Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Cognitive Development (CD)
Subdomain: Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
Goal: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them
Skill Progression: Constructs knowledge
Age: 15-18 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 15-18 Months.Uses a variety of objects together in different ways in trial-and-error
Situations for Observation of Skill
Observe the toddler playing with a variety of materials.
Elicitation Strategy
No elicitation needed.
Behavior Observed
The child will try different ways to combine objects, stacking, lining up, and putting in, and so on.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Encourage early childhood educators and parents to provide household items, such as paper plates and cups, pots and lids, empty clean cartons, etc. to play with and stack. Children are learning about directionality, spatial relations, and balance.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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