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

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

#### Subdomain: Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning

#### Goal: Children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions

#### Skill Progression: Thinking and reasoning

#### Age: 1-2 Months

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### Repeats pleasurable self-directed actions

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the infant when awake and lying on her back.

Elicitation Strategy

No elicitation needed.

Behavior Observed

The child will move hands and/or feet, then repeat the action. This is especially true if the child’s fist finds her mouth.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Parents need to understand the importance of giving the infant freedom to move for part of the day. Swaddling or being strapped into a seat will restrict movement. Accidental movements allow the child to discover how body parts can be moved intentionally.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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