Does the child smile when others smile at...
Does the child smile when others smile at him/her?
What the research says
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Normative evidence
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What mastery looks like
Cannot yet does the child smile when others smile at him/her?
- No observable behavior matching this item
Beginning to show does the child smile when others smile at him/her? with direct support
- Requires prompting or physical assistance
Demonstrates does the child smile when others smile at him/her? inconsistently
- Performs with mild support
- Inconsistent across contexts
Consistently passes item across contexts
- Reliably demonstrates without prompting
Masters item; demonstrates generalization
- Applies skill spontaneously in novel situations
Related activities
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Cause and Effect Discovery
Parent helps baby discover that actions produce results — kicking a mobile, shaking a rattle, batting a dangling toy. The agent coaches the parent to observe whether baby connects their own movements to outcomes, building the foundational academic skill of causal reasoning.
Sort It
Parent and toddler sort objects by one attribute — colour or size. The agent coaches the parent to observe the child's ability to identify a shared property, group items accordingly, and explain their sorting logic.
Letter Safari
Parent and child hunt for letters in the environment — on signs, books, packaging, clothing labels. The agent coaches the parent to observe the child's letter recognition, interest in print, and understanding that letters carry meaning.
Little Scientist
Parent observes baby's systematic exploration of objects — turning, mouthing, banging, dropping, comparing. The agent coaches the parent to recognise these behaviours as scientific inquiry: experimentation, observation, and hypothesis-testing in miniature.
Sound Garden
Parent plays different gentle sounds for baby — crinkling paper, tapping a glass, humming, shaking a jar of rice — and the agent coaches the parent to observe baby's reactions to different timbres, volumes, and rhythms. This activity explores early aesthetic sensitivity through auditory experience.
First Marks
Parent offers crayons or finger paint and the agent coaches the parent to observe toddler's first mark-making — scribbles, dots, lines — as expressions of early aesthetic creativity and motor control.
Formal assessments
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