Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Cognitive Development domain, the strand Emergent Mathematical Thinking includes the foundation Number Sense. Children from 23 through 36 months use number words to refer to quantity. They also repeat parts of the count list from memory, though they may make mistakes.
Example 1
Text on screen: Uses number words to refer to quantity
On screen: Three toddler chairs and an infant chair with a tray are set around a table. In front of each toddler chair is a placemat. 32-month-old Sheridan and her caregiver enter the room. The caregiver squats down beside the table and looks at the placemats. Sheridan stands near her, holding a cup of water.
Caregiver 1: How many —
Sheridan: Why?
On screen: The caregiver gestures to the table
Caregiver 1: It’s OK. Go put it on your spot.
On screen: Sheridan carries her cup over to the table and places it on a placemat. She walks back to her caregiver’s side.
Caregiver 1: How many mats do you see today?
On screen: Sheridan turns toward the table and quickly glances at the placemats.
Sheridan: Three.
On screen: Sheridan smiles, and her caregiver acts surprised
Caregiver 1: Why?
Sheridan: Where’d Ximena’s go?
Example 2
Text on screen: Recites part of the count list, often with mistakes
On screen: 32-month-old Jet and his caregiver are seated at a table. The caregiver pulls a tray full of small toy vehicles closer to them. Jet points toward the tray.
Jet: I want one, two, three, four, five, six seven.
Caregiver 2: You want to choose seven?
Jet: Yeah.
On screen: The caregiver begins to count for Jet as he selects toys from the tray and places them on a mat in front of him.
Caregiver 2: One… Two…
Jet: It’s getting closer.
On screen: Jet picks up a green plane and examines it before placing it next to the yellow plane.
Caregiver 2: Yeah?
Jet: I like green airplane.
Caregiver 2: Three…
On screen: Jet takes a red plane from the tray.
Jet: It’s a red airplane.
On screen: Jet places the red plane next to the green plane. He looks through the tray of toys again, moving several toys out of the way as he searches.
Jet: I get (inaudible). Oh airplane…
Caregiver 2: OK.
Jet: I found something!
On screen: Jet selects another red airplane and places it next to the others for a total of four planes.
Caregiver 2: Did you finish or no?
Jet: No.
Caregiver 2: OK.
On screen: Jet counts his planes, touching each one as he does. He double counts the third and fourth plane, as he counts up to six.
Jet: One, two, three, four, five, six.
Example 3
Text on screen: Uses number words to refer to quantity.
On screen: 34-month-old Terrence sits in a chair next to his caregiver and sings the counting song “Five Speckled Frogs.” Terrence uses a large felt glove and Velcro frog decals to act out the song. The example begins when Terrance has four frogs on the front and one on the back. He begins singing the second verse
Terrence: (singing) Four little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs. Yum yum!
On screen: As Terrence finishes the first line of the verse, he moves a second frog to the back of the glove. He stands up and waves the glove at his caregiver. He smiles and continues singing.
Terrence: One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Then there were three speckled frogs. Glub glub.
On screen: Terrence sits back down and begins the third verse of the song.
Terrence: Three little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs. Yum yum.
On screen: Terrence moves a third frog to the back of the glove.