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

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

#### Subdomain: Social Connections

#### Goal: Children demonstrate knowledge of relationships and roles within their own families, homes, and communities.

#### Skill Progression: Demonstrates knowledge of relationships and roles

#### Age: 21-24 Months

You may choose a different domain, go back, or click on a skill below for more information.

### Alternates between clinging and resistance to familiar adults

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child with the parent and peers. Have play props and real household materials for pretend household play.

Elicitation Strategy

No elicitation needed.

Behavior Observed

The child wants to be held by the parent, but then immediately wants down.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Explain that the child is learning new roles and wants an opportunity to practice them. Role-play allows the child to practice family routines.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

©2015 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.