Says ten or more words
Says ten or more words
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What mastery looks like
Shows no attempt to says ten or more words
- Shows no attempt to says ten or more words
- No observable behavior matching this milestone
Occasionally or inconsistently says ten or more words
- Occasionally or inconsistently says ten or more words
- Requires significant support or prompting
Frequently says ten or more words with some support
- Frequently says ten or more words with some support
- Shows the behavior in familiar contexts
Consistently says ten or more words across contexts
- Consistently says ten or more words across contexts
- Performs independently without prompting
Readily says ten or more words and extends the behavior
- Readily says ten or more words and extends the behavior
- Shows flexibility and adaptation in approach
Related activities
No activities directly mapped to this yet. These are age and domain-appropriate alternatives.
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.
Why Machine
Parent encourages and explores 'why' questions with the child. The agent coaches the parent to observe the child's questioning habits, reasoning attempts, and how they handle answers that lead to more questions — building the academic skill of inquiry.
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.
Formal assessments
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