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Early Learning Outcomes Framework

Two preschool girls playing in the science area.The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework describes how children progress across key areas of learning and development. This information helps adults better understand how they can provide experiences that support important early learning outcomes for all children. 

Resources in this collection support children's development across five central ELOF domains: Approaches to Learning; Social and Emotional Development; Language and Literacy; Cognition; and Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development.

Preschool ELOF Series

Explore effective teaching practices for preschoolers. Find out how these practices can support preschoolers' development and learning related to the ELOF domains.

1302.30 Purpose.

Review the standards programs must follow to provide high-quality early education and child development services that promote cognitive, social, and emotional growth for all children's later success in school. 

Approaches to Learning, Birth to 5

This season of Teacher Time focuses on the four sub-domains of the ELOF Approaches to Learning domain. Each episode highlights teaching and learning experiences that support children’s approaches to learning in ways that are culturally and linguistically responsive and promote children’s sense of identity.

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official website of the Administration for Children and Families

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