holds a car up like he is going to hit Andy with 
it. “Chris please don’t hit Andy.” says the teacher. Chris looks at the teacher and 
then puts his hand down. Betsy quickly looks over at Andy when the teacher speaks. 
She gets out of her car and walks over to where Andy is playing. She sits next to 
Andy and starts shoveling sand. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Emotional 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation. 
● A.EL.1~ Derives meaning through listening to communications of others and 
sounds in the environment 
 
 
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#11 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/30/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:30 am 
Betsy is in the toddler room. Betsy runs across the room singing “Hungry, hungry, 
ha ha ha”. She runs into the playhouse. She runs back out and sings again “Hungry, 
hungry, ha ha ha”. Betsy jumps onto the bench and looks out the window. She jumps 
off of the bench and runs across the room. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#12 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.4 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 4/30/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 1.11 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:40 am 
Betsy is in the infant room. She has a purple elephant shaped trumpet. Betsy walks 
around the room pushing buttons on the trumpet so that it plays music. She hops 
and bobs her head to the music. Betsy brings the instrument to the high chair 
table where Andy is sitting and eating breakfast. Betsy pushes a button to play 
music, then holds it up to Andy’s ear and giggles. After the song ends, Betsy walks 
around the room pushing more buttons. Betsy sets the instrument on the bench, 
then walks over to the book shelf. She picks a book, carries it to the bench, then 
sits down and pages through the book. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
● C.EL.1~ Uses senses to take in, experience, integrate, and regulate responses 
to the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#13 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.5 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 5/1/2019 
Other Children: Dolly Age: 4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:42 am 
Betsy is coloring in the preschool room. She is coloring coffee filters with markers. 
“I don’t know what to draw,” says Betsy. She picks up a green marker and colors 
the center of the filter. She puts the cap back on the marker and puts it back in 
the box. Betsy picks up a pink marker and colors around the green area on the 
filter. Betsy looks at the other children’s filters. Betsy draws a circle on her filter 
and adds eyes, a nose, and a mouth in the circle. The she adds arms and legs. Betsy 
puts the pink marker in the marker box and grabs a blue one. Betsy looks at Dolly’s 
filter. “What’s that?” Betsy asks. “A rainbow” says Dolly. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#14 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.5 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 5/2/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:03 am 
Betsy is sitting at a picnic table outside on the playground. Betsy and several other 
children are practicing writing their names by tracing the letters with washable 
markers on laminated paper. Betsy puts the cap on her blue marker and pushes the 
marker down on the table to get the cap on all the way. “I can’t do it.” says Betsy. 
Then she looks at her marker. “Oh I did.” she says surprised to see the cap on. 
Betsy sets the marker down on the table. The marker rolls off the table and lands 
on the ground. Betsy gets off the bench, bends down and picks up the marker. She 
sets the marker on the table. “Now stay on the table.” she says to the marker. 
Betsy grabs a diaper wipe from the package on the table. She wipes the marker off 
of her paper. “Now I writted off my name.” Betsy says. She squeezes the wipe. 
“Now I squeeze the water out.” she says. “All done.” she sets the wipe on the table. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of this observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Understands concept that the alphabet represents the sounds of 
spoken language and the letters of written language 
● B.EL.2~ Demonstrates self-awareness 
 
 
 
 
 
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#15 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.5 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 5/3/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 1.11 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:40 am 
Betsy is outside on the playground. She is talking to her brother, Andy. Andy is 
trying to take off his shoes. “I’ll get them off” Betsy says to Andy. “Sit down”. 
Andy sits on a picnic table bench. Betsy grabs his shoe. Andy moves his foot. “I’m 
trying to get your feet off, so sit still” says Betsy. “There we go” she says when 
the shoe comes off. Betsy grabs Andy’s other foot. “Now the other one” says 
Betsy. She pulls off the shoe. She stands up. “Come on Andy” says Betsy. Betsy 
looks at Andy’s feet. “Oh your socks” she says. Betsy sits on the ground and pulls 
off Andy’s socks. Betsy puts Andy’s socks inside his shoes and then puts his shoes 
on the picnic bench. “Ok, now we can go play.” Betsy tells Andy. Betsy grabs Andy’s 
hand and they run to the sandbox. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1b~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Dressing 
● A.EL.3~ Applies problem solving skills 
 
 
 
