Early Learning Guidelines Resources
In 2002, the President’s Good Start, Grow Smart early learning initiative (GSGS) asked States to develop voluntary guidelines on literacy, language, pre-reading skills, and numeracy activities for children ages 3 to 5 that align with State K-12 standards. In the last several years, nearly every State has developed voluntary early learning guidelines (ELGs) for preschool children. Recognizing the value of a standards based approach to early care and education for all children, several States and Territories have begun to develop ELGs for children birth to three.
This section contains resources related to infant/toddler Early Learning Guidelines.
NITCCI Resources
Briefs
- Infant/Toddler Early Learning Guidelines (2007)
The purpose of this document is assist States, Territories, and Tribes working to improve the quality of infant/toddler child care. In response to the 2002 Good Start, Grow Smart initiative, States have developed guidelines for 3-5 year olds that align with K-12 standards. Some states used this momentum to establish early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers. This document is an overview of existing infant/toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs), intended as a resource for States and Territories as they develop and revise their ELGs for infants and toddlers.
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Related Resources
Reports
- Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations to States
This report proposes recommendations for States as they develop or revise guidelines focused on the unique and foundational nature of the infant/toddler period. The recommendations were developed by a committee of national leaders convened by ZERO TO THREE through the generous support of the Buffet Early Childhood Fund.
(ZERO TO THREE Policy Center, 2008)
- Inside the Content of Infant-Toddler Early Learning Guidelines
This report reviews the content of State infant/toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs). It analyzes the content in respect to current knowledge and provides recommendations that can be used to support the development of high-quality infant/toddler ELGs.
(Catherine Scott-Little, 2008)
Webinars
- Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations to States ZERO TO THREE - 2/28/08
The webinar focuses on creating, revising, and implementing Early Learning Guidelines for infants and toddlers. This webinar features the findings of two new reports: ZERO TO THREE’s Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations to States, and a report by Catherine Scott-Little and others, Inside the Content of Infant-Toddler Early Learning Guidelines.
Early Learning Guidelines describe what babies and toddlers should know and be able to do. They have the potential to advance the field by influencing how teachers and other caregivers support and interact with young children at a time of unprecedented brain development. Currently over 20 states have such guidelines for infants and toddlers, and others are developing them.
Agenda
- Introduction of topic and speakers and facilitation by:
Sam Meisels
Chair
ZERO TO THREE’s Early Learning Guidelines Expert Panel
President
Erikson Institute - Comments by:
Joan Lombardi
Chair
Birth to Five Policy Alliance - Presentations by:
Lynn Jones
Senior Policy Analyst
ZERO TO THREE
Catherine Scott-Little
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Link to Recording
View and listen to the webinar, click here.