National Resource Center: Early Learning Guidelines

Toolkit for Integrating Healthy Physical and Mental
Development in Early Learning Guidelines

Targeted Age Range

State/territory Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) are designed for children from birth to age five. Some states/territories created separate documents for birth to age three and for age three to five, while others offer a single, inclusive birth to five document. To assist state/territory efforts in assessing the applicability of particular Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care, 2nd Edition (CFOC) standards to their ELGs, age references within the standards are italicized (i.e., Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and School-age Children).

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