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#16 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.5 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 5/3/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 1.11 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:45 am 
Betsy is playing outside in the sandbox with her brother, Andy. Andy picks up a 
green shovel and digs in the sand. Betsy looks at Andy “Cute Andy” she says. “Can I 
do that?” Andy gives the shovel to Betsy. Betsy digs a hole. Andy pushes sand back 
into the hole she made. “No Andy” says Betsy as she shovels the sand back out. 
“Now put your feet in” Betsy tells him. Andy puts his feet in the hole. “Now bury 
them” says Betsy. Betsy puts her feet in the hole too. “Now bury them” she says 
again. Betsy shovels sand onto their feet. “Put the dirt back in” says Betsy. “Shoes 
off” says Andy. “Yeah you got your shoes off” says Betsy. Betsy shovels more sand 
onto their feet. She pats the sand. Betsy wiggles her toes “Andy look at my feet” 
she says. “Andy look, you can see my foot”. Andy puts more sand on Betsy’s feet. 
“Stop” says Betsy. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Emotional 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-inititated actiity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
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#17 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/23/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.4 years 
Liam 4.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:00 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. Andy makes a whining noise. “Andy don’t be a baby,” 
says Betsy. Betsy turns to Liam. “Andy is a baby and you’re the dad,” she says. 
Betsy turns to Andy and says “Come on baby, let’s go inside”. Betsy grabs Andy’s 
hand and they walk up the stairs of the loft together. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#18 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/23/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.4 years 
Liam 4.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:05 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room, playing in the loft with her brother, Andy. Liam 
walks up the stairs with a big toy fly. “Buzz” says Liam. Betsy waves her hand in the 
air at Liam and says “Get fly, get!”. Liam continues to buzz. “Get!” says Betsy. “Shut 
the door” Betsy says as she moves her hand like she is shutting a door. Liam walks 
toward Betsy “Buzz” he says again. Betsy puts her hand up and says “No. I shut the 
door. '' She turns and hugs Andy. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#19 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/24/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.4 years 
Liam 4.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
8:00 am 
Betsy is sitting at a table in the preschool room eating cereal. Betsy leans forward 
and looks in Andy’s bowl. Betsy leans back, turns and looks at the table behind her. 
“Hey Liam, I have the same bowl as you but not a red spoon” she says. Betsy turns 
back to her table and takes a bite of cereal. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● C.EL.1~ Uses observation to gather information 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#20 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/24/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
8:07 am 
Betsy is eating cereal in the preschool room. Betsy finishes her cereal, stands up, 
and walks to the teacher who is by the cereal. Betsy sets her bowl on the counter 
and says “More please”. Betsy watches the teacher pour her cereal and then more 
milk into her bowl. Betsy picks up her bowl and walks back to the table. She sits 
down in her chair, then uses her spoon to push her cereal down into the milk. Betsy 
takes a bite and kicks her feet under the table. She starts bouncing in her seat 
and looks around the classroom at the other children. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● C.EL.3~ Demonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#21 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/25/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.4 years 
Danny 4.5 years 
Sally 3.4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:00 pm 
Betsy is in the preschool room she is sitting on the couch with Andy, Danny, and 
Sally. Betsy is looking at a book. She turns the page. “Look at this book Andy” says 
Betsy. Andy and Danny stand up and walk away without looking at the book. Betsy 
closes the book, sets it on the floor and walks away. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.3~ Shows appreciation of books and understands how print works 
● B.EL.2a~ Uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#22 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/25/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.4 years 
Liam 4.9 years 
Chris 2.9 years 
Ben 4.4 years 
Danny 4.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:45 pm 
Betsy is in the preschool room trying on a dress in the dramatic play area. Betsy 
walks up to Andy. “Andy look at my dress” she says. Liam crawls by on his hands and 
knees, growling. Betsy takes off the dress and drops it on the floor. Betsy gets 
down on her hands and knees with Andy, Liam, Chris, Ben, and Danny. All of them 
make growling noises and crawl towards Chris’s mom. Chris’s mom stands up, puts 
her hands in the air and says “I’m a gila monster!”. All of the children crawl closer 
to Chris’s mom, still growling. Chris’s mom says “Roar!”, then falls to the floor. 
Betsy and the other children climb on her. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1b~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Dressing 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
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#23 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age:4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/26/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:00 am 
Betsy is sitting on the circle time rug in the preschool room. Everyone is singing 
the Good Morning Song. Betsy sways back and forth while singing. Betsy looks at 
the teacher. She watches the teacher while she sings. Betsy smiles. The teacher 
starts singing a new song. Betsy looks around the room while the teacher sings the 
new song. A new student walks into the room. Betsy looks at the new girl and 
smiles. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.1~ Uses senses to take in, experience, integrate, and regulate responses 
to the environment 
● C.EL.3~ Demonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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#24 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/26/2019 
Other Children: Liam Age: 4.9 years 
Suzy 3.8 years 
Andy 2.4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note:  
9:05 am 
