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

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

#### Subdomain: Mathematical Thinking and Expression

#### Goal: Children compare, sort, group, organize and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment.

#### Skill Progression: Classifying

#### Age: 21-24 Months

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### Knows big and little hands on the clock and the position of the hands on the clock for specific activities (or digital numbers)

Situations for Observation of Skill

Show the child a watch or clock (this may be in the book).

Elicitation Strategy

Ask the child what the watch or clock is. Ask what time it is? (Don’t expect an actual time).

Behavior Observed

The child will know the function of the clock and may be able to state a number or activity of the day.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Encourage early childhood educators and parents to talk about basic characteristics of shape, size, and color as they discuss things in the environment. “Look at this rock. It is round.”

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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