The Power Observation for Birth Through Eight Second Edition Judy R. Jablon, Amy Laura Dombro, Margo L. Dichtelmiller The Power of Observation explores the vital connection between observation and effective teaching. Much more than a set of skills, observation is a mind-set of openness and wonder that helps teachers and caregivers learn more about each child in their care. The link between observation and relationship building is an important theme of this book. The authors share their own experiences, and those of many others, to illustrate how observation helps teachers and caregivers become more effective in the child care center, preschool, family child care home, and elementary classroom. We offer guidelines for effective observation and specific strategies to help you refine your skills and make observation an integral part of your teaching. This second edition includes expanded guidance on applying what you learn from observation to your daily practices. It also features a new study guide that is informed by recommendations from the many university and community college professors who use the book as a textbook for their courses. Judy Jablon, M.S., is a nationally recognized educator and author with more than 30 years of experience in early childhood and primary education. […] Judy is grounded in theory and practice that emphasize child development, observation, critical thinking, and experiential learning. […] She has co-authored numerous publications, most recently Teaching Strategies' new DVD The Creative Curriculum for Preschool in Action Amy Laura Dombro, M.S., is author of numerous articles and books for teachers and families of babies and toddlers. […] She is an author of Teaching Strategies' Caring for Infants and Toddlers Margo L. Dichtelmiller, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University where her interests include assessing young children, integrating standards in early childhood teaching, and working with diverse families. She is a developer of the Work Sampling System; an author of The Ounce Scale (an infant-toddler assessment) User's Guide. […]