Betsy is sitting on the circle time rug in the preschool room with the rest of the 
class. The teacher has some cards with pictures on them. The teacher holds one up 
and asks “How many rockets are in this picture?”. Betsy yells “5!”. “How many green 
things are there?” the teacher asks. Betsy answers “3” at the same time as 2 other 
students. “How many black things?” asks the teacher. Betsy points her finger at 
the picture and counts. “7” answers Betsy. The teacher holds up another card and 
asks “Is the puppy inside the house or outside?”. “Inside” answers Liam. Betsy sits 
up on her knees and leans closer to the teacher. The teacher holds up another 
card. “What instrument is the girl playing?” she asks. “Guitar” answers Suzy. Andy 
leans toward the teacher. Betsy leans over Andy so that she is closer to the 
teacher. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others. 
● B.EL.1~ Demonstrates an understanding of numbers and counting. 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#25 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.9 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 9/30/2019 
Other Children: Liam Age: 4.9 years 
Katie 3.8 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:00 pm 
Betsy is in the preschool room playing with playdoh. Katie starts mixing the red and 
green playdoh together. “No, Katie. You can’t mix it” says Betsy. “Katie, you 
shouldn’t mix it”. “I can mix it” says Liam. Betsy looks at Liam, then starts 
flattening her blue playdoh with her hand. She pokes holes in it with her finger. “I 
have 2 colors” says Katie. Betsy rolls her playdoh into a ball. She brings it up to her 
nose and smells it. “This one smells good” says Betsy. Betsy pushes the playdoh on 
top of her nose. “I ripped mine” says Liam. Betsy puts her playdoh on the table. 
She looks through the shape cutters. She picks up a green bunny shaped one and 
brings it up to her nose to sniff. She pushes the shape into her playdoh. Betsy 
picks up the bunny shape. She looks at it, the squishes it with the rest of the blue 
playdoh and puts it all back into the container. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others. 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communication with others. 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#26 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/1/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
April 2.7 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:30 am 
Betsy is sitting in a chair in the preschool room. Andy is sitting on her lap. April is 
crying and pulling on the back of the chair. Betsy looks down at the floor and puts 
her arms around Andy. April screams. “April, what is wrong?” asks the teacher. 
April says “I want chair”. “Betsy is sitting in that one right now. Can you sit in the 
other chair?” asks the teacher. Betsy continues to look at the floor. “I want chair” 
cries April. Another teacher enters the room. “It is time to go into our room now 
April. You can bring your baby” says the teacher. April follows the teacher into the 
other classroom. Betsy and Andy continue to sit in the chair until the door closes. 
Then Andy gets up and walks away. Betsy rubs her finger on her chin, then puts it 
in her mouth. Betsy stands up and walks over to where Andy is playing. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Emotional 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child.  
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#27 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/1/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Rachel 4.4 years 
Liam 4.10 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:36 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room by the kitchen center. Andy and Rachel are looking 
at a menu. Betsy asks, “What do you want Andy? You want a cupcake?”. “No” says 
Andy. Liam walks over and says “I want something”. Betsy says “Ok, I’ll get you 
some ice cream.” Andy says “No”. Betsy turns around and starts opening cupboard 
doors. Liam says, “I want a different ice cream”. Betsy makes a ‘shooing’ motion 
with her hands at Andy. “Andy go sit down, go sit down” says Betsy. Betsy points at 
Rachel. “You can make Liam breakfast and I’ll make Andy breakfast.” 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#28 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/1/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Liam 4.10 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:40 am 
Betsy is at the kitchen center in the preschool room. Liam and Andy are sitting at 
the table. “Where’s my donut? I want my donut.” Liam says. Betsy picks up the 
menu. “I don’t see a donut.” Betsy says to Liam. Liam stands up and walks over to 
Betsy. “It’s right here.” Liam says and points to the menu. Betsy looks where Liam 
is pointing. “Those are not donuts. Those are pancakes.” says Betsy. Liam points to 
something else on the menu. “I want this” says Liam. Betsy turns to the microwave 
and pretends to push buttons. She opens the microwave and takes out a stack of 
magnet blocks. She brings them to Liam and sets them on the table. “Here you go” 
she says. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#29 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/2/2019 
Other Children: Liam Age: 4.10 years 
Lily 3.1 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:45 am 
Betsy is sitting at a table in the preschool room. Her, Liam, Andy, Lily, and Rachel 
are painting paper towels with liquid watercolors. Betsy dips her brush in the pink 
paint, then puts it on her towel. She dips her paintbrush in the blue paint, then 
puts it on her towel. Betsy reaches over Lily’s towel to dip her brush in the purple 
paint, then she puts it on her towel. “Where’s Andy” asks Liam. “On the ground,” 
says Betsy. “Andy, do you want to look at mine?” asks Betsy. She bends down and 
looks under the table. Andy doesn’t answer. Betsy sits back up and dips her 
paintbrush in the orange paint. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#30 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/2/2019 
Other Children: Lily Age: 3.1 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:50 am 
Betsy is sitting at the table in the preschool room painting. She dips her 
paintbrush into the blue paint and then wipes it on her paint apron. “I spilled” says 
Betsy. She holds up her apron. Betsy looks at Lily. “I spilled” she says to Lily. 
“That’s ok” says the teacher. Betsy dips her paintbrush in the blue paint again, then 
paints on her paper. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals:  
● B.EL.2~ Demonstrates self-awareness 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#31 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/3/2019 
Other Children: Katie Age: 3.9 years 
Lily 3.1 years 
Liam 4.10 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:00 am 
