i have to write a paragraph on 5 different types of observations.I dont even know what one if then is called! any ideas on the names of them so i can research them please

this might be useful
http://www.howto.co.uk/family/childminding/types_of_observation/

rosie x

this might be useful
http://www.howto.co.uk/family/childminding/types_of_observation/

rosie x

What a useful site, thanks for sharing Rosie!!

For my nvq I talked about the following obs:

Narrative (or free description)
Time Sample
Event Sample
Checklists/tick charts
Target child

Hope that helps a bit!

thanks will look into it now

Thanks for that link, straight to the point and very useful :thumbsup: