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community with countless benefits.
Benefits of documentation on students:
1. Increases confidence in children: Everyday, other children, parents, and visitors in
general see the work that students performed. The teacher, in presenting the processes
experienced by children around the room, conveys a sense of pride and appreciation.
2. Promotes collective thinking: Documentation reflects the
groupthink that children built with their peers.
3. Connects ideas: In the documentation the children’s
thinking is made visible. By the work being visible, it becomes
possible to revisit processes and create multiple connections with
new issues presented in the day to day.
4. Promotes a sense of independence and autonomy:
Students are creators and protagonists of their own learning. What
they see in the documentation is a product of their own work and
effort.
5. Presents different points of view: In the documentation, no work is alike. Each child
reflects his or her understanding and thought process differently and uniquely.
6. Strengthens memory: The ability to revisit the documentation makes the student
remember the issues previously worked on.
7. Creates a culture of thinking in the classroom: The children's thinking is visible and
reflected in each of the documentations of the room.
Benefits of documentation on parents:
1. Allows parents to observe the growth process of their children: New documentation is
permanently presented in the classroom, which allows parents to appreciate their
children’s work and share with other family members