Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Language Development domain, the strand Communicating includes the foundation Communication and Speaking. Children from 23 through 36 months use vocabulary about various topics and communicate in a way that a familiar person who speaks or signs the child’s language can understand.
Example 1
Text on screen: Is understood by a familiar person
On screen: 24-month-old Julia sits at a table outdoors with her caregiver and peers. She digs a shovel in the sand and looks for a cup.
Julia: Where cup?
Caregiver 1: You want a cup?
Julia: Yeah.
Caregiver 1: Ok, let’s go look in the basket over there. Do you see the basket? You want one cup?
Julia: Yeah.
Caregiver 1: OK, I’ll get you one.
On screen: Julia follows the caregiver to get a cup.
Julia: One cup.
Child 2: I want one cup.
Example 2
Text on screen: Uses short sentences to communicate with a familiar person
On screen: 36-month-old Oxley hits chimes with drum sticks in an outdoor play setting.
Caregiver 2: (in Cantonese) I will ask mommy to take a look and replace the shell.
Oxley: (in Cantonese) I will hit it there?
Caregiver 2: This gong seems to be very loud, too loud, and it hurts my ears, maybe it is too close.
On screen: Oxley stops hitting the chimes.
Oxley: A little further away.
On screen: He begins to lightly hit the chimes again, tapping them on the side.
Caregiver 2: Those kinds with round balls seem to be …
Oxley: It’s quieter on the side.
Example 3
Text on screen: Uses short sentences to communicate with a familiar person
On screen: 32-month-old Jet walks up to 27-month-old Vera who’s at a table, putting together a puzzle with animal shapes. He holds up a hand.
Jet: Yeah. High five. Oh, you need to put the parrot tree (inaudible). That one…
On screen: Vera picks up a snake piece, while Jet points where it should go.
Vera: (inaudible)
On screen: Jet takes the puzzle piece from Vera’s hand and shows her how to put it in its spot.
Jet: You need give me this and put it on like this. OK?
Vera: OK.
On screen: He places a Zebra piece in the correct spot on the puzzle.
Jet: And we need to put the penguin here.
On screen: He then places the penguin piece in its correct spot.
Jet: You know that I like a penguin?
Vera: This one elephant.
Jet: Yeah, and we need all the animals.
Example 4
Text on screen: Uses short sentences to communicate with a familiar person
On screen: 32-month-old Sheridan and 33-month-old Ximena are playing doctor together with a dog stuffy. Sheridan picks up a play phone and brings it to her ear.
Sheridan: I need to call somebody. Doctor, can you help Snoopy get better?
Caregiver 3: Oh, I think they will.
Ximena: My baby’s sick.
On screen: Sheridan puts the phone down, and Ximena picks up the dog and hugs it in her arms.
Sheridan: OK, I going to call the doctor.
On screen: Sheridan picks the play phone back up, bringing it to her ear.
Caregiver 3: Maybe some medicine. Did you guys already try?
Sheridan: Snoopy’s gotta go to the doctor and we gonna take them. Bye.
Ximena: Are you OK?