Kids questionnaires

[Blackpool]

Hi could I please get some help to do questionnaireso for nursery age children who come to my house. Thanks in advance.

[moggy]

Do you think a questionnaire is the best way to get their opinions? I wonder...

I guess you are looking for ways to get feedback about your service and setting? Personally, I would do that by talking with and observing young mindees, rather than a questionnaire.
Any questionnaire needs to be personal to you anyway- another CMer's questionnaire is not going to get you the info you are looking for...

What is it you want to know about?- do they like your dinners? what activities they like and want to do more of? Opinions about your garden and what to grow this Spring? etc etc. Once you have got as short-list, then I would be looking at each point and finding the best way to gather the info... I would be chatting about dinner-opinions over a meal- more likely to get a meaningful reply from a nursery-age child if you are eating a meal together and start a conversation about what foods they like or want to try, rather than sitting them in front of a piece of paper and ask for a tick or a mark out of 10 or a happy/sad face!

I know some people use a child's questionnaire, but I do wonder if they actually get any meaningful input from it? or if they feel it is something they 'should' do?
But most important is how they then use that input... and that is all Ofsted or anyone are interested in- what changes you have made as a result of input from mindees/families?

[BallyH]

I don't do a child's questionnaire but I did have evidence for Ofsted of a 'wish list' that the children had made for new resources etc. Plus when we look through their lj's or past photos they will comment about activities that they would like to do again and I sometimes I included these comments in their planning,

[loocyloo]

I have a brief sheet I give to all children each September .. asking name, age, family, school / nursery, class, teacher, friends, pets, favourite games/books/foods/colours/animal/tv, anything they've learnt to do recently/would like to do and anything else they'd like to tell me.
Generally my schoolies do it themselves and EY is done by parents.
It keeps me up to date after the summer with schoolies for the new school year and it then seemed a good idea to do it for littlies too.

[bunyip]

I do an occasional questionnaire with pre-school aged children. Obviously, it has me asking the questions and writing down the answers.

But you can't always expect 'sensible' answers.

eg.

Bunyip: "What do you like to eat that we give you when you come here?"

Mindee: "Broccoli sandwiches."

Bunyip: "Really?"

Mindee: "Yes. I like broccoli sandwiches."

Bunyip: "Ok, but you've never had them here."

Mindee: "I know, but I like the broccoli sandwiches you give me when I come here."

Bunyip: "Ok. I just want you to know I'm writing down 'broccoli sandwiches' and moving on, but the nice lady from Ofsted might want to discuss this with you one day."

[mumofone]

I do an occasional questionnaire with pre-school aged children. Obviously, it has me asking the questions and writing down the answers. But you can't always expect 'sensible' answers. eg. Bunyip: "What do you like to eat that we give you when you come here?" Mindee: "Broccoli sandwiches." Bunyip: "Really?" Mindee: "Yes. I like broccoli sandwiches." Bunyip: "Ok, but you've never had them here." Mindee: "I know, but I like the broccoli sandwiches you give me when I come here." Bunyip: "Ok. I just want you to know I'm writing down 'broccoli sandwiches' and moving on, but the nice lady from Ofsted might want to discuss this with you one day."

Lol!!!!! Sometimes I think j shouldn't be in childcare when I have irritating conversations like these!!! :-)

[bunyip]

Lol!!!!! Sometimes I think j shouldn't be in childcare when I have irritating conversations like these!!! :-)

I'm generally OK with it. They just need to know they're not going to out-weird me.

[mumofone]

I do an occasional questionnaire with pre-school aged children. Obviously, it has me asking the questions and writing down the answers. But you can't always expect 'sensible' answers. eg. Bunyip: "What do you like to eat that we give you when you come here?" Mindee: "Broccoli sandwiches." Bunyip: "Really?" Mindee: "Yes. I like broccoli sandwiches." Bunyip: "Ok, but you've never had them here." Mindee: "I know, but I like the broccoli sandwiches you give me when I come here." Bunyip: "Ok. I just want you to know I'm writing down 'broccoli sandwiches' and moving on, but the nice lady from Ofsted might want to discuss this with you one day."

Bunyip how Dyou document these questions? Do you just create a questionnaire and then literally full out the answers yourself (as provided by the children of course!). Thx x

[bunyip]

Bunyip how Dyou document these questions? Do you just create a questionnaire and then literally full out the answers yourself (as provided by the children of course!). Thx x

Yes, as you say, literally.

Can't figure out how I'd fill it out figuratively.

[mumofone]

Yes, as you say, literally. Can't figure out how I'd fill it out figuratively.

So Facetious ;-)

[bunyip]

OK, I take a few minutes on the naughty step for trying to preserve my native language.