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California Preschool Learning FoundationsCalifornia Preschool Learning FoundationsVolume 1Volume 1

Published by theCalifornia Department of Education (2008)

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California Preschool LearningCalifornia Preschool LearningFoundationsFoundations

1. Describe typical development, underconditions appropriate for healthydevelopment, rather than aspirationalexpectations for children's behavior.

2. Assume learning for all children occurs ineveryday environments through socialinteractions, relationships, activities, andplay.

3. Are guidelines and teaching tools, not a listof items to be taught or used forassessment.

California Preschool LearningCalifornia Preschool LearningFoundationsFoundations Are intended to be representative of and

accessible to all learners, includingchildren with disabilities and thoselearning English as a second language.

Incorporate universal design for learningby encouraging multiple and variousmeans of:

• Representation• Engagement• Expression

Preschool Learning FoundationsPreschool Learning Foundationsin Social-Emotional Developmentin Social-Emotional Development

Describe behaviors in the domain of social-emotional development that are typical ofchildren who are making good progresstoward readiness for kindergarten.

Provide age-appropriate competencies orgoals for older 3 and older 4 year olds.

Are intended to be guidelines and tools forinstructional practice, not limits on the wayteachers support childrenʼs learning atdifferent levels.

Children have different temperaments,personalities, family backgrounds,languages, cultures, values, and priorexperiences.

These variances affect how individualchildren may demonstrate the skills andbehaviors described in the foundations forsocial-emotional development.

Play is a central context forsocial and emotionaldevelopment in earlychildhood (p.1, PLF, V1).

School ReadinessSchool Readiness Social-emotional competencies, as well

as other cognitive and motivationalcompetencies, required for success inschool (p. 1, PLF, V1).

Assumptions of the FoundationsAssumptions of the Foundations

1. Children haveaccess to socialinteractions,experiences, andenvironments thatsupport healthydevelopment.

Assumptions of the FoundationsAssumptions of the Foundations2. The foundations describe typical

development, rather than aspirationalexpectations for children's behaviorunder the best possible conditions orbehaviors to be instilled in children.

3. The foundations are not a list ofitems to be taught or used forassessment items; they areguidelines and teaching tools.

Foundations in Social-EmotionalFoundations in Social-EmotionalDevelopmentDevelopment

Self Social Interaction Relationships1.0 Self-Awareness2.0 Self-Regulation3.0 Social and Emotional Understanding4.0 Empathy and Caring5.0 Initiative and Learning

1.0 Interactions with Familiar Adults2.0 Interactions with Peers3.0 Group Participation4.0 Cooperation and Responsibility

1.0 Attachment to Parents2.0 Close Relationships with Teachers and Caregivers3.0 Friendships

SelfSelf Includes the

substrands of self-awareness and self-regulation, socialand emotionalunderstanding,empathy and caring,and initiative andlearning(p. xii, PLF, V1).

SelfSelf1.0 Self-Awareness

SelfSelf2.0 Self-Regulation

SelfSelf3.0 Socialand EmotionalUnderstanding

SelfSelf4.0 Empathy and Caring

SelfSelf5.0 Initiative in Learning

Social InteractionSocial Interaction Includes the

substrands ofinteractions withfamiliar adults,interactions withpeers, groupparticipation, andcooperation andresponsibility(p. xii, PLF, V1).

Social InteractionSocial Interaction1.0 Interactions with Familiar Adults

Social InteractionSocial Interaction

2.0 Interactionswith Peers

Social InteractionSocial Interaction3.0 Group Participation

Social InteractionSocial Interaction4.0 Cooperation andResponsibility

RelationshipsRelationships Includes the

substrands ofattachment toparents, closerelationshipswith teachersand caregivers,and friendships(p. xii, PLF, V1).

RelationshipsRelationships1.0 Attachmentto Parents

RelationshipsRelationships2.0 CloseRelationshipswith Teachersand Caregivers

RelationshipsRelationships3.0 Friendships