Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Cognitive Development domain, the strand Imitation and Symbolic Thinking includes the foundation Imitation. Children from 4 through 11 months imitate simple actions, sounds, or facial expressions during interactions.
Example 1
Text on screen: Imitates simple actions during interaction
On screen: 9-month-old Skye sits on the floor with her caregiver. They are next to an open carpeted riser with a long clear tube attached at a downward angle.
Caregiver 1: Um, look at this. Look.
On screen: As Skye watches, her caregiver takes two balls from inside the riser and holds them out. The caregiver puts one ball into the tube and lets go. Skye watches the ball roll down the clear tube then looks back at the top of the tube.
Caregiver 1: I put it through here.
On screen: The caregiver taps at the entrance to the tube.
Caregiver 1: Yeah. (inaudible)
On screen: Skye reaches for the tube and scoots closer to it. The caregiver holds a ball out to Skye.
Caregiver 1: There you go. Let it go.
On screen: Skye takes the ball and puts it into the top of the tube. She lets go, and they watch the ball roll down.
Caregiver 1: There you go. Yeah! You did it, Skye! (laughing)
Example 2
Text on screen: Imitates simple actions during interaction
On screen: 8-month-old Everett sits on the floor next to his caregiver. He is mouthing a plastic spoon. He watches his caregiver drum on an upside-down metal cake pan using her own spoon.
Caregiver 2: Tap, tap, tap. Ooh.
On screen: Everett takes the spoon from his mouth and drops it on the pan.
Caregiver 2: Did you hear it?
On screen: His caregiver taps her spoon again.
Caregiver 2: Tap, tap, tap.
On screen: Everett reaches for his spoon and bumps it. He picks up the spoon again and taps the pan. He smiles at his caregiver.
Caregiver 2: That’s right!
On screen: Everett and the caregiver take turns tapping on the pan with their spoons.
Caregiver 2: Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap.
Example 3
Text on screen: Imitates simple actions during interaction.
On screen: 6-month-old Daniil lies on his back on a carpeted floor. His caregiver kneels next to him, gently shaking a rattle close enough for him to reach.
Caregiver 3: Shake, shake, shake, shake.
On screen: Daniil reaches with both hands, and the caregiver places the rattle in his right hand. Daniil moves it from right hand to left, tapping at it. He drops the rattle, and the caregiver picks it up and shakes it for him to see.
Caregiver 3: Shake, shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake.
On screen: Daniil reaches out again and grasps the rattle.
Caregiver 3: Hmm, you wanna try it?
On screen: The caregiver lets go of the rattle. Daniil brings the rattle close to his body. Then he waves his arm, and the rattle makes noise.