## 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 describe familiar people, places, things, and events.

#### Skill Progression: Use of narrative skills to describe

#### Age: 21-24 Months

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### Repeats same events multiple times (cooking, serving)

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child in dramatic play with dolls or action figures and props.

Elicitation Strategy

No elicitation needed.

Behavior Observed

The child talks to whatever or whoever she is playing with and repeats sequences because they are pleasurable.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Many early childhood educators and parents give children toys and then want them to play independently. Encourage adults to play with children, or at least observe and comment on the children’s play.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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