Betsy is sitting at a table in the preschool room with Katie, Lily, Liam, and Andy. 
they are coloring coffee filters with markers. Betsy looks at Lily. Lily is coloring on 
the paper under her filter. “No, you’re supposed to color the filter, not the paper,” 
says Betsy. “We can put them in water,” says Katie. “We are going to get them 
wet,” says the teacher. “I need an extra purple” says Katie. “I got purple” says 
Betsy. Betsy gives her purple marker to Katie. “I need black” says Betsy. Betsy 
looks through the marker box and grabs a black marker. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Tie spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communication with others 
● B.EL.2a~ Uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#32 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/3/2019 
Other Children: Katie Age: 3.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:05 am 
Betsy is sitting at a table in the preschool room coloring. “Jason can’t come 
because he broke his leg,” says Katie. “That’s right,” says the teacher. Betsy looks 
up from her picture, she looks worried. “Where is Jason right now?” she asks. “He’s 
at home.” answers the teacher. “With his dad?” asks Betsy. She starts coloring 
again. “Maybe,” answers the teacher. “I’m not sure who is home with him.” Katie 
says “Yeah because he broke his leg on the big slide.” Betsy looks up again “How did 
he broke his leg teacher?” she asks. “It got stuck on a slide when he was going 
down.” answers the teacher. Betsy goes back to coloring. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Emotional 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1~ Expresses a wide range of emotions 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communication with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#33 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/3/2019 
Other Children: Katie Age: 3.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:07 am 
Betsy is coloring in the preschool room with Katie. “X marks the spot.” says Katie. 
Betsy starts drawing Xs on her coffee filter. “X marks the spot, X marks the spot, 
X marks the spot” Betsy says while drawing Xs. “X marks the spot. X marks the 
spot, X marks the spot” she continues to say. Betsy picks up her filter. “Ahhh” 
Betsy yells while pointing at the paper under her filter with her marker. Betsy 
sticks her tongue out and turns her filter over. “Look Katie, it’s on the bottom” 
says Betsy. She holds up her marker and tells it “Your supposed to color on this” 
she shows her marker the filter. Katie giggles. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with adult guidance 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1~ Uses gestures and movements to communicate 
● A.EL.2~ Engages in meaningful learning through attempting, repeating, 
experimenting, refining, and elaborating on experiences and activities 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#34 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/4/2019 
Other Children: Liam Age: 4.10 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:00 am 
Betsy is playing in the kitchen center in the preschool room. She rolls up the menu 
and loudly says, “Who wants some breakfast? Who wants some breakfast?” Andy 
and Liam raise their hands. Betsy points at Andy “Nope, you already did” she says. 
She points at Liam, “Nope, you already did” she says to Liam. Betsy puts the menu 
up to her mouth again and says “Who wants some breakfast? Who wants some 
breakfast?” No one answers. Betsy walks up to Andy. “You said you want 
breakfast? Well, come on” Betsy says and grabs Andy’s hand. They walk over to the 
fridge. Betsy grabs an apple and gives it to Andy. Betsy walks away and Andy 
throws the apple. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#35 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/4/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Katie 3.9 years 
Chris 2.10 years 
Will 3 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:07 am 
Betsy is playing in the preschool room. She walks over to Andy, puts her arm 
around his shoulders, and wiggles her bottom while she sings to him “You want a 
chicken bone? You want a chicken bone?” Andy walks over to a table. Betsy turns to 
Katie and says, “Order up.” Katie hands Betsy a chicken leg. Betsy gives it to Andy. 
Will walks over to Betsy. “I want some pie” he says. Betsy walks over to Katie. She 
puts out her left hand and says “He wants apple pie.” Katie says “I don’t have any 
pie”. Betsy walks over to Will with a menu. Chris sits down by Will. “Fries” says 
Chris. “You want fries and hotdog?” asks Betsy. Chris nods his head. Betsy yells to 
Katie “He wants french fries and a hot dog”. Katie says “I don’t have those”. Betsy 
points to the menu and says “Yes you do. It’s right here.” 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#36 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/7/2019 
Other Children: Katie Age: 3.9 years 
Rachel 4.4 years 
Gary 4.3 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
2:30 pm 
Betsy is pulling a wagon on the playground. Katie looks at Betsy and whispers “He’s 
coming!”. Betsy looks behind her and yells “He’s coming! Run!”. “Who’s coming?” asks 
the teacher. “Gary” says Betsy. Betsy runs with the wagon and goes behind a tree. 
Betsy whispers “He’s coming.” Then Betsy screams and runs to the corner of the 
playground. Rachel screams and runs to Betsy. Gary runs after them, growling. 
Katie, Betsy, and Rachel run around the playground screaming. Betsy stops by the 
slide. Gary stops by Betsy and growls. Betsy screams, then yells “Ahhhhh Gary is a 
monster!” Betsy runs away screaming. Gary chases her. Betsy runs into the 
playhouse. Gary runs past the playhouse, still growling. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking with people, 
materials, and the environment 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#37 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/8/2019 
Other Children: Suzy Age: 3.9 years 
Rachel 4.4 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
2:00 pm 
Betsy is on the playground. She is raking leaves into a pile. Suzy is sitting at one of 
the picnic tables. Betsy rakes by Suzy’s feet. “Got your feet” Betsy says and 
laughs. Betsy rakes more leaves into the piile. Suzy runs over and jumps in. Betsy 
walks a few feet away and starts raking leaves into a new pile. Suzy yells “Rachel 
come in!”. Rachel runs over and jumps into the pile. “All done for another one!” yells 
Betsy. Suzy and Rachel run over and jump in the new pile. Betsy walks a few feet 
away again and starts raking leaves into a another pile. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#38 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/9/2019 
Other Children: Chris Age: 2.10 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
Danny 4.6 years 
Gary 4.3 years 
Will 3 years 
 
