Introduction Early childhood education is a vital stepping stone in a child’s learning journey in any subject or context. However, for this to be effective educators need to know the child well through a strong relationship that nurtures a child’s feeling of security and of being valued. Knowing this in detail helps to lay the foundations for learning as educators can use this for future planning. Assessment is also linked to future planning as the evidence it provides of a child’s progress is crucial. The use of digital technologies or ICTs in society has become widespread and synonymous with our daily lives. Children are continually being exposed to new developments as they grow and it is not common for many of them to more tech-savvy than their predecessors. We now live in a Knowledge Society – a place where information flows freely from digital technologies. It is therefore, vital that educators in early childhood learn to establish a starting point for a child’s ICT capability journey and then give them directions that will enable the child to plot a course. As planning, monitoring, assessment, record keeping and reporting are so closely related, this article will deliver practical and immediately actionable advice on the best practices to do so. However, it will important for you to first learn what ICT capability is and how students
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