Taken from the California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Foundations. Teachers use these foundations to develop curriculum and lesson plans around the child’s language, cognitive and other developmental stages.
Social-Emotional Development Domain
- Interactions and Relationships with Adults
- Trust in Adults
- Interactions and Relationshps with Peers
- Relations to Family, School, and Cultural Groups
- Identity of Self in Relation to Others
- Recognition & Confidence of Abilities
- Expression of Emotion
- Emotion Regulation and Management
- Empathy
- Self Care and Regulation
- Impulse Control
- Social Exchanges and Understanding
Perceptual and Motor Development Domain
- Perceptual Development
- Gross Motor
- Body movement, balance, and coordination
- Fine Motor
- Muscles in hands
Cognitive Development Domain
- Understanding Cause-and-Effect;
- Understanding How Things Work
- Spatial Relationships
- Problem Solving and Strategizing
- Imitation;
- Memory
- Number Sense
- Grouping and Classification of objects
- Symbolic Play
- Attention Maintenance
- Understanding of Personal Care Routines
- Focusing on Tasks
- Initiating Social Play
Language Development Domain
- Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
- Use of words
- Receptive Language;
- Expressive Language
- Communication Skills and Knowledge
- Participation in Conversations
- Interest in Print
- Pictures and Reading Books
- Drawing and Writing
- For more information on the California Infant/Toddler Foundations go to: www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/itf09intro.asp