Like most other states, Indiana has published Early Learning Standards to help early childhood educators understand what children should be learning as they grow. This document can be intimidating at first for providers who want to use it for their curriculum planning. In this three-part series, we will look at:
- Finding what learning is already naturally happening in your environment
- Creating a lesson plan to address learning content that may not be present
- Sharing with families how and what children are learning in your program.
This series is designed to be brief; each video is only about five minutes long and will help providers identify meaningful learning experiences in their environments.
Each state has established a set of standards for what young children should be learning, and what educators can do to support their development. In many states, these are either linked to or include kindergarten standards. While these standards are not a curriculum, they should inform curriculum and planning in family child care programs and serve as a reference for to skills children can develop in the early years.
Alabama Developmental Standards for Preschool Children
Alaska Early Learning Guidelines, Birth to Five
Arizona’s Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines, Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards
Arkansas Child Development and Early Learning Standards: Birth through 60 Months
California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations, California Preschool Learning Foundations
Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines (Birth through 8)
Connecticut’s Early Learning and Development Standards, Birth through Age 5
Delaware Early Learning Foundations (Infant/Toddler), Delaware Early Learning Foundations (Ages 3-5)
DC Common Core Aligned Early Learning Standards
Florida Early Learning Developmental Standards Birth to Five
Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS)
Hawaii Early Learning and Development Standards (HELDS)
Idaho’s Early Learning Guidelines
Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Age Birth to Age Three, Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards
Indiana Early Learning Standards
Kansas Early Learning Standards
Kentucky’s Early Childhood Standards: Birth Through Five
Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards
Supporting Maine’s Infants and Toddlers: Guidelines for Learning and Development, Maine’s Early Learning and Development Standards (MELDS).
Massachusetts Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers, Early Childhood Program Standards for Three and Four Year Olds, Preschool and Kindergarten Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Approaches to Play and Learning Standards, Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experience, Massachusetts Curriculum Framework
Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten, Michigan Academic Standards, Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress
Mississippi Early Learning Guidelines for Classrooms Serving Three and Four Year Old Children
Montana’s Early Learning Standards, Birth to Age Five
Nebraska’s Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs)
Nevada Infant and Toddler Early Learning Guidelines, Nevada Pre K Standards and Early Learning Guidelines
New Hampshire Learning Standards: Birth through Five
New Jersey Birth to Three Early Learning Standards, Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards
New Mexico Early Learning Guidelines, Birth Through Kindergarten
New York State Early Learning Guidelines
North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development
North Dakota Early Learning Standards Birth to Kindergarten
Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards
Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos, Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines for Children Ages Three Through Five
Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines
Pennsylvania’s Learning Standards for Early Childhood
Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards
South Carolina’s Infant and Toddler Guidelines, Good Start Grow Smart: South Carolina Early Learning Standards for 3, 4, & 5 Year Old Children
South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines
Tennessee Early Learning Developmental Standards
Texas Infant, Toddler, and Three Year Old Early Learning Guidelines, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
Utah Early Learning Guidelines for Birth to Age Three, Utah’s Early Childhood Core Standards (Preschool)
Vermont Early Learning Standards
Virginia’s Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS), Birth-Five Learning Guidelines
Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines, Birth through 3rd Grade
West Virginia Early Learning Standards Framework: Infant/Toddler, Early Learning Standards Framework for West Virginia Pre-K
Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards
Wyoming Early Learning Guidelines For Children Ages 0-3, Wyoming Early Learning Foundations For Children Ages 3-5