Louisiana's Birth to Five ELDS

• Describe the reasoning behind establishing Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning & Development Standards
• Describe the “Guiding Principles” used in developing Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning & Development Standards
• Describe the organization of Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning & Development Standards
• Become familiar with the five domains of children’s development reflected in Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards
• Use Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards to plan changes to the environment that will support children’s learning and development
• Use Louisiana’s Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards to modify and include activities for all children including children with special needs and children who are English language learners

The Louisiana's Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standard course is designed for all early childhood educators and administrators who work with programs that serve children ages birth through five. This course is divided into the following three parts with each part consisting of several lectures:

• Part 1 covers the history and reasoning behind the development of Louisiana's Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards and the actual organization of the standards;
• Part 2 focuses on the first two domains of development addressed in the standards, which are Approaches to Learning and Cognitive Development; and
• Part 3 covers the Language and Literacy Development, Physical Well-Being and Motor Development, and Social-Emotional Development domains.

This course is filled with many activities and videos that make it fun, interactive, and engaging for students. After completing this course, students will earn 3 training hours.