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Early Care and Education Legislative Update
 
 
Rhode Island's Early Learning Standards were developed to provide guidance to parents, teachers and administrators on what children should know before they enter Kindergarten. Created by representatives from early care and education, Head Start, parents, and private and public schools, The Standards are divided into eight domains which early learning is based upon. The Early Learning Standards were piloted in five communities who went through a series of professional development and mentoring sessions before they brought the Standards into their schools.  The Early Learning Standards were released in December 2003 by the Rhode Island Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education and Human Services, along with Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.  A "tool kit" of fun activites for pre-schoolers will be available soon.  Read the Early Learning Standards in English and in Spanish.

The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
www.nccic.org is an award-winning web site dedicated to the dissemination of information and resources on early care and education to parents, providers, and national, State and local agencies.


The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
www.naeyc.org/default.htm
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation’s largest organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade.



The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
http://csefel.uiuc.edu/
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a national center focused on strengthening the capacity of Child Care and Head Start to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children.


The Child Care Bureau
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb/index.htm
The Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and availability of child care for all families. The Child Care Bureau administers federal funds to states, territories, and tribes to assist low-income families in accessing quality child care for children when the parents work or participate in education or training.


  
     
   
 
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