Michigan Academic Standards (Infant)

Main Criteria: Michigan Academic Standards
Secondary Criteria: ReadyRosie
Subject: Early Childhood Education
Grades: Ages Birth to 12 months, Ages 13 to 24 months, Ages 25 to 36 months
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Michigan Academic Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages Birth to 12 months - Adopted: 2013
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their physical health is promoted.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.b.Increased coordination (e.g., eye-hand movements)

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
Touch and Taste
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their social and emotional well-being is nurtured.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.a.Emerging skill in self-regulation.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.b.An increasing capacity to pay attention, focus, concentrate, and be involved.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.g.Trust that their social-emotional needs will be responded to.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.h.A trusting relationship with nurturing and responsive caregivers.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.i.The ability to respond and engage in reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.j.Emerging capacities for caring and cooperation.

ReadyRosie
Snuggle Close
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are kept safe from harm.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.d.Ability to respond to caregiver instructions related to safety.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they know they belong and have a place.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.a.An attachment to their primary caregivers and primary care group.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are comfortable with routines, schedules, and activities.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.a.An understanding of the routines, family customs, and regular events of the program.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
How do I get my child to______?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
What Comes after Two?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.b.An understanding that these routines, customs, and regular events can differ from their homes and from other settings.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
How do I get my child to______?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
What Comes after Two?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.d.Capacities to predict routines and regular events that make up the day or the session.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.h.An increasing sense of independence and competence during daily routines and activities.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they increasingly understand the nature and boundaries of acceptable behavior.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.a.An increasing capacity to successfully communicate their feelings, needs, and wants.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.b.A recognition that the setting has reasonable boundaries and expectations for behavior.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.c.The beginning of an understanding of the reasons for boundaries and expectations.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.d.Expectations that the setting is predictable, fair, and consistently caring.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.e.An increasing awareness of the impact and consequences of their actions

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.f.An increasing ability to self-regulate their behavior.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.g.The ability to express disagreement with peers and caregivers in developmentally appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where positive connections among their families, the program, and the children are affirmed.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.a.An understanding of the links between the early childhood education and care setting and their homes through people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.b.Interest and pleasure in discovering new environments where the people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes are sometimes different from those at home.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Bath Time Fun
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
Two on Me and You
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.c.The ability to interact with an increasing number of significant people in their lives, beyond their families and primary caregivers.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the importance of spontaneous play is recognized and play is valued as meaningful learning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.a.Strategies for exploring and satisfying their curiosity.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.e.An emerging understanding that not knowing and being uncertain are part of learning.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they gain confidence in and greater control of their bodies.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.a.Increasing control over their bodies, including increasing abilities in the use of large and small muscles, balance and coordination of eye-hand movements, and increasing agility, coordination, and balance.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
Touch and Taste
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.b.Strategies for actively exploring and making sense of the world by using their bodies, including active exploration with all the senses, and the use of tools, materials, and equipment to extend skills.

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.c.Confidence with moving in space, moving to rhythm, and playing near and with others.

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Kicking Paper
Piggy Toes
Roll Over
Strong Legs
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.a.The confidence to explore and make sense of their world through simple problem solving, recognizing patterns, learning from trial and error, asking questions, listening to others, simple planning, observing, and listening to stories.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Supported Standing
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.b.An attitude of themselves as “explorers” — competent, confident learners who ask questions and make discoveries.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.c.The confidence to choose and experiment with materials, to explore actively with all the senses, and to use what they learn to generalize their learning to other experiences.

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.d.The ability to learn new things from the materials and people around them.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop a growing sense of social relationships, the natural environment, and the physical world.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.a.The ability to question, explore, generate, and modify their own ideas about the world around them.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.e.Social relationships and social concepts (e.g., friendship, authority, social rules and understandings).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their interests and initiative provide direction for learning opportunities and for the practice and mastery of developing skills.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.a.Progressively more complex skills.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.b.The ability to pursue interests independently.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop attitudes and skills to communicate successfully with others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.a.The ability to express their feelings and emotions in a range of appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.b.Confidence that their first languages [e.g., whether spoken English, a spoken language other than English, or American Sign Language (ASL)] are valued, supported, and understood.

ReadyRosie
Lunchtime Language
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.d.A playful interest in repetitive sounds and words, and aspects of language (e.g., rhythm, rhyme, alliteration).

ReadyRosie
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Piggy Toes
Sing to Your Baby
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.f.The inclination and ability to communicate, pay attention, and respond appropriately to others.

ReadyRosie
Lunchtime Language
Self Talk
Tummy Talk
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.g.Increasing knowledge and skill in syntax, meaning, and vocabulary in at least one language.

