References

Introduction

American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, & National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education. (2011). Caring for our children: National health and safety performance standards; Guidelines for early care and education programs. (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

Brazelton, T. B. & Greenspan, S. I. (2000). The irreducible needs of children: What every child must have to grow, learn, and flourish. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (n.d.). Colorado physical activity and nutrition: Early childhood resource kit. Retrieved from http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/COPAN/resourcekits/resourcekits.html

Copple, C. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Davies, D. (2004). Child development: A practitioner’s guide (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Early Childhood Leadership Commission. (2008). Early childhood Colorado framework. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://earlychildhoodframework.org/.

Hagan J. F., Shaw J. S., & Duncan P. M. (Eds). (2008). Bright futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

National Association for the Education of Young Children & National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. (2002). Early learning standards: Creating the conditions for success. Joint Position Statement. Retrieved from https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/position-statements/executive_summary.pdf.

Sandall, S., Hemmeter, M. L., Smith, B. J., & McLean, M. E. (Eds.) (2005). DEC recommended practices: A comprehensive guide. Council of Exceptional Children: The Division for Early Childhood. CO: Sopris West Educational Services.

Shonkoff, J. P. & Phillips, D. (Ed.). (2000). Neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early child development. National Research Council, Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington: D.C.: National Academy Press.

Shore, R., Bodrova, E., & Leong, D. J. (2004). Child outcome standards in pre-k programs: What are standards; what is needed to make them work? Preschool Policy Matters, Issue 5. National Institute for Early Education Research. Retrieved from http://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.pdf

Williams, L. R. (Ed.) (2008). Enthusiastic and engaged learners: Approaches to learning in the early childhood classroom. Washington, D.C.: National Association for Education of Young Children.

 

Birth to 36 Months

Many references in this section were used to develop the California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations, on which the Indicators and examples in the Guidelines for birth to age 3 are based.

Adolph, K. E. (1997). Learning in the development of infant locomotion. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Vol. 62, No. 3, Serial No. 251.

Adolph, K. E. (2008). Motor/physical development: Locomotion. In M. M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Adolph, K. E., & Avolio, A. M. (2000). Walking infants adapt locomotion to changing body dimensions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26(3), 1148–66.

Adolph, K. E., & Berger, S. E. (2005). Physical and motor development. In M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook (5th ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Adolph, K. E., & Berger, S. E. (2006). Motor development. In D. Kuhn, et al. (Eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology: Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Adolph, K. E., Eppler, M. A., & Gibson, E. J. (1993). Crawling versus walking infants: Perception of affordances for locomotion over sloping surfaces. Child Development, 64(4), 1158–74.

Adolph, K. E., & Joh, A. S. (2007). Motor development: How infants get into the act. In A. Slater & M. Lewis (Eds.), Introduction to Infant Development (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Adolph, K. E., Vereijken, B. & Shrout, P. E. (2003). What changes in infant walking and why. Child Development, 74(2), 475–97.

Adolph, K. E., Weise, I. & Marin, L. (2003). Motor development. Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. London: Macmillan.

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. (2007). Early learning guidelines. Juneau, AK: Author. Retrieved from https://library.alaska.gov/asp/edocs/2008/07/ocn233854101.pdf.

Albert, R. R., Schwade, J. A., & Goldstein, M. H. (2018). The social functions of babbling: Acoustic and contextual characteristics that facilitate maternal responsiveness. Developmental Science, 21(5). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29250872

Alexander, R., Boehme, R. & Cupps, B. (1993). Normal development of functional motor skills. San Antonio, TX: Therapy Skill Builders.

American Academy of Pediatrics. (2017). Bright futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents. 4th ed.(J. F. Hagan, J. S. Shaw, & P. M. Duncan, Eds.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Apfel, N. H., & Provence, S. (2001). Manual for the Infant-Toddler and Family Instrument (ITFI). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

Bahrick, L. E., Lickliter, R. & Flom, R.. (2004). Intersensory redundancy guides the development of selective attention, perception, and cognition in infancy. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13(3), 99–102.

Bai, D. L., & Bertenthal, B. I. (1992). Locomotor status and the development of spatial search skills. Child Development, 63, 215–26.

Bayley, N. (2006). Scales of infant and toddler development (3rd ed.). San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Assessment.

Berthier, N. E. (1996). Learning to reach: A mathematical model. Developmental Psychology, 32(5), 811–23.

