Early Childhood professionals are guided by both the NAEYC Standards and the Iowa Early Learning Standards (IELS). It is important to know and understand how to read
the standards and apply them to your daily routine and activities. The following assignment will help you achieve this.

Complete the NAEYC/IEL standards assignment found in the Assignments folder within the files. It is important for you to read the directions at the top of the
assignment as they will explain in detail how to complete your assignment.
Pages 12-16 of the NAEYC Standards book and Areas 1 and 8 of the IELS book will be of benefit to read for this assignment.

BOOK: Sorte, Daeschel, Amador. Nutrition, Health & Safety for Young Children w/access Code, 3rd ed. Pearson , ISBN-13: 978-0-13-395676-4
Other Materials: NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria and Iowa Early Learning Standards via download.

BOOK: A. Milbourne and P. H. Campbell. CARA’s Kit: Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities DEC, 2007, ISBN-13: 9780977377282