ReadyRosie
How can I help my child learn new words?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.h.Language skills in real, play, and problem-solving contexts as well as in more structured language contexts (e.g., through books, finger plays, singing, storytelling/re-enacting).

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Piggy Toes
Sing to Your Baby
Why should I sing to my baby?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they have opportunities to communicate through the use of symbols/pictures, signs, and stories.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.a.An understanding that symbols/pictures can be “read” by others, and that thoughts, experiences, and ideas can be represented through gestures, signs, words, pictures, print, numbers, sounds, shapes, models, facial expression, and photographs.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
Snuggle Close
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.b.Familiarity with symbols/pictures and their uses (including print) by exploring and observing them in activities that have meaning and purpose and are developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.c.Familiarity with an appropriate selection of the stories and literature valued by the cultures in their community.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Piggy Toes
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.g.An expectation that words, books, numbers, and other symbols/pictures can amuse, delight, comfort, illuminate, inform, and excite.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they discover and develop different ways to be creative and expressive about their feelings and thoughts.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.c.Skill with media that can be used for expressing a mood or a feeling or for representing information (e.g., crayons, pencils, paint, blocks, wood, musical instruments, movement).

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.e.An awareness that music, art, drama, and dance can be expressions of feeling, mood, situation, and culture.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
How can I communicate with my baby?
Piggy Toes
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.f.Confidence to sing songs, including songs of their own, and to experiment with chants and pitch patterns.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Piggy Toes
Sing to Your Baby
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.g.An increasing ability to keep a steady beat (e.g., through speech, chants, dances, movement to simple rhythmic patterns).

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.h.An expectation that music, art, drama, and dance can amuse, delight, comfort, illuminate, inform, and excite.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.i.Familiarity with a variety of types of music, art, drama, and dance as expressions of feeling, mood, situation, occasion, and culture.

ReadyRosie
Animal Noises
How can I communicate with my baby?
Piggy Toes
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the opportunities for learning are equitable, irrespective of gender, ability, age, home language, ethnicity, or background.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.b.Emerging concern for other children who may be excluded from activities because they are different.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Piggy Toes
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.d.The ability to carry out or follow through on simple tasks that help or benefit themselves or others.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.e.Positive and accepting attitudes toward people of a variety of backgrounds/characteristics (e.g., race, physical characteristics, culture, language spoken or signed, ethnic background).

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Piggy Toes
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.f.The ability to respond and engage in developmentally appropriate reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.g.Emerging skills in caring and cooperation.

ReadyRosie
Snuggle Close
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are affirmed as individuals.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.b.A range of abilities and interests (e.g., spatial, visual, linguistic, physical, musical, logical or mathematical, personal, social) which build on the children’s strengths.

ReadyRosie
Kicking Paper
Piggy Toes
Roll Over
Strong Legs
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are encouraged to interact and learn with and alongside others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.c.An increasing sense of competence and confidence in growing abilities.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.d.Acceptable ways to assert their independence.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?

Michigan Academic Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 13 to 24 months - Adopted: 2013
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their physical health is promoted.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.b.Increased coordination (e.g., eye-hand movements)

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
Clap and Swing
Color with Me
Dump and Pick Up
Little Hands, Big Plans
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their social and emotional well-being is nurtured.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.a.Emerging skill in self-regulation.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.b.An increasing capacity to pay attention, focus, concentrate, and be involved.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.d.A sense of personal worth and the worth of others, and reassurance that personal worth does not depend on today’s behavior or ability.

ReadyRosie
Happy Birthday to You
Point and Learn
This or That
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.e.An increasing ability to identify their own emotional responses and those of others.

ReadyRosie
Reading Emotions
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.f.Confidence and ability to express emotional needs without fear.

ReadyRosie
Reading Emotions
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.g.Trust that their social-emotional needs will be responded to.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.h.A trusting relationship with nurturing and responsive caregivers.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.i.The ability to respond and engage in reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are kept safe from harm.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.d.Ability to respond to caregiver instructions related to safety.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they know they belong and have a place.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.a.An attachment to their primary caregivers and primary care group.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are comfortable with routines, schedules, and activities.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.a.An understanding of the routines, family customs, and regular events of the program.

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Let's Get Dressed
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Shoe Search
Why is storytelling important?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.b.An understanding that these routines, customs, and regular events can differ from their homes and from other settings.