Bertenthal, B. I. (1996). Origins and early development of perception, action and representation. Annual Review of Psychology, 47, 431–59.

Bertenthal, B. I., & Boker, S. M. (1997). New paradigms and new issues: A comment on emerging themes in the study of motor development. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 62(3), 141–51.

Bornstein, M. H. (2005). Perceptual development. In M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Mahwah Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook (5th ed.). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Browne, J. V., Talmi, A., & Immele, A. (2009). A family guidebook: Supporting development of newborns and infants. CO: Colorado Early Intervention Colorado.

Bushnell, E. W., & Boudreau, J. P. (1993). Motor development and the mind: the potential role of motor abilities as a determinant of aspects of perceptual development. Child Development, 64, 1005–21.

California Department of Education. (2009). California infant/toddler learning & development foundations. Sacramento, CA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/itfoundations2009.pdf.

Campos, J. J., & Bertenthal, B. I. (1989). Locomotion and psychological development in infancy. In F. Morrison, C. Lord, & D. Keating (Eds.), Applied Developmental Psychology. New York: Academic Press.

Coplan, J. (1993). Early language milestone scale (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Proed.

Dauch, C., Imwalle, M., Ocasio, B., & Metz, A. E. (2018). The influence of the number of toys in the environment on toddler’s play. Infant Behavior and Development, 50, 78–87. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638317301613

Delaware Department of Education. (2007). Delaware infant and toddler early learning foundations. Dover, DE: Author. Retrieved from https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dms/epqc/birth3/files/earlylearningfoundations_activities%20.pdf.

Diamond, A. (2007). Interrelated and interdependent. Developmental Science, 10(1), 152–58.

Fogel, A. (2001). Infancy: Infant, family, and society (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Frankenburg, W. K., et al. (1990). Denver II screening manual. Denver, CO: Denver Developmental Materials.

Freeman, N. H. (1980). Strategies of representation in young children: analysis of spatial skill and drawing processes. London: Academic Press.

Gibson, E. J. (1987). What does infant perception tell us about theories of perception? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 13(4), 515–23.

Gibson, E. J. (1988). Exploratory behavior in the development of perceiving, acting and the acquiring of knowledge. Annual Review of Psychology, 39(1), 1–41.

Haith, M. M., Hazen, C., & Goodman, G. S. (1988). Expectation and anticipation of dynamic visual events by 3.5 month-old babies. Child Development, 59, 467–79.

High Scope Foundation. (n.d.). Child observation record for infants and toddlers. High Scope Educational Research Foundation. Ypsilanti, MI: Author.

Hodel, A. S. (2018). Rapid infant prefrontal cortex development and sensitivity to early environmental experience. Developmental Review, 48, 113–144. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157748/

Lerner, C., & Ciervo, L. A. (2003). Healthy minds: Nurturing children’s development from 0 to 36 months. Washington, DC: Zero to Three Press and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Lewis, M. & Slater, A. (Eds.) (2002). Introduction to infant development. New York: Oxford University Press.

Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. (2006). Louisiana’s early learning guidelines and program standards: Birth through three. Baton Rouge, LA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.dss.state.la.us/assets/docs/searchable/OFS/LAEarlyLearningGuide.pdf.

Lucca, K., & Wilbourn, M. P. (2018). Communicating to learn: Infants’ pointing gestures result in optimal learning. Child Development, 89(3), 941–960. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28032638

Maryland State Department of Education. (2007). Guidelines for healthy child development and care for young children. Baltimore, MD: Author. Retrieved from https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/healthy-beginnings

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. (2010). Massachusetts early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers. Malden, MA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-early-learning-guidelines-for-infants-and-toddlers/download.

McCarty, M. E., et al. (2001). How infants use vision for grasping objects. Child Development, 72(4), 973–87.

Meisels, S. J., et al. (2003). The ounce scale: Standards for the developmental profiles (birth–42 months). New York: Pearson Early Learning.

Meltzoff, A. N., Saby, J. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Neural representations of the body in 60‐day‐old human infants. Developmental Science, 22, Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/desc.12698

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Minnesota Department of Human Services. (2007). Minnesota’s early learning guidelines for birth to 3. Roseville, MN: Author. Retrieved from http://helpmegrowmn.org/HMG/DevelopMilestone/index.html.