Anecdotal Note:  
10:30 am 
Betsy is playing outside on the airplane seesaw with Chris, Andy, Gary, Will, and 
Danny. Danny suddenly screams. Gary yells “Bug! Bug!” Betsy jumps off of the 
airplane wing and runs over to Danny to see the bug. “Spider!” yells Will. The 
teacher walks over and brushes the bug off of Danny. “Ok it’s gone now,” says the 
teacher. Betsy looks at Danny, then walks back over to the airplane wing and climbs 
back on. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Emotional 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.1~ Uses senses to take in, experience, integrate and regulate responses 
to the environment 
● A.EL.2~ Understands and responds to others' emotions 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#39 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/9/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Danny 4.6 years 
Chris 2.10 years 
Gary 4.3 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:34 am 
Betsy is playing on the playground. She runs into the playhouse and yells “Come, 
come, come to grandma’s house!” Andy, Danny, Chris, and Gary go into the 
playhouse. Then the boys all scream and run out. Betsy goes to the door of the 
playhouse and yells “Come back to grandma’s house! You can’t leave without 
grandma!” Betsy runs over to Andy and whispers “Come back to grandma’s house”. 
Andy and Chris follow Betsy back to the playhouse. 
 
Areas of development:  
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#40 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/10/2019 
Other Children: Gary Age: 4.3 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:00 pm 
Betsy is playing on the playground she is holding onto the roof of the playhouse and 
swinging her legs. Betsy lets go and Gary grabs the roof and starts swinging his 
legs. Betsy pats Gary on his belly. Bary lets go of the roof, Betsy runs, and Gary 
chases her. Gary runs back to the playhouse and starts swinging his legs again. 
Betsy runs up and pats Gary on the belly. Gary lets go of the roof. “Can’t get me!” 
Betsy laughs and runs away. Gary grabs the roof again. Betsy runs up and grabs the 
roof next to Gary. She starts swinging her legs again. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1b~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#41 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/10/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:10 pm 
Betsy is playing on the playground. She walks over to the stove and yells “Fire! 
Fire!”. She points to the stove. Gary and Katie run over. Betsy, Katie, and Gary 
start spitting on the stove. “No spitting please” says the teacher. Betsy stops 
spitting and runs over to the swings. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
● A.EL.3~ Applies problem solving skills 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#42 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/11/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:00 am 
Betsy is playing on the playground. She is climbing on the jungle gym. Betsy grabs a 
bar with her hands, hangs down, and starts swinging her legs. She lets go and drops 
down to the ground. Betsy turns around and grabs another bar. She starts swinging 
her legs again. Betsy swings her feet up and hangs her head down. Then Betsy pulls 
herself up and sits on one of the bars. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1b~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● A.EL.1~ Displays curiosity, risk-taking, and willingness to engage in new 
experiences 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#43 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/11/2019 
Other Children: Sally Age: 3.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:10 am 
Betsy is on the playground. She looks over at the picnic tables and sees one of the 
teachers holding a baby. Betsy’s new baby brother, George, just started coming to 
daycare. Betsy walks over to the teacher. “Where’s George?” she asks. “He’s with 
one of the other teachers” answers the teacher. “No, this is George” says Betsy 
and giggles. Sally pokes the baby’s nose. “Honk, honk” says Sally. “I want to honk” 
says Betsy. “Ok” says the teacher “Just be careful that you don’t poke him in the 
eye”. Betsy touches the baby’s nose. “Honk, honk” says Betsy and she smiles.  
 
