ICLAP | Stepping Stone

Label

Explore

Skill Description

I explore things in and around me. I try out new ways of doing something.

Skill Level Descriptions

I like to stick with the known and usual. I don’t express my own ideas or opinions.

I explore what is nearby. I initiate activities I am used to. I don’t express my own ideas or opinions.

When encouraged, I explore nearby, try new things, and express my own ideas or opinions.

I explore and initiate new ways of doing things. I express my own ideas and opinions.

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Interact

Skill Description

I interact with others in play and in work.

Skill Level Descriptions

I like to play by myself, far from others. My communication is limited. I do not greet or thank properly.

I play nearby others. With encouragement, I share. I sometimes greet and thank others, in my own language.

I play next to others. I greet and thank others, in my own language.

I play with others. We share ideas and divide roles. I greet and thank others properly.

Label

Compare

Skill Description

I compare objects and pictures. I see similarities and differences.

Skill Level Descriptions

I am unaware of similarities or differences.

When guided I look at objects and pictures and name some characteristics.

I sometimes compare by naming similarities and differences.

I compare easily and see similarities and differences.

Label

Read

Skill Description

I read pictures. I tell a story based on pictures.

Skill Level Descriptions

I look at pictures.

I identify and name objects, persons, places or animals in a picture.

I can describe what is happening in pictures.

I relate my life to the pictures and tell complex stories.

Label

Sounds

Skill Description

I play with sounds and syllables.

Skill Level Descriptions

I have difficulty distinguishing sounds.

I am aware of the sounds I produce and the sounds around me.

I can name the sounds I hear. I can imitate sounds. I am aware of syllables.

I can clap syllables and orally piece syllables into a new, invented words.

Label

Fine Motor

Skill Description

I manipulate objects. I make drawings. I copy shapes and letters.

Skill Level Descriptions

It is difficult to manipulate objects with my hands and fingers.

I manipulate objects and draw, using my hands or big tools.

I manipulate objects and draw or copy shapes that look like letters, using my fingers or small tools.

I manipulate objects, make patterns, and copy or write letters with my fingers or small tools.