Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Approaches to Learning domain, the strand Executive Functioning includes the foundation Attention. Children from 23 through 36 months show some ability to manage distractions and attention, with caregiver guidance. They also pay attention more carefully and to more than one thing at a time.
Example 1
Text on screen: Attends to more than one thing
On screen: 34-month-old Brooklyn sits at a table with her peers and a caregiver, ready for a meal. Brooklyn’s father leans down to kiss her cheek.
Father: Mwah, love you, honey.
On screen: Brooklyn waves goodbye, frowning slightly, as her father walks away.
Brooklyn: Bye-bye.
Caregiver 1: Say bye-bye, daddy. Bye! Have a good day. Let me scoot you in.
On screen: The caregiver moves Brooklyn’s chair closer to the table, and Brooklyn picks up her napkin moves it to the side of her plate.
Caregiver 1: Do you like some cereal?
On screen: The caregiver offers Brooklyn a cereal container with a measuring cup. Brooklyn takes a scoop of cereal and pours it into her bowl.
Father: (off screen) Bye, Brooklyn!
On screen: Brooklyn looks up. Still holding the measuring cup in one hand, she waves to her father with the other.
Brooklyn: Bye!
On screen: The caregiver glances at Brooklyn and then looks over to Brooklyn’s father and waves as well.
Caregiver 1: Say bye, daddy! Wave at Daddy and say bye-bye.
Caregiver 2: Bye, daddy. Yeah, Brooklyn waved to her dad.
On screen: Brooklyn appears a bit sad as she returns to her task, putting the measuring cup back in the bin of cereal.
Caregiver 1: Brooklyn would you like a banana? Thank you.
On screen: Brooklyn nods. The caregiver reaches to get a bowl of cut bananas and a pair of tongs and places the bowl next to Brooklyn. Brooklyn uses the tongs to pick up a banana slice. She places the banana on her plate and gently sets the tongs back into the bowl.
Example 2
Text on screen: Attends to more than one thing and manages distractions
On screen: 32-month-old Jet and older brother, Jordyn, play together with a toy excavator truck and a bin of sand on a table. Jet folds the excavator in half, scooping up some sand.
Jet: Look, we need to dig it.
On screen: Jet dumps the scoop full of sand onto the table.
Jordyn: Get this covered. (singing) Dun-dun-dun-dun.
Jet: Beep.
On screen: Jet returns the excavator to the bin, focused on getting more sand while Jordyn attempts to get his attention.
Jordyn: Jet, where’s my brother hug? My brother?
On screen: After Jet dumps sand onto the table, he leans into a hug with Jordyn, still holding the excavator with one hand.
Pulling away from the hug, Jet smiles sweetly at someone off camera.
Jordyn: What? Stop it.
Jet: (laughing) OK. I’m ready to dig.
On screen: Jet picks up a toy front loader truck and sets the excavator down. Jordyn grabs a stick and invites Jet to play with him.
Jordyn: Jet, use– let’s use this stick to pile it up.
Jet: (inaudible)
On screen: Jet picks up a stick from the sand bin and placing it gently on the table. He pushes the toy front loader across the bin to scoop sand.
Jordyn: Just do this. It’s simple. (singing) Just do do do do this.
Jet: (singing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Example 3
Text on screen: Attends to more than one thing and manages distractions
On screen: 31-month-old Everleigh is outside at a small picnic table. Everleigh steadies herself with one hand on top of the table, wiping the bench with a small wet towel. She glances offscreen toward the sound of a caregiver leading other children in play, then turns her attention back to cleaning the bench.
Caregiver 3: Miss Rachel got eaten!
Caregiver 4: All right! (inaudible) dinosaurs is going back to the swamp. Back to the swamp, let’s go back to the swamp.
On screen: Everleigh leans in and scrubs harder at one spot on the bench. The scene cuts to Everleigh walking away from the water table, passing the caregiver and other children. She returns to her task of wiping the bench with focused intensity.
Caregiver 4: (singing) Back to the swamp. Back to the swamp. Back to the swamp with dinosaurs. Back to the swamp. Back to the swamp. Back to the swamp with dinosaurs.
On screen: Everleigh stops wiping the bench and walks back to the water table where the other children are now playing. She dips her towel in the water then heads back to the bench.
Everleigh: I need more water.
On screen: Everleigh resumes scrubbing the picnic bench with the wet towel, still fully focused.