Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Cognitive Development (CD)
Subdomain: Mathematical Thinking and Expression
Goal: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities
Skill Progression: Recognizing number and subitizing
Age: 27-30 Months
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Situations for Observation of Skill
Play with blocks.
Elicitation Strategy
Tell the child you need “many” blocks to build your tower.
Behavior Observed
The child gives the adult more than 3 items.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Encourage early childhood educators and parents to use a variety of terms to refer to number (i.e. “a few,” “many,” and “some”) as well as the count numbers 1, 2, 3, etc.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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