Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Cognitive Development (CD)

Subdomain: Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning

Goal: Children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions

Skill Progression: Thinking and reasoning

Age: 12-15 Months

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Observe the child and adult looking at familiar and unfamiliar picture books.

No elicitation needed.

The child points to and names items in the book.

The child is becoming more interested in talking and labeling what she knows. Encourage early childhood educators and parents to read to the child often as books introduce new vocabulary words that may not be found in the child’s environment. This expands the child’s world and increases interest in learning about the world.