North Carolina Division of Child Development. (2008). Infant-toddler foundations. Raleigh, NC: Author. Retrieved from http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/pdf_forms/dcd_infant_toddler_early_foundations.pdf.

Pace, A., Luo, R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Michnick Golinkoff, R. (2017). Identifying pathways between socioeconomic status and language development. Annual Review of Linguistics, 3, 285–308. Retrieved from https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011516-034226

Palmer, C. F. (1989). The discriminating nature of infants’ exploratory actions. Developmental Psychology, 25(6), 885–93.

Parks, S. (2004). Inside HELP: Hawaii early learning profile: Administration and reference manual. Palo Alto, CA: VORT Corporation.

Pérez-Escamilla, R., Segura-Pérez, S., & Lott, M. (2017). Feeding guidelines for infants and young

toddlers: A responsive parenting approach. Durham, NC: Healthy Eating Research. Retrieved from https://healthyeatingresearch.org/research/feeding-guidelines-for-infants-and-young-toddlers-a-responsive-parenting-approach/

Perry, L. K., Prince, E. B., Valtierra, A. M., Rivero-Fernandez, C., Ullery, M. A., Katz, L. F., Laursen, B., & Messinger, D. S. (2018). A year in words: The dynamics and consequences of language experiences in an intervention classroom. PLoS ONE, 13(7). Retrieved from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199893

Perry, N. B., Dollar, J. M., Calkins, S. D., Keane, S. P., & Shanahan, L. (2018). Childhood self-regulation as a mechanism through which early overcontrolling parenting is associated with adjustment in preadolescence. Developmental Psychology, 54(8), 1542–1554. Retrieved from https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fdev0000536

Pick, H. L. (1989). Motor development: the control of action. Developmental Psychology, 25(6), 867–70.

Reardon, P., and Bushnell, E. W. (1988). Infants’ sensitivity to arbitrary pairings of color and taste. Infant Behavior and Development, 11, 245–50.

Romeo, R. R., Leonard, J. A., Robinson, S. T., West, M. R., Mackey, A. P., Rowe, M. L., & Gabrieli,

J. D. E. (2018). Beyond the 30-million-word gap: Children’s conversational exposure is associated with language-related brain function. Psychological Science, 29(5), 700–710. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797617742725

Rowe, M. L. (2012). A longitudinal investigation of the role of quantity and quality of child‐directed speech in vocabulary development. Child Development, 83(5), 1762–1774. Retrieved from https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01805.x

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Schickedanz, A., Halfon, N., Sastry, N., & Chung, P. J. (2018). Parent’s adverse childhood experiences and their children’s behavioral health problems. Pediatrics, 142(2). Retrieved from https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/2/e20180023

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Stiles, J. (1995). The early use and development of graphic formulas: two case study reports of graphic formula production by 2- to 3-year old children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18(1), 127–49.

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Thelen, E. (1994). Three-month-old infants can learn task-specific patterns of interlimb coordination. Psychological Science, 5(5), 280–85.

Thelen, E. (1995). Motor development: a new synthesis. American Psychologist, 50(2), 79–95.

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Wass, S. V., Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Clackson, K., Brightman, L., Nutbrown, R., Santamarie Covarrubias, L., & Leong, V. (2018). Parental neural responsivity to infants’ visual attention: How mature brains influence immature brains during social interaction. PLoS Biology, 16(12). Retrieved from https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2006328

Weissman, M. M. (2018). Postpartum depression and its long-term impact on children: Many new questions. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(3), 227–228. Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2670692

Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Stams, G. J. M., & Meins, E. (2017). Mind matters: A meta-analysis on parental mentalization and sensitivity as predictors of infant-parent attachment. Psychological Bulletin, 143(12), 1245–1272. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28805399

Zero to Three. (2008). Early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers: Recommendations for states. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.zerotothree.org/public-policy/building-early-childhood-systems/early_learning_guide_for-infants.pdf.

 

3-5 Years

California Department of Education. (2008). California preschool learning foundations. Sacramento, CA : Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp

Florida Department of Education. (2010). Florida early learning and developmental standards. Tallahassee, FL: Author. Retrieved from http://flbt5.floridaearlylearning.com/

High Scope Foundation. (n.d.). Preschool child observation record. High Scope Educational Research Foundation. Ypsilanti, MI: Author.

