Video Transcript

Narrator: In the Cognitive Development domain, the strand Emergent Mathematical Thinking includes the foundation Classification. Children from 4 through 11 months pay attention to similarities and differences between objects. They also tell the difference between familiar and unfamiliar people, places, or objects.

Example 1

Text on screen: Notices similarities and differences between objects

On screen: 9-month-old Aaliyah lies on her belly on a rug. She holds a toy maraca in her left hand. She notices a ring-shaped rattle in front of her and grasps it with her right hand. She looks at it and puts it to her mouth. She looks at the maraca in her left hand. She lets go of the rattle.

Aaliyah looks at the rattle again and brings the maraca close to it. She puts the maraca on the rattle and pulls them both close to her. She looks back and forth from the rattle to the maraca.

Example 2

Text on screen: Attends to differences between objects

On screen: 10-month-old Audrey and an older child sit with their caregiver at mealtime. Audrey picks through her dish of strawberries and scrambled eggs, clearly preferring the eggs. She picks up and eats a bite of scrambled egg.

Audrey: (vocalizes)

Caregiver 1: Yum, is that yummy?

On screen: Audrey pushes strawberries out of the way to get more egg. She tosses two pieces of strawberry out of the dish and takes another piece of egg.

Caregiver 1: Ooh, you almost finished your milk. Audrey? You like the eggs? You’re fishing for those eggs in there. Mmm.

On screen: Audrey finds another piece of egg and eats it. She finishes her bite of egg and looks into her dish.

Example 3

Text on screen: Attends to similarities and differences between objects

On screen: 11-month-old Greg sits on the playroom floor holding a squishy ball. He looks at his caregiver, who is a few feet away. He puts the ball down.

Caregiver 2: Did you get the ball? Do you want me to throw this one?

On screen: The caregiver rolls a clear ball with objects inside to Greg.

Caregiver 2: Another ball. Now you have two balls. Two balls.

On screen: Greg looks back and forth between the balls. He picks up the squishy ball.

The scene cuts. Now Greg is on his hands and knees. Both balls are on the floor in front of him. He looks at the balls then reaches for the squishy ball and picks it up with one hand. With the other hand, he rolls the see-through ball towards his caregiver. She picks it up and shakes it before rolling it back go Greg.

Caregiver 2: Shake, shake, shake. Roll.