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Let's Get Dressed
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Shoe Search
Why is storytelling important?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.d.Capacities to predict routines and regular events that make up the day or the session.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Let's Get Dressed
Shoe Search
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.h.An increasing sense of independence and competence during daily routines and activities.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they increasingly understand the nature and boundaries of acceptable behavior.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.a.An increasing capacity to successfully communicate their feelings, needs, and wants.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Reading Emotions
Snack Time Speech
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.b.A recognition that the setting has reasonable boundaries and expectations for behavior.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Let's Get Dressed
Shoe Search
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.c.The beginning of an understanding of the reasons for boundaries and expectations.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Let's Get Dressed
Shoe Search
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.d.Expectations that the setting is predictable, fair, and consistently caring.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.e.An increasing awareness of the impact and consequences of their actions

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.f.An increasing ability to self-regulate their behavior.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.g.The ability to express disagreement with peers and caregivers in developmentally appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where positive connections among their families, the program, and the children are affirmed.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.a.An understanding of the links between the early childhood education and care setting and their homes through people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.b.Interest and pleasure in discovering new environments where the people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes are sometimes different from those at home.

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
Behavior is a form of communication
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Tips for bonding with your baby
Walk the Line
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.c.The ability to interact with an increasing number of significant people in their lives, beyond their families and primary caregivers.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the importance of spontaneous play is recognized and play is valued as meaningful learning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.a.Strategies for exploring and satisfying their curiosity.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.b.Symbolic, pretend, and dramatic play.

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
Tea Party
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.c.Creativity and spontaneity in their play.

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
Tea Party
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.e.An emerging understanding that not knowing and being uncertain are part of learning.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.f.Emerging expressions of intentionality in their play and relationships.

ReadyRosie
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they gain confidence in and greater control of their bodies.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.a.Increasing control over their bodies, including increasing abilities in the use of large and small muscles, balance and coordination of eye-hand movements, and increasing agility, coordination, and balance.

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
Clap and Swing
Color with Me
Dump and Pick Up
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Move While you Sing
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.b.Strategies for actively exploring and making sense of the world by using their bodies, including active exploration with all the senses, and the use of tools, materials, and equipment to extend skills.

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.c.Confidence with moving in space, moving to rhythm, and playing near and with others.

ReadyRosie
Flying with Mom
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Move While you Sing
Point and Learn
Pop Go the Bubbles
Tea Party
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.d.Awareness of good hygiene practices (e.g., tooth brushing, hand washing, covering mouth/nose when coughing).

ReadyRosie
Brush, Baby, Brush
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.a.The confidence to explore and make sense of their world through simple problem solving, recognizing patterns, learning from trial and error, asking questions, listening to others, simple planning, observing, and listening to stories.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Dump and Pick Up
Look at the Book
Reading Emotions
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.b.An attitude of themselves as “explorers” — competent, confident learners who ask questions and make discoveries.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.c.The confidence to choose and experiment with materials, to explore actively with all the senses, and to use what they learn to generalize their learning to other experiences.

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.d.The ability to learn new things from the materials and people around them.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop a growing sense of social relationships, the natural environment, and the physical world.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.a.The ability to question, explore, generate, and modify their own ideas about the world around them.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.e.Social relationships and social concepts (e.g., friendship, authority, social rules and understandings).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their interests and initiative provide direction for learning opportunities and for the practice and mastery of developing skills.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.a.Progressively more complex skills.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.b.The ability to pursue interests independently.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.c.The understanding that they have a significant role in initiating exploration, play, and learning.

ReadyRosie
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop attitudes and skills to communicate successfully with others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.a.The ability to express their feelings and emotions in a range of appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.b.Confidence that their first languages [e.g., whether spoken English, a spoken language other than English, or American Sign Language (ASL)] are valued, supported, and understood.

ReadyRosie
Snack Time Speech
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.d.A playful interest in repetitive sounds and words, and aspects of language (e.g., rhythm, rhyme, alliteration).

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.f.The inclination and ability to communicate, pay attention, and respond appropriately to others.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
Point and Learn
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Talk and Play
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.g.Increasing knowledge and skill in syntax, meaning, and vocabulary in at least one language.

ReadyRosie
How can I help my child learn new words?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.h.Language skills in real, play, and problem-solving contexts as well as in more structured language contexts (e.g., through books, finger plays, singing, storytelling/re-enacting).

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
Happy Birthday to You
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Move While you Sing
Move to to the Music
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.i.Communication skills for increasingly complex purposes (e.g., expressing and asking others about intentions, expressing feelings and attitudes, negotiating, predicting, planning, reasoning, guessing, storytelling).