Indiana Department of Education. (2006). Foundations to the Indiana academic standards for young children from birth to age 5. Indianapolis, IN: Author. Retrieved from https://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/earlylearning/foundations-2015-august-12.pdf

Massachusetts Department of Education. (2003). Guidelines for preschool learning experiences. Malden, MA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.mass.gov/files/2017-08/20030401_preschool_early_learning_guidelines.pdf

Minnesota Department of Education. (2005). Minnesota early childhood indicators of progress: Minnesota’s early learning standards. Roseville, MN: Author. Retrieved from https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/early/ind/

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (2013). Foundations: early learning standards for North Carolina preschoolers and strategies for guiding their success. Raleigh, NC: Author. Retrieved from https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/N/NC_Foundations.pdf?ver=2017-05-16-105950-953

Office of Head Start. (2015). The Head Start early learning outcomes framework. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/interactive-head-start-early-learning-outcomes-framework-ages-birth-five

Rhode Island Department of Education. (2003). Rhode Island early learning standards. Providence, RI: Author. Retrieved from https://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Instruction-and-Assessment-World-Class-Standards/Early-Childhood/ELDS/2013_Early_Learning_and_Development_Standards.pdf

Tennessee Department of Education. (2004). Tennessee early childhood early learning developmental standards. Nashville, TN: Author. Retrieved from https://www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards/early-learning-development-standards.html.

 

Kindergarten-Third Grade (5-8 Years)

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Comprehensive health. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cohealth/2020cas-ch-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Dance.  Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/2020cas-da-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Drama and theatre arts. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/2020cas-dt-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Mathematics. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/comath/2020cas-ma-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Music. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/2020cas-mu-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Physical education. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cophysicaleducation/2020cas-pe-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Science. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/coscience/2020cas-sc-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Social studies. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cosocialstudies/2020cas-ss-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Visual arts. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/2020cas-va-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: World languages. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coworldlanguages/2020cas-wl-p12

Colorado Department of Education. (2018). Colorado academic standards: Reading, writing and communicating. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/coreadingwriting/2020cas-rw-p12

Pennsylvania Department of Education. (2016). Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood: Grade 1. Harrisburg, PA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.pakeys.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Grade1LearningStandards.pdf

Pennsylvania Department of Education. (2016). Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood: Grade 2. Harrisburg, PA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.pakeys.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Grade2-Learning-Standards-.pdf

Pennsylvania Department of Education. (2016). Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood: Kindergarten. Harrisburg, PA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.pakeys.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/KindergartenLearning-Standards.pdf

World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (2012). The English language development standards, K-3. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin. Retrieved from https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/2012-ELD-Standards.pdf

 

Colorado Academic Standards narrative

American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, & National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education. (2011). Caring for our children: National health and safety performance standards; Guidelines for early care and education programs. (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

Brazelton, T. B. & Greenspan, S. I. (2000). The irreducible needs of children: What every child must have to grow, learn, and flourish. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (n.d.). Colorado physical activity and nutrition: Early childhood resource kit. Retrieved from https://www.colorado.gov/cdphe

Copple, C. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Davies, D. (2004). Child development: A practitioner’s guide (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Early Childhood Leadership Commission. (2008). Early childhood Colorado framework. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved from https://earlychildhoodframework.org/

Hagan J. F., Shaw J. S., & Duncan P. M., (Eds). (2008). Bright futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

National Association for the Education of Young Children & National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. (2002). Early learning standards: Creating the conditions for success. Joint Position Statement. Retrieved from https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/position-statements/position_statement.pdf

Sandall, S., Hemmeter, M. L., Smith, B. J., & McLean, M. E., (Eds.). (2005). DEC recommended practices: A comprehensive guide. Council of Exceptional Children: The Division for Early Childhood. CO: Sopris West Educational Services.

Shonkoff, J. P. & Phillips, D., (Eds.). (2000). Neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early child development. National Research Council, Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington: D.C.: National Academy Press.

Shore, R., Bodrova, E., & Leong, D. J. (2004). Child outcome standards in pre-k programs: What are standards; what is needed to make them work? Preschool Policy Matters, Issue 5. National Institute for Early Education Research. Retrieved from http://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5.pdf

Williams, L. R. (Ed.) (2008). Enthusiastic and engaged learners: Approaches to learning in the early childhood classroom. Washington, D.C.: National Association for Education of Young Children.