How much time should staff members expect to spend every day to do the COR?
Throughout the day, teachers or caregivers should be jotting down very brief notes about what they see children doing. Altogether, this should take only a few minutes. The process of transforming rough notes to formal notes (entered in the Child Anecdotes booklet, in the computer, online, or in the file system the program has set up) can be accomplished in 20 to 45 minutes daily. At the same time, however, teachers or caregivers should be planning or modifying the next day’s activities based on what they have observed. For example, if they have noted that a child or several children were very involved with filling and emptying containers of water that day, they might decide to add additional materials for filling and emptying (for example, corks, beans, plastic peanuts, oats, and various containers). The time staff members spend on COR-related tasks gradually becomes a natural part of observing, interacting with, and planning for children. As they become more experienced with COR asses
