Carole Sharman is co-author of Observing Children and Young People, 4th edition (2007) and Summative Assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She was a Registered Nurse and Health Visitor before retraining as a primary school teacher. Later she worked in FE, eventually becoming Head of School for Early years and Special Educational Needs.

Wendy Cross is co-author of Observing Children and Young People, 4th edition (2007) and Summative assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She worked as an Early Years practitioner in a variety of Early Years settings. She has experience in tutoring childcare practitioners in Further Education and in internally/externally verifying acknowledged Early Years courses and qualifications.

Diana Vennis is co-author of Observing Children and Young People, 4th edition (2007) and Summative assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She was a trained Nursery/Infant teacher. Later she taught in Further Education. She worked as an internal/external verifier for awarding bodies in childcare. She was an Ofsted Nursery Inspector and an Early years Inspector for the Adult Learning Inspectorate.

Introduction
1. Why do Observations?
2. Observational Techniques
3. A Guide to Presenting and Experimenting with Observational Techniques
4. Extending and Utilizing Your Observations
5. Providing Activities To Assist Planning within the Early Years Environment
6. Outline of development from Birth to 6 Years
Bibliography
Index