ReadyRosie
Reading Emotions
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they have opportunities to communicate through the use of symbols/pictures, signs, and stories.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.a.An understanding that symbols/pictures can be “read” by others, and that thoughts, experiences, and ideas can be represented through gestures, signs, words, pictures, print, numbers, sounds, shapes, models, facial expression, and photographs.

ReadyRosie
Check the Mail
Reading Emotions
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.b.Familiarity with symbols/pictures and their uses (including print) by exploring and observing them in activities that have meaning and purpose and are developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers.

ReadyRosie
Check the Mail
Reading Emotions
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.c.Familiarity with an appropriate selection of the stories and literature valued by the cultures in their community.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
How can I communicate with my baby?
Swing Song
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.e.An interest in exploring and using mathematical, reading, and writing materials.

ReadyRosie
Color with Me
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.g.An expectation that words, books, numbers, and other symbols/pictures can amuse, delight, comfort, illuminate, inform, and excite.

ReadyRosie
Reading Emotions
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they discover and develop different ways to be creative and expressive about their feelings and thoughts.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.c.Skill with media that can be used for expressing a mood or a feeling or for representing information (e.g., crayons, pencils, paint, blocks, wood, musical instruments, movement).

ReadyRosie
Color with Me
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Move While you Sing
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.d.An ability to be creative and expressive through a variety of activities (e.g., pretend play, art, storytelling, music).

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
Tea Party
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.e.An awareness that music, art, drama, and dance can be expressions of feeling, mood, situation, and culture.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
How can I communicate with my baby?
Reading Emotions
Swing Song
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.f.Confidence to sing songs, including songs of their own, and to experiment with chants and pitch patterns.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
Happy Birthday to You
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Move While you Sing
Move to to the Music
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.g.An increasing ability to keep a steady beat (e.g., through speech, chants, dances, movement to simple rhythmic patterns).

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Move While you Sing
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.h.An expectation that music, art, drama, and dance can amuse, delight, comfort, illuminate, inform, and excite.

ReadyRosie
Reading Emotions
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.i.Familiarity with a variety of types of music, art, drama, and dance as expressions of feeling, mood, situation, occasion, and culture.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
How can I communicate with my baby?
Reading Emotions
Swing Song
Why should we tell family stories?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the opportunities for learning are equitable, irrespective of gender, ability, age, home language, ethnicity, or background.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.b.Emerging concern for other children who may be excluded from activities because they are different.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
How can I communicate with my baby?
Swing Song
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.d.The ability to carry out or follow through on simple tasks that help or benefit themselves or others.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.e.Positive and accepting attitudes toward people of a variety of backgrounds/characteristics (e.g., race, physical characteristics, culture, language spoken or signed, ethnic background).

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
How can I communicate with my baby?
Swing Song
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.f.The ability to respond and engage in developmentally appropriate reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are affirmed as individuals.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.b.A range of abilities and interests (e.g., spatial, visual, linguistic, physical, musical, logical or mathematical, personal, social) which build on the children’s strengths.

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Kick With Me
Point and Learn
Pop Go the Bubbles
Walk the Line
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are encouraged to interact and learn with and alongside others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.c.An increasing sense of competence and confidence in growing abilities.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.d.Acceptable ways to assert their independence.

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.e.‘Friendship skills,’ where they can play harmoniously with their peers through cooperation and participate in the give and take of ideas.

ReadyRosie
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they and their families are empowered to make contributions within the program and as members of their communities.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.4.b.A sense of pride in themselves and their families.

ReadyRosie
Happy Birthday to You
Point and Learn
This or That

Michigan Academic Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 25 to 36 months - Adopted: 2013
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their physical health is promoted.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.b.Increased coordination (e.g., eye-hand movements)

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Torn Paper Art
Toy Car Wash
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.1.c.Emerging self-help and self-care skills for eating, drinking, toileting, resting, sleeping, washing, and dressing.

ReadyRosie
I Can Do It All By Myself
T-Shirt Talk
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their social and emotional well-being is nurtured.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.a.Emerging skill in self-regulation.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.b.An increasing capacity to pay attention, focus, concentrate, and be involved.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.g.Trust that their social-emotional needs will be responded to.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.h.A trusting relationship with nurturing and responsive caregivers.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.i.The ability to respond and engage in reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
How can I make music part of our day?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.2.j.Emerging capacities for caring and cooperation.

ReadyRosie
Fast, Slow
How can I stop my kids from fighting?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.A.Well-being: The health and well-being of each infant and toddler is protected and nurtured.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are kept safe from harm.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.A.3.d.Ability to respond to caregiver instructions related to safety.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they know they belong and have a place.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.a.An attachment to their primary caregivers and primary care group.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.1.e.Confidence in and an ability to express their ideas.

