Wisconsin, United States
Wisconsin's early learning standards describe expectations for children's development and learning from birth to first grade across five developmental domains, organised into developmental expectations and performance standards along a developmental continuum.
Year Adopted: 2017 (5th edition)
Birth to first grade
Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs: Sleep
Key skills: Sleep routines, Self-regulationDemonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs: Dressing
Key skills: Dressing skills, Fine motor controlDemonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs: Toileting
Key skills: Independent toileting, Hygiene practicesDemonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs: Eating
Key skills: Self-feeding, Healthy eating habitsDemonstrates behaviors to meet safety needs
Key skills: Safety awareness, Following safety rulesDemonstrates a healthy lifestyle
Key skills: Physical activity, Healthy habitsMoves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and endurance: Purpose and Coordination
Key skills: Gross motor skills, LocomotionMoves with strength, control, balance, coordination, locomotion, and endurance: Balance and Strength
Key skills: Balance, Physical strengthExhibits eye-hand coordination, strength, control, and object manipulation
Key skills: Fine motor skills, Hand-eye coordinationUses senses to take in, experience, integrate, and regulate responses to the environment
Key skills: Sensory processing, Environmental awarenessExpresses a wide range of emotions.
Key skills: Emotional expression, Identifying feelingsUnderstands and responds to others' emotions.
Key skills: Empathy, Recognizing social cuesDevelops positive self-esteem.
Key skills: Self-worth, ConfidenceDemonstrates self-awareness.
Key skills: Self-recognition, Personal preferencesDemonstrates attachment, trust, and autonomy.
Key skills: Secure attachment, IndependenceEngages in social interaction and plays with others.
Key skills: Cooperative play, Social engagementDemonstrates understanding of rules and social expectations.
Key skills: Following rules, Social normsEngages in social problem solving behavior and learns to resolve conflict.
Key skills: Conflict resolution, Problem solvingDerives meaning through listening to communications of others and sounds in the environment.
Key skills: Auditory processing, Listening comprehensionListens and responds to communication with others.
Key skills: Social interaction, Conversational responseFollows directions of increasing complexity.
Key skills: Receptive language, Following directionsUses gestures and movements (non-verbal) to communicate.
Key skills: Non-verbal communication, GesturingUses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate (Language Form/Syntax).
Key skills: Grammar, Sentence structureUses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate (Language Content/Semantics).
Key skills: Vocabulary, Word meaningUses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate (Language Function/Pragmatics).
Key skills: Social language use, Conversational rulesDevelops ability to detect, manipulate, or analyze the auditory parts of spoken language.
Key skills: Phonological awareness, Sound manipulationUnderstands that the alphabet represents the sounds of spoken language and the letters of written language.
Key skills: Alphabet knowledge, Letter-sound connectionShows appreciation of books and understands how print works.
Key skills: Print concepts, Book handlingUses writing to represent thoughts or ideas.
Key skills: Early writing, Symbolic expressionDisplays curiosity, risk-taking, and willingness to engage in new experiences.
Key skills: Curiosity, Risk-takingEngages in meaningful learning through attempting, repeating, experimenting, refining, and elaborating on experiences and activities.
Key skills: Experimentation, RefinementExhibits persistence and flexibility.
Key skills: Persistence, FlexibilityEngages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through interactions with people, materials, and the environment.
Key skills: Imaginative play, Inventive thinkingExpresses self creatively through music, movement, and art.
Key skills: Creative expression, ArtsExperiences a variety of routines, practices, and languages.
Key skills: Routine awareness, Language exposureLearns within the context of his/her family and culture.
Key skills: Cultural context, Family learningUses various styles of learning including verbal/linguistic, bodily/kinesthetic, visual/spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
Key skills: Learning styles, Multi-sensory learningUses multi-sensory abilities to process information.
Key skills: Sensory processing, Information gatheringUnderstands new meanings as memory increases.
Key skills: Memory recall, Vocabulary developmentApplies problem solving skills.
Key skills: Reasoning, Critical thinkingDemonstrates an understanding of numbers and counting.
Key skills: Counting, Number recognitionUnderstands number operations and relationships.
Key skills: Quantity comparison, Basic operationsExplores, recognizes, and describes shapes and spatial relationships.
Key skills: Shape identification, Spatial awarenessUses the attributes of objects for comparison and patterning.
Key skills: Sorting, Pattern recognitionUnderstands the concept of measurement.
Key skills: Measuring, Size comparisonCollects, describes, and records information using objects and graphs.
Key skills: Data collection, GraphingUses observation to gather information.
Key skills: Observation, InquiryUses tools to gather information and seek answers through active investigation.
Key skills: Tool use, InvestigationHypothesizes and makes predictions.
Key skills: Prediction, HypothesisForms explanations based on trial and error, observations, and explorations.
Key skills: Explanation, Cause and effectThis standard was generated using AI with grounded search to find official, accurate information. While we strive for accuracy, please verify important details with official sources.
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