Areas of development: 
● Emotional 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals:  
● C.EL.1~ Demonstrates attachment, trust, and autonomy 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#44 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/14/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:30 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room. She is playing with her brother, Andy, and some 
toy farm animals. Betsy has a horse and Andy has a cow. Betsy throws her horse in 
the air “Yahoo! Ouch” she says. Betsy covers her mouth with her hand and coughs. 
“Wee haw” says Andy as he throws his cow in the air. The cow falls and hits Betsy 
in the face. “Ouch” says Betsy as she rubs her cheek. “Let’s not throw toys” says 
the teacher. “Are you ok Betsy?”. “Yeah” says Betsy quietly. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Emotional 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Demonstrates self-awareness 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through 
interactions with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#45 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/14/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:33 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room with Andy. Betsy has a horse. She smells the 
horse’s tail. “Pee ew, it’s time to change your diapie” Betsy says to her horse. Betsy 
turns to Andy. “It’s time to change their diapies” she tells him. “Change, change” 
says Betsy while she flips the horse around. “Ok, all done” says Betsy. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1c~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Toileting 
● B.EL.1~ Engage in imaginative play and inventive thinking through interactions 
with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#46 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/14/2019 
Other Children: Joey Age: 7.2 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:40 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room. Betsy grabs a toy horse and walks over to 
where Joey is playing with a bunch of animals at a table. Betsy puts her horse on 
the table “Hello” she says. Andy grabs a cow, sets it next to Betsy’s horse and says 
“Hello”. Joey looks at Betsy and Andy. “Animals don’t talk” he says. “The animals on 
Charlotte’s Web do” says the teacher “That’s my all time favorite movie ever”. 
Joey stacks the animals on top of each other. “There, I stacked them” says Joey. 
“Wow” says Betsy. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Down with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#47 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/15/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Ann 3.1 years 
Brian 2.1 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
8:00 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room with Andy, Ann, and Brian. They are playing with 
large liquid tiles. The children are carrying them around the room. Betsy has the 
green tile and she sets it on the floor. The other children set theirs down to form 
a line with Betsy’s. Betsy steps on her tile. She hops from hers to the blue one, 
then the purple one. She turns around and hops back to the green one. Betsy sits 
down on her tile. “Look at this Andy” Betsy says as she pokes the tile with her 
finger “It’s so cool”. Andy looks at her tile and says “I have a blue one”. “I have a 
green one,” says Betsy. Betsy pokes the blue tile and then the purple one. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● New task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goal: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#48 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/16/2019 
Other Children: Ann Age: 3.1 years 
Andy 2.5 years 
Brian 2.1 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:00 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room with Ann. They are stacking blocks. Andy walks 
over and kicks their block tower. “Oh no!” says Betsy “Andy and Brian, no!”. Ann and 
Betsy start building another tower. Brian tries to knock it over. “Don’t!” yells Betsy. 
The tower falls. Betsy and Ann start a new tower. Andy knocks it down again. 
“Andy! No!” yells Betsy. “Andy, you should ask if it’s ok before you knock down 
someone’s tower” the teacher says. “He asked but I said no and he knocked it down 
anyway,” says Betsy. “Andy, why don’t you build your own tower to knock down” 
suggests the teacher. Betsy and Ann start another tower. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.4~ Engages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve 
conflict 
● A.EL.3~ Applies problem solving skills 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#49 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/16/2019 
Other Children: Ann Age: 3.1 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
7:07 am 
Betsy is playing in the infant room with Ann. Betsy and Ann have built a house with 
soft blocks. “Wow look at that” says Betsy. Betsy pokes the blocks. “I want a toy,” 
says Betsy. Betsy goes over to the toy shelf and grabs a toy cow. “Wee” says Betsy 
as she runs her cow across the top of the house. Ann grabs a horse and runs it 
across the roof. “That animal is too big,” says Betsy. “Should we knock it down?” 
Betsy asks Ann. Ann nods her head. Betsy and Ann knock down their house and 
laugh. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#50 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/17/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
Hope 2.7 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
2:30 pm 
Betsy is playing on the playground. She is drawing in the dirt with a stick. Andy 
rubs his hand over Betsy’s drawing. “Hey I’m making a L” says Betsy. Seh starts 
drawing again. “Hey” says Betsy as Hope walks over her drawing. Andy brushes 
away Betsy’s drawing. Betsy starts drawing again. Hope walks over her drawing. 
Andy brushes away Betsy’s drawing again. Betsy turns around and brushes leaves 
away to make a new spot to draw. Andy stands ou and walks to the spot that Betsy 
has just cleared off. Betsy gets up and walks over to the swings. Andy follows her. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#51 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/18/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:00 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She is helping pick up for snack time. Betsy picks up 
a dress and a fire hat. She puts the fire hat on a hook. The hat falls to the floor. 
Betsy looks at it, then hangs the dress on the hook and walks away. 
 
