Early Childhood Councils

Preschool Standards Resources

Adopted by all Colorado school districts December 2011, the Colorado P-12 Academic Standards include preschool content for the first time.

• For guidance on standards implementation, please see the Unit of Assessment Standards Implementation page.
• The online searchable standards are located in their own database.
• You may find PDFs of each of the preschool content areas here: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cpp/academicstandards.htm

Preschool Standards & Assessments Crosswalk
This interactive crosswalk aligns the Colorado Academics Standards for preschool to Teaching Strategies GOLD, HighScope Child Observation Record (COR), the Colorado Building Blocks, and the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/scripts/ECCCrosswalks/crosswalk.asp

Colorado Preschool Academic Standards Support
Colorado Preschool Program staff developed these support documents to help link the new Colorado preschool academic standards with the early childhood best practices that are already present in high quality early childhood care and education settings.

• Preschool Reading, Writing, and Communicating Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Mathematics Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Science Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Social Studies Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Music Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Dance Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Drama and Theatre Arts Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)
• Preschool Visual Arts Standards in High Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Settings (PDF)

Recorded Webinar (18:48): Guide to the Preschool Standards Support Documents

References

• Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework

• Colorado Building Blocks to the Colorado K-12 Standards