The purpose of California’s Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations is to describe research and evidence-based expectations for the way most infants and toddlers make progress in the major domains of learning and development. By creating a common language to facilitate communication among families, infant care professionals, community members, and policymakers, the foundations build an understanding about the importance of the early years in children’s development and learning.
To ensure a vested interest by the early childhood community in the successful implementation of the Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations, the draft foundations for social-emotional, cognitive, language, and motor/perceptual development were available for review and public comment in May 2007. Online Web surveys were available for input/comment, and four public hearings were held throughout the state.
Feedback received about the draft Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations is being considered as the foundations are finalized. Upon completion, the Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations will be published by the California Department of Education Press (CDE Press).
