Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Cognitive Development (CD)
Subdomain: Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
Goal: Children observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world
Skill Progression: Observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world
Age: 1-2 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 1-2 Months.Studies faces and objects within close visual range
Situations for Observation of Skill
Observe the child during natural parent-child interaction.
Elicitation Strategy
No elicitation needed
Behavior Observed
The child studies faces and objects within his visual range.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Children start learning about the world beginning with people. They acquire interest, curiosity, and trust based on their first months of engagement. Parents need to be encouraged to spend as much face-to-face time as possible building expectations and a relationship.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
©2015 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.