Area of development;  
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Teacher-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Down with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
 
Goals:  
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
● C.EL.1~ Uses senses to take in, experience, integrate, and regulate responses 
to the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#52 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/22/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.5 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
11:00 am 
Betsy is playing on the playground. She walks behind the building. She rakes up the 
leaves, sits down, and grabs a stick. Andy walks over and puts his foot on the spot 
she has cleared off. “Andy” says Betsy. Andy sits down by Betsy. Betsy draws 
circles in the dirt. Andy uses his finger to draw lines through Betsy’s circles. “Andy 
stop” says Betsy “Andy stop wreaking it”. Betsy turns away and starts making 
circles in the dirt on the ground behind her. Andy keeps drawing lines through the 
circles in her first drawing. Betsy talks her stick and pokes it into the ground in 
the middle of her circles. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of development: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child  
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.4~ Engages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve 
conflict 
● A.EL.3~ Exhibits persistence and flexibility 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#53 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/23/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:00 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She walks down the stairs of the loft holding a bowl 
of goldfish crackers. Betsy eats a goldfish cracker and then twirls around. She 
walks over to the Lego table. She eats a couple more goldfish. Betsy grabs a toy 
vacuum and pushes it across the floor. She holds her goldfish in one hand and 
pushes the vacuum in the other. She pushes the vacuum over to the loft stairs. She 
picks up the vacuum and carries it up the loft stairs. She sets the vacuum down and 
pushes it around the loft floor. Then Betsy sits down, eats more goldfish and looks 
around the classroom. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1d~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Eating 
● B.EL.2~ Exhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object 
manipulation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#54 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/24/2019 
Other Children: Katie Age: 10/24/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
10:30 am 
Betsy is in the preschool room. She walks up the loft stairs and sits down. She 
picks up a big stuffed giraffe and puts it under her arm. Betsy picks up a teddy 
bear. She wiggles the bear around. Betsy turns to Katie “He tooted on that” says 
Betsy. Betsy uses the rug to cover up her legs. Betsy lays down and puts her lead 
on the giraffe. She pulls the rug up to her chin. “Katie come on” says Betsy “take a 
nap with me”. Katie lays down by Betsy. Betsy covers her up and closes her eyes. 
Katie laughs and jumps up. Betsy gets up and walks down the loft stairs. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
● Social 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1a~ Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. 
Sleep 
● B.EL.1~ Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through interaction 
with people, materials, and the environment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#55 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/25/2019 
Other Children: Suzy Age: 3.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:30 pm 
Betsy is playing in the preschool room. She runs under the loft and spins. She puts 
her hands in the air and walks over to Suzy, who is playing with the teacher’s hair. 
Betsy runs her fingers through the teacher’s hair. She picks up a chunk and smells 
it. She runs her fingers through the teacher’s hair again, then puts her hands 
behind her back and walks away. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1a~ Moves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and 
endurance 
● B.EL.1~ Uses gestures and movements to communicate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#56 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/29/2019 
Other Children: May Age: 2.7 years 
Katie 3.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
3:00 pm 
Betsy is playing in the preschool room. She is playing with baby dolls with May. 
Betsy moves the curtains on the toy changing table. May is pretending to wash her 
baby. Betsy tries to hook the curtains together. Katie walks over to Betsy and May. 
Betsy grabs a baby doll and lays it down in the crib. May lays her baby in the crib 
next to Betsy’s. Betsy covers both babies with a blanket. Betsy turns to Katie “Shh 
the baby is sleeping” Betsy says. Katie looks at the babies. Betsy walks away. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.2~ Engages in social interaction and plays with others 
● C.EL.3~ Demonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#57 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/30/2019 
Other Children: Ben Age: 4.5 years 
Katie 3.9 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:00 am 
Betsy is playing in the preschool room. She walks up the loft steps and lays on the 
floor. “Are you sleepy?” asks Ben. “No” says Betsy “I just want to watch a movie”. 
Katie walks up the stairs and sits next to Betsy. “Smell my toes” Katie says and 
puts her foot in Betsy’s face. “No! Yuck!” says Betsy and she pushes Katie’s foot 
away. Katie giggles. Betsy gets up and walks down the loft stairs. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Social 
● Physical 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done with peers 
● Time spent 1-5 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.2~ Listens and responds to communications with others 
● B.EL.2~ Demonstrates self-awareness 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#58 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.10 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 10/31/2019 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
11:30 am 
Betsy is playing in the preschool room. She walks over to the washer and opens the 
door. She looks inside, then closes the door. Betsy lifts up the ironing table that is 
connected to the washer. She lets go of it and it falls down against the washer. 
She picks it up again and lets it fall down again. She lifts it up and lets it fall. She 
lifts it up and sits on top of the washer. She lets go of the ironing table. Betsy 
gets down off of the washer. She lifts up the ironing table, grabs a high chair and 
puts it up against the ironing table. Betsy sits down on the washer again. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Physical 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● C.EL.1~ Uses observation to gather information 
● A.EL.3~ Applies problem solving skills 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#59 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.11 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 11/1/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.6 years 
 
