Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Language Development domain, the strand Attending and Understanding includes the foundation Understanding Language. Children from 4 through 11 months understand several familiar words. They also react to a caregiver’s overall tone.
Example 1
Text on screen: Reacts to a caregiver’s overall tone
On screen: 11-month-old Greg stands next to his caregiver who is seated. He watches her and smiles as she covers her face with her hands, then drops them.
Caregiver 1: Peekaboo! I found you. Peekaboo! Oh, oh oh oh.
Greg: (vocalizing)
On screen: Greg smiles and watches her with interest as she continues to play peekaboo with him.
Caregiver 1: Peekaboo! Where is Greg? Peekaboo!
Greg: (laughing)
Example 2
Text on screen: Understands several familiar words
On screen: 9-month-old Aaliyah sits on her caregiver’s lap playing with a stuffed toy dog.
Caregiver 2: Is the doggie jumping? Jump, jump, jump, jump.
On screen: The caregiver makes the dog jump up and down.
Caregiver 2: Jump, jump, jump. Jump, jump, jump.
On screen: Aaliyah reaches out to touch the dog. Aaliyah smiles and kicks her legs happily.
Caregiver 2: You want to try it? Do it yourself? Yeah?
On screen: Aaliyah holds the dog and bounces it up and down like the caregiver did.
Aaliyah: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: The doggie’s jumping? Jump, jump. Jump, jump.
Aaliyah: (happy vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Jump, jump, jump. Jump, jump, jump.
On screen: Aaliyah continues to make the dog jump up and down.
Caregiver 2: Are you jumping? Oh, what is she doing?
Example 3
Text on screen: Understands several familiar words and reacts to caregiver’s overall tone
On screen: 10-month-old Audrey is in her caregiver’s arms. Audrey’s mother is about to leave, and she leans in to give Audrey a kiss.
Caregiver 3: Say “bye-bye, mommy.” Kiss, kiss.
Mother: Bye, I love you.
Caregiver 3: Yes, mommy’s going outside.
On screen: As Audrey’s mother walks to the door, the caregiver points to the door and Audrey points, too.
Caregiver 3: She’s going outside. Say “bye-bye, mommy.”
On screen: Audrey and her caregiver look out the window, watching Audrey’s mother leave.
Caregiver 3: Mama. Where’s mommy? Peekaboo! There she is. Oh, where’s mommy? Where’s mommy? Oh, she’s gonna drive in the car. Yeah. Look. Bye bye, mama.
On screen: Audrey continues to watch her mother out the window.
Caregiver 3: Oh. Where’d she go? Where’d she go?