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

#### Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)

#### Subdomain: Learning to Communicate

#### Goal: Children use most grammatical constructions of their home language well.

#### Skill Progression: Use most grammatical constructions of home language well

#### Age: 24-27 Months

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### Produces regular possessives (e.g., mommy’s) emerge

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child in play with the adult. Listen for the child’s sentence length and structure.

Elicitation Strategy

Comment on what the child is doing with the toys and ask questions. “Is that Mommy’s book or Sam’s book?”

Behavior Observed

The child uses possessives and connects words with and.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Encourage parents to play and read books with the child. Encourage early childhood educators and parents to model the use of possessives and connecting words when reading or playing. For example, “Look. The bear is holding two things. What has he got in his paws?”

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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