Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)
Subdomain: Learning to Communicate
Goal: Children speak audibly and express thoughts, and feelings, and ideas clearly.
Skill Progression: Articulation/ sound production
Age: 54-60 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 54-60 Months.100% intelligible, though errors on /s, sh, r, l, z, zh, ch, j, th/ may persist
Situations for Observation of Skill
Observe the child during daily routines and play interactions.
Elicitation Strategy
No elicitation needed.
Behavior Observed
The child demonstrates mastery of most individual sounds and blends.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Observe whether difficult sounds can be stimulated. For example, can the child imitate a sound if the adult models it? Some children cannot say the sound in connected speech, but can imitate the sound when it is modeled. Stimulability indicates the ability to make the sound.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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