Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Social and Emotional Development domain, the strand Social Interactions includes the foundation Interactions With Peers. Children from 11 through 23 months engage in simple back-and-forth interactions with peers for short periods of time.
Example 1
Text on screen: Engages in simple back-and-forth interactions with peers for short periods of time
On screen: 20-month-old Presley sits on the floor with an older child and their caregiver. The children put plastic cylinders on a multi-level ramp toy and watch them roll down. Presley puts her cylinder in sideways.
Caregiver 1: Oh, they came out at the same time.
On screen: An older boy joins them. He takes out Pressley’s cylinder and tries to put it at the top of the ramp.
Pressley: (inaudible)
Child 1: Look, like this.
On screen: Presley reaches for the cylinder. The boy pulls it away from her.
Caregiver 1: Let her try, too. Let her try.
On screen: The boy gives Presley the cylinder and shows her how to put it on the ramp correctly.
Child 1: Look, put this…
On screen: Presley drops the cylinder into the hole instead of rolling it down the ramp.
Child 1: No, you put the wrong…
Pressley: Ta-da!
Caregiver 1: Tell which — Show her which side to put it on.
Pressley: (unhappy vocalizing)
On screen: The boy puts the cylinder at the top of the ramp. Presley watches the cylinder roll down the ramp. She frowns at the boy and reaches into the ramp to stop the cylinder from rolling further.
Child 1: Look, this way and roll it.
Pressley: No!
Child 1: Why do you?
Caregiver 1: She’s saying no. Let’s see. What’s going on?
On screen: Presley drops the cylinder into the hole again.
Example 2
Text on screen: Engages in simple back-and-forth interactions with peers for short periods of time
On screen: 16-month-old Maya and 11-month-old Milla sit facing each other. Milla holds up a blue color viewer and looks through it at Maya. Maya holds up a mirror and tries to look at Milla through it. Maya lowers the mirror, looks at Milla, smiles, and claps her hands.
Maya: (happy vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: There we go, Milla. Peekaboo.
On screen: Milla holds the color viewer out to Maya. Maya takes the viewer and looks at Milla through it. She lowers the viewer and claps her hand against it.
Maya: Yay!
Caregiver 2: See you, Milla.
On screen: Maya and Milla wiggle and smile as they look at each other. They clap their hands and turn to look at their caregiver.
Maya & Milla: (vocalizing together)
On screen: Maya raises the color viewer again and looks through it, smiling at Milla.
Caregiver 2: You found Milla?
Maya: Yay!
Milla: (happy vocalizing)
Caregiver 2: Hello.
Example 3
Text on screen: Engages in simple back-and-forth interactions with peers for short periods of time
On screen: 21-month-old August kneels on the ground next to a large upright plastic tube. Isaiah, 19 months old, walks over carrying a whiffle ball in each hand. Isaiah puts the whiffle balls into the top of the large plastic tube. Isaiah lifts the tube and balls spill from the bottom. Isaiah sets the tube back down. He and August pick up the balls and put them in the top of the tube. They continue taking turns lifting the tube and putting balls in.