## 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: Language production

#### Age: 6-8 Months

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### Vocalizes during games

Situations for Observation of Skill

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

Elicitation Strategy

While talking to and playing with the infant, vocalizations should naturally occur.

Behavior Observed

The infant vocalizes to get interaction to continue.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Encourage the adult to interpret the sounds the child makes as having a communicative intent by commenting on what he thinks the child wants. For example, say, “Oh, you want the bottle back?” and hand the bottle back. Or, “You like me to blow on your tummy, don’t you. Here I come again!” These communications let the child know that her vocal efforts are read and responded to, thus encouraging further vocalizations.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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