Florida Birth to Three Learning and Developmental Standards (2004)

The Florida Birth to Three Learning and Developmental Standards describe age-appropriate understandings related to the way infants and toddlers explore, recreate, think, reason, and create as they engage in the learning process.

Florida Birth to Three Learning and Developmental Standards
(Downloadable PDF File - 9.2 MB)

Order Form

Florida Birth to Three Screening and Assessment Resource Guide (2004)

The Birth to Three Screening and Assessment Resource Guide is designed as a companion to the Florida Birth to Three Learning and Developmental Standards to inform and support the work of school readiness programs serving infants and toddlers in Florida. The Florida Partnership for School Readiness utilized state and national early childhood experts who understood infant and toddler development and best practices to develop the standards and this resource guide. It is intended for use by a broad array of early childhood professionals across the state. It contains information for professionals on the purpose and significance of screening and assessment; the methods by which we screen and assess infants' and toddlers' development; and descriptions of selected, widely used instruments.

Birth to Three Screening and Assessment Resource Guide
(Downloadable PDF File - 6.7 MB)

Order Form

Florida School Readiness Performance Standards for Three-, Four-, and Five-Year-Old Children (2002)

The Florida School Readiness Performance Standards describe
age-appropriate understandings related to the ways young children think, reason, create, and recreate as they engage in the learning process.

Florida School Readiness Performance Standards
(Downloadable PDF File - 36.7 MB)

Order Form

Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Standards (2005)

The Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Standards (Florida VPK Education Standards) describe skills that four-year-old children should know and be able to do by the end of their prekindergarten year and are designed to guide prekindergarten administrators and teachers in designing and implementing appropriate early learning environments.

Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Standards
(Downloadable PDF File - 10.4 MB)

Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Standards - Spanish
(Downloadable PDF File - 3.6 MB)

Order Form