DEVELOPMENTAL  STANDARDS

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​Children’s Day School utilizes the state of Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards (CT ELDS).  The CT ELDS were developed through the work of the Connecticut Early Childhood Education Cabinet and its Learning Standards Workgroup.   The CT ELDS outline targeted developmental milestones of child development in a variety of areas for children ages 0-5 years old. The CT ELDS include the domain name, age range, strand, learning progression and indicator. 
  • Cognition
  • Social and Emotional
  • Physical Development and Health
  • Language and Literacy
  • Creative Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Social Studies
Teachers utilize the CT ELDS as the foundation for planning learning experiences, supporting individual children and communicating around common goals.  When creating learning experience plans every one to two weeks, teachers target specific skills based on the ELDS to allow children to develop and master indicators in each progression.  The ELDS are used in conjunction with effective strategies and/or appropriate assessment tools. To coincide with curriculum-based assessment(s), we monitor each child’s achievement of developmental milestones, share observations with parents/guardians, and provide resource information as needed for further screenings, evaluations, and early intervention and treatment if necessary. 

Please visit the website of the Office of Early Childhood for an overview of these program goals and standards:  https://www.ct.gov/oec/lib/oec/earlycare/elds/ctelds.pdf