Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Perceptual and Motor Development domain, the strand Perceptual Development includes the foundation Perceptual Development. Children from 11 through 23 months use information gathered through their senses to plan and adjust the ways they explore and interact with objects, people, and environments.
Example 1
Text on screen: Uses information from senses to adjust ways they explore and interact
On screen: 18-month-old Elian sits surrounded by musical instruments in an outdoor play area. He tries to pick up a small gong by its edge but cannot get a good hold. He reaches with his other hand to pick it up by the string attached to it. He bangs the gong on the ground and lifts it quickly.
(gong ringing)
He repeats this several times, watching the gong closely.
(gong ringing)
Elian places the gong in his lap and hits it with his hand, like a drum. This makes no sound. Elian sets the gong aside.
He picks up a mallet in one hand and a small xylophone in the other and waves them around. He notices a jingle stick in front of him. He puts down the xylophone to pick up the jingle stick and shake it.
(bells jingling)
Elian hits the jingle stick on the ground a few times before dropping it and the mallet. He picks up two cymbals, one in each hand. He looks back and forth between them and begins clanging them together.
(cymbals clanging)
Example 2
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On screen: 18-month-old Isabella and a caregiver sit at a table together with a set of nesting cups. Isabella holds the two larger cups, one in each hand, and tries unsuccessfully to pick up a third smaller cup. She lets go of the medium cup and it rolls away. She watches it intently.
Caregiver 1: Oh, that is cool, huh? How it rolled?
On screen: Still holding the large cup in one hand, Isabella uses her free hand to stop the medium cup as it rolls back toward her. She picks it up, places it upright on the table, and pulls it toward her.
Isabella watches the small cup rolling back and forth. She holds her hand up, and moves it to stay over the small cup as it rolls. She slowly picks up the small cup and touches it to the large cup in her other hand. She tries to fit the small and large cups into the medium cup at once but is unsuccessful.
Isabella easily places the small cup in the medium cup. She lifts and lowers the small cup a few times.
Isabella removes the small cup with one hand and fits the large cup on top of the medium one. She moves it around until its base fits securely in the opening of the medium cup. She then places the small cup into the large cup. The structure remains upright.
Example 3
Text on screen: Uses information from senses to adjust ways they explore and interact
On screen: 23-month-old Amelia sits at a paper-covered table that has wet paint on it. She stirs a paint brush in a cup of paint, wiggling her head as she stirs. She stops stirring and leans over to peer into the cup.
Amelia: Hmm?
On screen: Amelia accidentally places her hand in wet paint. She holds up her hand and looks at it. She then presses her hand to the paper, leaving a paint mark. She does this again on a different part of the paper. Then she places her hand flat on the table and presses. She uses her other hand to press her hand onto the paper.
Amelia then carefully puts her other hand into the wet paint in front of her. She lifts her hand, looks at it, and presses it onto the paper, leaving a small spot. She lifts her hand to look at it again. Then she rubs her palm against the paper, leaving paint marks. She turns her attention back to the paint brush.
Amelia: Ooh!