## 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: 2-4 Months

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### Cries differently for pain and hunger

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe infant during daily routines.

Elicitation Strategy

Ask adults how they know what the child needs or feels.

Behavior Observed

Adults indicate that the infant has different types of cries to indicate needs.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Encourage parents to listen to the infant’s different cries. Some parents may not understand that the infant’s cries may carry different meanings.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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