1. The following resources describe how to create learning stories and provide examples:

Carr, M., and W. Lee (2012), Learning Stories: Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education, London: SAGE.

Drummond, T. (n.d.). Examples of Learning Stories. Available online: https://tomdrummond.com/looking-closely-at-children/examples/ (accessed 20 January 2018).

Ministry of Education (2004). An Introduction to Kei Tua o te Pae. Available online: http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Early-Childhood/Kei-Tua-o-te-Pae/ECEBooklet1Full.pdf

2. The following resources expand on the notion of pedagogical documentation:

Dahlberg, G., Moss, P. & Pence, A. (2007). Beyond quality in early childhood education and care. London: Falmer Press. 

Fleet, A., Patterson, C., & Robertson, J. (2017), ‘Pedagogical documentation in early years practice: Seeing through multiple perspectives,’ London: SAGE.

Macdonald, M., & Sánchez, A. (2010), ‘Provoking Dialogue: Promote a Deeper Understanding of Teaching and Learning Through Images and Documents’, Journal of Childhood Studies, 35(2): 25–30.

Merewether, J. (2018), ‘Listening to Young Children Outdoors with Pedagogical Documentation’, International Journal of Early Years Education, 26:3, 259-277. DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2017.1421525

Wien, C.A. (2011), ‘Learning to Document in Reggio-inspired Education’, Early Childhood Research and Practice, 13(2). Available online: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v13n2/wien.html

3. These resources give some practical information on assessment in early childhood:

Gullo, D. (2005), Understanding Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood, New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Sargent, M. (2013), ‘Assessment in the Early Years’. Available online: http://earlyyearsclassroom.com/a4l-article.php

4. The following articles provide more theoretical information on assessment:

Brogaard Clausen, S. (2015), ‘Schoolification or Early Years Democracy? A Cross-Curricular Perspective from Denmark and England,’ Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 16(4): 355 –373. DOI: 0.1177/1463949115616327

Buzzelli, C.A. (2018), ‘The Moral Dimensions of Assessment in Early Childhood Education,’Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 2018, 19(2) 154 –166. DOI: 10.1177/1463949118778021

Drummond, M. J. (2012), Assessing Children’s Learning, London: David Fulton.

Rameka, L.K. (2011), ‘Being Māori: Culturally Relevant Assessment in Early Childhood Education,” Early Years, 31(3): 245-256, DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2011.614222

Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2004), ‘Educational Disadvantage in the Early Years: How do we Overcome it? Some Lessons from Research,’ European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 12(2): 5–19. DOI: 10.1080/13502930485209391

Wrigley, T., and Wormwell, L. (2016), ‘Infantile Accountability: When Big Data Meet Small Children,’ Improving Schools, 19(2): 105 –118. DOI: 10.1177/1365480216651520