Step Four: Review your Observations and take action.
Write the ideas that come to you as you review your Observation Notebook. What patterns are you noticing? What is your gut telling you about your child? About your time with them? About who they are and how they thrive? Look for the large as well as the small. What has been flowing well and what has been a complete flop?
As an example: I get to spend a couple of hours a week with students in nature study. I really want them to feel the Lord’s love for them as they wander through His creations. I recently observed, after a full four weeks, that though they were seeing our beautiful surroundings, they weren’t exactly immersing themselves in it. Clever conversations and enthusiasm for social time was compelling. I love to listen to them talk with one another though I hoped for Mother Nature to get to join in the discussion more fully.
After careful Observation and thought, I encouraged them to spend a little time on their own – walking, sitting, playing, thinking. They were happy to take my suggestion and each went their own way. I found some wading in the water, some writing, some drawing, some wandering along the river path and some quietly thinking. Afterward we came together to share our experiences. The words that were shared were touching and inspiring! Let me share a couple. 
“I realized that I feel close to God when I am in nature because He made all of this for me.”
“As I sat in nature it made me realize that I wanted to sing!” (This comment was followed by a simple hymn sung with great feeling).
I noticed that the atmosphere had changed and the Spirit we felt was pretty powerful. There was respect for each other and the ideas that were discussed. I learned yet another lesson about Observation and how it aids my clarity.