## North Carolina Early Learning and Development Progressions: Birth to Five

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

#### Subdomain: Mathematical Thinking and Expression

#### Goal: Children identify and use common shapes and concepts about position during play and other activities.

#### Skill Progression: Spatial understanding

#### Age: 10-12 Months

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### Puts things on and in/out

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child in floor play activities with poker chips, blocks, or other small items and several containers with loose lids. If desired, include a washcloth or tissue in which to wrap a small toy. Place the small items and containers around the child.

Elicitation Strategy

Observe whether the infant spontaneously takes a lid off of a container and puts toys inside. If not, demonstrate for the child once.

Behavior Observed

The child will enjoy putting small things in the larger container, again recognizing spatial differences.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Explain the importance of the child being able to experiment with containers to determine spatial relations. These do not have to be fancy toys. Parents can save gift boxes, food containers (cleaned), and small filling items such as large bottle caps or jar lids. Experimentation with sizes, spaces, and distances is important for young children.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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