Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Language Development domain, the strand Early Literacy includes the foundation Understanding Meaning from Books and Stories. Children from 4 through 11 months watch or listen to a caregiver sharing a story book, song, or rhyme. They explore pictures and pages while a caregiver reads.
Example 1
Text on screen: Watches and listens to caregiver reciting a rhyme
On screen: 9-month-old Aaliyah and Skye are on the floor in front of their caregiver, while 11-month-old Kailani sits on the caregiver’s lap. The children watch and listen as the caregiver recites “Five Little Monkeys.” The caregiver uses simple signs and gestures as she speaks, and the children shift their focus between her face and her hands.
Caregiver 1: Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed.
On screen: The caregiver sets Kailani on the floor. All three children continue to watch the caregiver’s expressions and gestures while listening to her voice.
Caregiver 1: Four little monkeys jumping on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed.
Example 2
Text on screen: Explores pictures and pages of book while caregiver reads
On screen: 11-month-old Olaseni sits next to his caregiver while she reads a book.
Olaseni: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Uh-oh. You see bears?
On screen: Olaseni pats repeatedly at the page, and the caregiver points to the pictures.
Olaseni: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Bear.
Olaseni: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Yeah.
Olaseni: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Yeah, Shani?
On screen: Olaseni uses both hands to hold onto one side of the book and turn a page.
Olaseni: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Baby beluga. See? A whale.
On screen: Olaseni looks at his caregiver, wide-eyed. He turns another page.
Olaseni: (gasping)
Text on screen: Watches and listens to caregiver singing
On screen: The scene shifts, and Olaseni and the caregiver sit together in front of a large drum. The caregiver begins tapping rhythmically on the drum.
Caregiver 2: (singing) Baby beluga in the deep blue sea.
On screen: Olaseni watches her then begins tapping the drum along with her.
Caregiver 2: You swim so wild, and you swim so free Right?
Example 3
Text on screen: Watches and listens to caregiver reading
On screen: 11-month-old Milla sits on the floor while her caregiver reads Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See. The caregiver holds an older child in her lap, who also engages with the story.
Caregiver 3: I see a red bird looking at me.
Child 1: (vocalizing)
Caregiver 3: Red bird, red bird, what do you see? Oh, what do you see?
On screen: As the caregiver reads, Milla’s attention is occasionally drawn away. But each time, she returns to focusing on the book and the caregiver.
Caregiver 3: I see a yellow duck looking at me. A yellow duck. Quack, quack.
Child 1: (quacking)
Caregiver 3: Quack, quack, quack says the yellow duck. Yellow duck, yellow duck, what do you see? I see a blue horse looking at me.
On screen: Milla reaches for the book. She grasps the edge and pushes so she can see the cover. Then she pulls the book open again.
Caregiver 3: Oh, should we turn the page? See the blue horse? Neigh, neigh. Blue horse, blue horse, what do you see? I see a green frog looking at me. Ribbit, ribbit.
On screen: Milla reaches out and points at the large illustration of a frog.
Caregiver 3: Yeah, that’s a green frog.