Anecdotal Note: 
1:00 pm 
Betsy is coloring in the preschool room. She is coloring a picture of a horse. She 
colors the heart on the horse’s nose, then the halter, then a flower. Andy puts his 
hand on Betsy’s picture. Betsy pushes his hand away. She colors the horse’s hair. 
Andy puts his hand on her picture again. Betsy pushes his hand away again. “Andy, 
do you want a picture to color?” asks the teacher. “No” says Andy. Betsy colors 
more of the flowers. Andy leans down and looks at Betsy’s picture. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Social 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● B.EL.1~ Uses gestures and movements to communicate 
● B.EL.2~ Expresses self creatively through music, movement, and art 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anecdotal Observation Record 
#60 
 
Child’s Name: Betsy Age: 4.11 years 
Observer: Tessa Date: 11/4/2019 
Other Children: Andy Age: 2.6 years 
Lily 3.2 years 
Jamie 3 years  
 
Anecdotal Note: 
9:30 am 
Betsy is playing with magnet blocks in the preschool room. She grabs a stack of 
square blocks, walks over to the circle time rug and sits down. She lays 2 blocks 
down flat, then puts more blocks around it to make sides. She starts another row. 
Andy and Jamie knock over the tower that they had built. Andy puts a block on 
Betsy’s tower. “Stop” says Betsy. Betsy wraps her arms around her tower. Andy 
puts on 2 more blocks. “Stop!” yells Betsy. Andy tries to put another block on but 
Betsy pushes his hand away. Betsy wraps her arms around her tower more. Lily 
walks over and tries to put a block on Betsy’s tower. Betsy picks up her tower and 
walks away from the circle time rug. She sets her tower down by the toy shelf, 
then runs over to the box of magnet blocks and grabs some more square blocks. 
She runs back to her tower and starts adding the new blocks. 
 
Areas of development: 
● Cognitive 
● Emotional 
● Language and communication 
 
Context of observation: 
● Child-initiated activity 
● Familiar task for this child 
● Done independently 
● Time spent 5-15 minutes 
 
Goals: 
● A.EL.1~ Expresses a wide range of emotions 
● C.EL.4~ Engages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve 
conflict