Locate your state’s early learning guidelines for the ages of children that your program serves. In order to find them, do a Web search that includes your state name and either early learning...

Locate your state’s early learning guidelines for the ages of children that your program serves. In order to find them, do a Web search that includes your state name and either early learning guidelines or early learning standards. This ought to bring up a link to your state’s education agency, which is most likely to house these guidelines. (Remember to search early learning guidelines or early learning standards or you will likely get your state’s K–12 standards.) Review them and determine the extent to which your program’s mission and goals align with the state curriculum expectations.