Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Approaches to Learning domain, the strand Executive Functioning includes the foundation Cognitive Flexibility. Children from 4 through 11 months explore objects, pay attention to things, and change their focus when they notice something that interests them.
Example 1
Text on screen: Explores objects and changes focus when something else interests them
On screen: 10-month-old Audrey sits on a rug holding a maraca. She looks toward older children playing, shakes her maraca briefly, and drops it. She begins to crawl toward the older children. As she crawls, she knocks away a toy in her path.
Before she reaches the other children, Audrey notices a photo album on the floor. She tries to pull the album toward her, but it slides under the rug. She pulls the album from under the rug, sits back, and tries to turn the pages.
Audrey briefly looks at the older children who are talking and playing. Then she turns her attention to the album.
Example 2
Text on screen: Explores objects and is attentive to people and things, changing focus when something interests them
On screen: 11-month-Olaseni, 10-month-old Kailani, and their caregiver sit together outside. A pop-up toy is on the ground between them. Kailani is holding an egg-shaped shaker.
Caregiver 1: Shut.
On screen: Olaseni and Kailani reach out at the same time to close the open pop-up toy.
Olaseni & Kailani: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 1: Closed. It’s closed.
Kailani: (Vocalizing)
On screen: Olaseni looks up toward his caregiver. The caregiver gestures open and close with her hands. Kailani leans on the toy with both hands. Olaseni reaches for Kailani’s shaker, but she pulls it away and begins shaking it.
Olaseni: (Vocalizing)
On screen: Olaseni watches the caregiver as she moves books off to the side. He looks at a basket of books beside him, reaches into the basket, and picks up a book.
Caregiver 1: Want to read that book?
On screen: Olaseni tries to open the book but drops it. As he tries again, Kailani reaches for the book and takes it out of Olaseni’s hands.
Kailani: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 1: Kailani, there’s more books, right here.
On screen: Olaseni gently flaps his arms. The caregiver puts the basket of books in front of Olaseni, and he claps. He takes another book and pulls it into his lap.
Olaseni & Kailani: (vocalizing)
Example 3
Text on screen: Explores objects and changes focus when something else interests them
On screen: 10-month-old Andrew and his caregiver are on opposite sides of a low shelf. They are playing with a bumpy textured ball. Andrew playfully taps and grips the ball and smiles. The caregiver rubs her fingers over the bumps on the ball.
Andrew: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: (Inaudible) Yeah, yeah!
On screen: Andrew notices a bead tracker toy on the table. Andrew tries to pull the bead tracker closer. The caregiver sets the ball aside.
Caregiver 2: Oh, do you want to play with this now?
On screen: The caregiver places the bead tracker in front of them, moving a large plastic bead piece along the rod. She spins two beads. Andrew attempts to spin the same beads. He looks over and reaches for a squeaky-toy phone. He squeezes it.
(squeaking noises)
Andrew notices a set of nesting cups on the shelf. He picks them up, turning them as he looks at them, and puts them back down.
Caregiver 2: What’s inside?
On screen: The caregiver looks inside the cups as Andrew moves further down the shelf and picks the toy phone up again.