Friday, April 24, 2009
Early Learning Guidelines...
I know that I have talked about this resource before, but this may be a good reminder... Do you know if your state has implemented (or in process of developing) Early Learning Guidelines? Early Learning Guidelines identify outcomes in language, literacy, mathematics, and other academic and developmental domains for young children. This information is important to see if you are helping the children in your care acquire the skills necessary for their stage of development.
You can check out your state at the NCCIC website.
Here in Minnesota we have 2 documents: The Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Guidelines for Birth to 3 (2007) and Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Standards (2005) for children from 3 to 5 years of age.
The goals for these documents are to help parents and other caregivers understand...
I know that I have talked about this resource before, but this may be a good reminder... Do you know if your state has implemented (or in process of developing) Early Learning Guidelines? Early Learning Guidelines identify outcomes in language, literacy, mathematics, and other academic and developmental domains for young children. This information is important to see if you are helping the children in your care acquire the skills necessary for their stage of development.
You can check out your state at the NCCIC website.
Here in Minnesota we have 2 documents: The Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Guidelines for Birth to 3 (2007) and Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Standards (2005) for children from 3 to 5 years of age.
The goals for these documents are to help parents and other caregivers understand...
- developmentally appropriate expectations for young children. To promote healthy child growth and development,
- high quality child care and early childhood education. To develop comprehensive and coordinated services
- to benefit families with young children based on the Early Learning Guidelines framework.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:50 AM 
