## 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 speak audibly and express thoughts, and feelings, and ideas clearly.

#### Skill Progression: Articulation/ sound production

#### Age: 2-4 Months

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### Makes vowel sounds “ah,” “eh,” ”uh

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the infant during face-to-face interaction with an adult and during daily routines.

Elicitation Strategy

Adult talks to the infant during interaction.

Behavior Observed

The infant uses tongue, throat, and lip movements to experiment with sounds. Vowel sounds are predominant.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Emphasize the importance of talking to the infant, modeling and imitating sounds. Infants can imitate mouth movements when modeled slowly.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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