Wyoming’s Early Learning Standards

The Wyoming Early Learning Standards provide a framework to assist anyone who touches the life of a young child as they make important decisions to support their learning and development. The Early Learning Standards are the result of an eight-month project centering on the experiences of Wyoming’s youngest children and the caregivers and teachers who work with them every day. Grounded in the science of early learning and inspired by nationally recognized standards and developmental milestones the Wyoming Early Learning Standards are an evidence-based tool with application that makes sense for Wyoming.

The Wyoming Early Learning Standards frame children’s development from birth through the kindergarten year across four developmental domains, Relationships and Interactions, Communication, Cognition, and Physical Health and Development. Each domain includes subdomains, standards, and benchmarks to help adults identify and celebrate children’s learning and support their individual learning needs. In addition, the Early Learning Standards offer great resources for educators found in Stories from Wyoming, Teacher Tips, Ideas to support inclusion, and connections to Wyoming’s Coherent Path to Quality.