Infant-Toddler Foundations provides early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers (birth through 36 months of age). This document is the work of a multidisciplinary task force of early childhood experts that began its work in 2005.

In Infant-Toddler Foundations you will find nine guiding principles for caregivers, teachers, and other professionals who work with infants and toddlers. These principles also guided the task force as they developed Infant-Toddler Foundations, which is divided into five domains of learning and development:

• Emotional and Social Development
• Health and Physical Development
• Approaches to Learning
• Language Development and Communication
• Cognitive Development

These guidelines are followed by strategies that caregivers can use to promote and support development and learning.

Access and download Infant-Toddler Foundations online.

Introduction to Infant-Toddler Foundations workshops are an opportunity to learn about these guidelines, especially if you work directly with infants and toddlers in a licensed child care setting or administer a program providing this care. This two-hour training will give participants

• an overview of this new resource,
• two in-service training hours, and
• information about and opportunities to practice using the guidelines, helping you to think about next steps for children in care and how to support their development and learning.

To find training in your area, contact your local Smart Start and/or Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Agency or the Regional Infant-Toddler Specialist at the Lead CCR&R Agency in your area.