Taking care of and communicating basic needs Contributing to own health and safety Getting from place to place and using tools Describe how the child does the following: Moves place to place to participate in activities and • routines Seeks help when necessary to move from place to place • Manipulates materials to participate in learning • opportunities and shows independence Appropriately uses objects (e.g., forks, sticks, crayons, • clay, other devices) as tools Uses gestures, sounds, words, signs or other means to communicate wants and needs Meets self-care needs (e.g., feeding, dressing, toileting) • Seeks help when necessary to assist with basic care • needs Follows rules related to health and safety • Consider how the child does these across settings: Gets from place to place • Assists with or engages in dressing, eating, toileting or • hygiene tasks Conveys needs, desires, and preferences • Responds to challenges • Responds to delays in getting what he/she w ants • Gets what he/she wants (e.g., toys, food, attention) • Shows awareness of or responds to situations that may • be dangerous Amuses himself/herself seeks out something fun • Does the Child? Move around to get things? Move his/her body? Use hands and fingers to manipulate toys and things? Communicate what he/she wants? Sleep? Use the potty? Take care of basic needs such as feeding, dressing, and potty training? Contribute to his/her own health and safety? Follow rules related to safety (e.g., hold hands, stop, understands hot)?
Taking care of and communicating basic needs Contributing to own health and safety Getting from place to place and using tools Describe how the child does the following: • Moves place to place to participate in activities and routines • Seeks help when necessary to move from place to place • Manipulates materials to participate in learning opportunities and shows independence • Appropriately uses objects (e.g., forks, sticks, crayons, clay, other devices) as tools Uses gestures, sounds, words, signs or other means to communicate wants and needs • Meets self-care needs (e.g., feeding, dressing, toileting) • Seeks help when necessary to assist with basic care needs • Follows rules related to health and safety Consider how the child does these across settings: • Gets from place to place • Assists with or engages in dressing, eating, toileting or hygiene tasks • Conveys needs, desires, and preferences • Responds to challenges • Responds to delays in getting what he/she w ants • Gets what he/she wants (e.g., toys, food, attention) • Shows awareness of or responds to situations that may be dangerous • Amuses himself/herself seeks out something fun Does the Child? Move around to get things? Move his/her body? Use hands and fingers to manipulate toys and things? Communicate what he/she wants? Sleep? Use the potty? Take care of basic needs such as feeding, dressing, and potty training? Contribute to his/her own health and safety? Follow rules related to safety (e.g., hold hands, stop, understands hot)?
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