ELDS and ECE Resource Hub Crosswalk
Support ELDS implementation with the Hub
This page shows how the Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) can be used with the ECE Resource Hub to give young children the positive foundation they need in all aspects of development.
Be sure to watch the webinars to become familiar with each of the five core areas of the ELDS, explore resources, and learn strategies that support implementation.
Area One: Approaches to Play and Learning (APL)
Approaches to Play and Learning is all about the skills and habits that young children need to engage in learning. These include curiosity, initiative, creativity, imagination, and cognitive and behavioral self-regulation.
ON THE HUB
- Think: Active Exploration - Preschool
- Think: Active Exploration - Infant/Toddler
- Think: Imitation and Symbolic Representation - Preschool
- Think: Imitation and Symbolic Representation - Infant/Toddler
- Regulate: Cognitive Flexibility - Preschool
- Regulate: Cognitive Flexibility - Infant/Toddler
- Regulate: Supporting Children's Behavior - Preschool
- Regulate: Supporting Children's Behavior - Infant/Toddler
- Take-Home Strategies: Supporting Behaviors at Home
Area Two: Social and Emotional Development (SED)
Early care and education settings are social places where children begin to develop ideas about themselves and how they relate to other children and adults. Social and emotional skills allow children to successfully participate in the learning environment and set a strong foundation for developing positive relationships with others.
ON THE HUB
- Relate: Sense of Self - Preschool
- Relate: Sense of Self - Infant/Toddler
- Regulate: Supporting Children's Emotions - Preschool
- Regulate: Supporting Children's Emotions - Infant/Toddler
- Relate: Problem Solving with Others - Preschool
- Relate: Problem Solving with Others - Infant/Toddler
- Take-Home Strategies: Problem Solving with Others
Area Three: Communication, Language, and Literacy Development (CLLD)
Children have diverse backgrounds when it comes to their communication, language and literacy development, yet all children benefit from opportunities to explore how to create meaning and express themselves using letters, sounds, and words.
ON THE HUB
- Communicate: Communicating and Speaking – Preschool
- Communicate: Communicating and Speaking – Infant/Toddler
- Communicate: Sound and Rhyme Awareness – Toddler
- Communicate: Phonological Awareness – Preschool
- Communicate: Early Writing – Preschool
- Communicate: Early Writing – Toddler
- Take-Home Strategies: Early Writing
Area Four: Health and Physical Development (HPD)
Young children are developing their large muscle motor movements, refining their small muscle strength and coordination, and participating in routines of self-care, health, safety, rest, and physical activity. By being thoughtful in providing individualized supports, educators can help lay the foundation for children to learn through interaction with their surroundings and have healthy lifestyles.
ON THE HUB
Area Five: Cognitive Development (CD)
Children develop their cognitive skills through their early observations and their experiences with different environments. Many of young children’s behaviors are their way of figuring out how the world works as they experiment with objects and in social situations. Educators can support young children’s cognitive development by giving them opportunities to explore and experiment so they can develop new knowledge and skills.
ON THE HUB
