Colorado Standards for Preschool
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- Quality Standards for Early Childhood
- Preschool Academic Standards
- Preschool Academic Standards Support
- Building Blocks
Colorado Quality Standards for Early Childhood Care and Education Services
All classrooms that include CPP-funded children must be committed to using the Colorado Quality Standards as indicators of developmentally appropriate practice in a high quality program.
- Complete Document
- Section A: Interaction among Staff and Children
- Section B: Curriculum
- Section C: Family/Staff Partnership
- Section D: Staff Qualifications and Development
- Section E: Administration
- Section F: Staffing Patterns
- Section G: The Role and Function of the Teaching Team
- Section H: Physical Environment
- Section I: Health and Safety
- Section J: Nutrition and Food Service
- Section K: Evaluation
- Quality Standards Crosswalk with National Association for the Education of Young Children
Colorado Preschool Academic Standards
The new Colorado P-12 Academic Standards include preschool content for the first time. These must be adopted by Colorado school districts by December, 2011. For more guidance on standards implementation, please see the Unit of Assessment Standards Implementation page. The rest of the online searchable standards are located in their own database.
- Preschool Reading, Writing, and Communicating Standards
- Preschool Mathematics Standards
- Preschool Science Standards
- Preschool Social Studies Standards
- Preschool Music Standards
- Preschool Dance Standards
- Preschool Drama and Theatre Arts Standards
- Preschool Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards
- Preschool Visual Arts Standards
- World Languages Standards
Colorado Preschool Academic Standards Support
These documents are in draft for review by the field. We hope they may be helpful. Please give Michelle Boyer any feedback at boyer_m@cde.state.co.us
- Preschool Reading, Writing, and Communicating Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Mathematics Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Science Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Social Studies Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Music Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Dance Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Drama and Theatre Arts Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
- Preschool Visual Arts Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
Colorado Building Blocks to the Colorado K-12 Standards
- Building Blocks (2011 - Updated Introduction Only)
These documents supported the Colorado K-12 Content Standards. They contain valuable information for classroom implementation.
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