ATL-REG Measure 5

Definition: Child explores the environment in increasingly focused ways to learn about people, things, materials, and events

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Responding Earlier Responds to people, things, or sounds
Responding Later Notices new or unexpected characteristics or actions of people or things
Exploring Earlier Explores people or things in the immediate environment
Exploring Later Explores new ways to use familiar things, including simple trial and error
Building Earlier Explores through simple observations, or manipulations, or asking simple questions
Building Middle Explores by engaging in specific observations, manipulations, or by asking specific questions
Building Later Carries out simple investigations using familiar strategies, tools, or sources of information
Integrating Earlier Carries out multi-step investigations, using a variety of strategies, tools, or sources of information