Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Cognitive Development (CD)
Subdomain: Mathematical Thinking and Expression
Goal: Children compare, sort, group, organize and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment.
Skill Progression: Patterning
Age: 24-27 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 24-27 Months.Tries to imitate songs and finger plays, dance moves, and rhythms with instruments
Situations for Observation of Skill
Provide musical instruments or use a box for a drum.
Elicitation Strategy
Sing a song and ask the child to play the drum to the song.
Behavior Observed
The child is beginning to pick up rhythmic patterns and beats in songs, music, and dance.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Encourage parents to sing and dance with their child. Explain the relationship of beats in music to patterns in math and rhythms in reading. Music can help lay a foundation for both
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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