to SKILL PROGRESSIONS FOR CD GOAL 1: Children use their senses construct knowledge about the world around them. Skill progression: Constructs knowledge Subdomain: Thinking and Reasoning CD Goal 1: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them Skill Progression 1-2 months 2-4 months 4-6 months 6-8 months 8-10 months 10-12 months Constructs Tracks objects and Uses mouthing, Uses fingers to Examines things Uses hands and Uses both fine knowledge faces reaching, explore and grasp from different fingers to try to and gross motor grasping, and perspectives to put things skills to explore kicking to explore explore size, together and experiment objects shape, texture, with dropping, sound, etc. throwing, and other cause-and effect actions 12-15 months 15-18 months 18-21 months 21-24 months 24-27 months 27-30 months Puts objects on Uses a variety of Uses real and Uses tools to Experiments with Investigates how top of each other objects together pretend objects solve a problem putting things to manipulate in different ways together (a fork to stab a together and things by tearing, in trial-and-error functionally bite, a hammer taking them apart stretching, to pound, sifter, unwrapping, etc. funnel) 30-33 months 33-36 months 36-42 months 42-48 months 48-54 months 54-60 months Interconnects Uses household Constructs Combines blocks Attends to more Understands parts to construct objects (pillows, enclosures of and 8-12 puzzle than one orientation of a simple 4-5 piece blankets, boxes) different sizes in pieces to make a characteristic objects, letters, puzzle, nest to create spaces dramatic play representation (shape and color, pictures as an objects, etc. to explore color and size, important texture and characteristic color, etc.) SKILL PROGRESSIONS FOR CD GOAL 2: Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems
SKILL PROGRESSIONS FOR CD GOAL 1: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them. Skill progression: Constructs knowledge Subdomain: Thinking and Reasoning CD Goal 1: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them Skill Progression 1-2 months 2-4 months 4-6 months 6-8 months 8-10 months 10-12 months Constructs knowledge Tracks objects and faces Uses mouthing, reaching, grasping, and kicking to explore objects Uses fingers to explore and grasp Examines things from different perspectives to explore size, shape, texture, sound, etc. Uses hands and fingers to try to put things together Uses both fine and gross motor skills to explore and experiment with dropping, throwing, and other cause-and effect actions 12-15 months 15-18 months 18-21 months 21-24 months 24-27 months 27-30 months Puts objects on top of each other Uses a variety of objects together in different ways in trial-and-error Uses real and pretend objects together functionally Uses tools to solve a problem (a fork to stab a bite, a hammer to pound, sifter, funnel) Experiments with putting things together and taking them apart Investigates how to manipulate things by tearing, stretching, unwrapping, etc. 30-33 months 33-36 months 36-42 months 42-48 months 48-54 months 54-60 months Interconnects parts to construct a simple 4-5 piece puzzle, nest objects, etc. Uses household objects (pillows, blankets, boxes) to create spaces to explore Constructs enclosures of different sizes in dramatic play Combines blocks and 8-12 puzzle pieces to make a representation Attends to more than one characteristic (shape and color, color and size, texture and color, etc.) Understands orientation of objects, letters, pictures as an important characteristic SKILL PROGRESSIONS FOR CD GOAL 2: Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems
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