Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Cognitive Development domain, the strand Exploration includes the foundation Cause and Effect. Children from 4 through 11 months do simple actions to make things happen and may repeat the same action multiple times.
Example 1
Text on screen: Does and may repeat simple actions to make things happen
On screen: 9-month-old Michael is standing, holding on to a water table. There is a small amount of water covering the surface of the table. Other children are playing nearby. He excitedly starts patting the table to make a splash. First, he uses one hand, then he uses both.
Caregiver 1: (off screen) Well hi, Michael. Getting you so excited!
On screen: Michael looks up and smiles at his caregiver. He continues to splash the water by patting the table.
Caregiver 1: (of screen) Oh-oh-oh, it’s OK. I’m here. Don’t worry.
On screen: Michael keeps splashing the water.
Child 2: Mia! (inaudible)
On screen: An older child joins Michael and begins to splash water. Michael pauses to look at her then begins excitedly splashing the water again.
Michael: (gasping in excitement)
Example 2
Text on screen: Does and may repeat simple actions to make things happen
On screen: 11-month-old Olaseni is squatting down, holding onto a large open box. The box is lined with mirrors and there are wooden disks inside.
Olaseni reaches into the box and spins one of the disks. He watches it, then stops it by touching it. He spins the disk again and stops it again. He repeats this one more time before picking up a different object.
Example 3
Text on screen: Does and may repeat simple actions to make things happen
On screen: 9-month-old Skye is kneeling in front of a tower of three large soft blocks. It is taller than she is.
Caregiver 2: Hey look, I’m going to put another block over here.
On screen: The caregiver picks up another block and places it on top of the tower.
Caregiver 2: (inaudible) … look how tall it is.
On screen: Skye reaches up and knocks the top block off the tower. Then she pushes on the tower and the whole thing falls down. She bounces and laughs in excitement.
Caregiver 2: Wow!
Skye: (laughing)
Caregiver 2: It fell down?
Skye: (laughing)
Caregiver 2: You like that? You like when it falls down?
Skye: (vocalizing)
On screen: The caregiver starts to build the tower again.
Caregiver 2: Three.
On screen: Skye reaches up and knocks down the tower.
Skye: (laughing)
Caregiver 2: Yay, you did it.