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

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

#### Subdomain: Social Connections

#### Goal: Children recognize that they are members of different groups (e.g., family, preschool class, cultural groups).

#### Skill Progression: Recognize they are members of different groups

#### Age: 42-48 Months

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### Plays group games or activities without constant supervision

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child during the different classroom activities of the day.

Elicitation Strategy

No elicitation needed.

Behavior Observed

The child plays games with peers without supervision.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Encourage early childhood educators and parents to talk about how the expectations are different for different situation. Adults often don’t realize that the child is not intending to misbehave, he is just applying different rules that the situation demands in different settings.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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