ReadyRosie
Stuck on You
Tell Me About It!
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are comfortable with routines, schedules, and activities.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.a.An understanding of the routines, family customs, and regular events of the program.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Why is storytelling important?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.b.An understanding that these routines, customs, and regular events can differ from their homes and from other settings.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Why is storytelling important?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.d.Capacities to predict routines and regular events that make up the day or the session.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.g.Increasing mastery of self-help skills to assist with daily personal routines.

ReadyRosie
I Can Do It All By Myself
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.2.h.An increasing sense of independence and competence during daily routines and activities.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they increasingly understand the nature and boundaries of acceptable behavior.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.a.An increasing capacity to successfully communicate their feelings, needs, and wants.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tempted to Talk
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.b.A recognition that the setting has reasonable boundaries and expectations for behavior.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.c.The beginning of an understanding of the reasons for boundaries and expectations.

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.d.Expectations that the setting is predictable, fair, and consistently caring.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.e.An increasing awareness of the impact and consequences of their actions

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.f.An increasing ability to self-regulate their behavior.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.3.g.The ability to express disagreement with peers and caregivers in developmentally appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.B.Belonging: Infants and toddlers feel a sense of belonging.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where positive connections among their families, the program, and the children are affirmed.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.a.An understanding of the links between the early childhood education and care setting and their homes through people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.b.Interest and pleasure in discovering new environments where the people, images, objects, languages, sounds, smells, and tastes are sometimes different from those at home.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Fast, Slow
Playdough Lengths
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.B.4.c.The ability to interact with an increasing number of significant people in their lives, beyond their families and primary caregivers.

ReadyRosie
How can I make music part of our day?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the importance of spontaneous play is recognized and play is valued as meaningful learning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.a.Strategies for exploring and satisfying their curiosity.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.b.Symbolic, pretend, and dramatic play.

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.c.Creativity and spontaneity in their play.

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.e.An emerging understanding that not knowing and being uncertain are part of learning.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.1.f.Emerging expressions of intentionality in their play and relationships.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they gain confidence in and greater control of their bodies.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.a.Increasing control over their bodies, including increasing abilities in the use of large and small muscles, balance and coordination of eye-hand movements, and increasing agility, coordination, and balance.

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
Drum Patterns
Get Moving
Ring Around the Rosie
Stop and Go
Torn Paper Art
Toy Car Wash
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.b.Strategies for actively exploring and making sense of the world by using their bodies, including active exploration with all the senses, and the use of tools, materials, and equipment to extend skills.

ReadyRosie
Fast, Slow
Playdough Lengths
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.2.c.Confidence with moving in space, moving to rhythm, and playing near and with others.

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
Catch!
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.a.The confidence to explore and make sense of their world through simple problem solving, recognizing patterns, learning from trial and error, asking questions, listening to others, simple planning, observing, and listening to stories.

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.b.An attitude of themselves as “explorers” — competent, confident learners who ask questions and make discoveries.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.c.The confidence to choose and experiment with materials, to explore actively with all the senses, and to use what they learn to generalize their learning to other experiences.

ReadyRosie
Fast, Slow
Playdough Lengths
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.3.d.The ability to learn new things from the materials and people around them.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop a growing sense of social relationships, the natural environment, and the physical world.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.a.The ability to question, explore, generate, and modify their own ideas about the world around them.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.4.e.Social relationships and social concepts (e.g., friendship, authority, social rules and understandings).

ReadyRosie
Catch!
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Ring Around the Rosie
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.C.Exploration: Infants and toddlers learn through active exploration of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.Infants and toddlers experience environments where their interests and initiative provide direction for learning opportunities and for the practice and mastery of developing skills.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.a.Progressively more complex skills.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.b.The ability to pursue interests independently.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.C.5.c.The understanding that they have a significant role in initiating exploration, play, and learning.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop attitudes and skills to communicate successfully with others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.a.The ability to express their feelings and emotions in a range of appropriate ways.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.d.A playful interest in repetitive sounds and words, and aspects of language (e.g., rhythm, rhyme, alliteration).

ReadyRosie
Ring Around the Rosie
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.g.Increasing knowledge and skill in syntax, meaning, and vocabulary in at least one language.

ReadyRosie
How can I help my child learn new words?
Magazine Picture Walk
One, Two, Moo
Stuck on You
Tell Me About It!
Tempted to Talk
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.h.Language skills in real, play, and problem-solving contexts as well as in more structured language contexts (e.g., through books, finger plays, singing, storytelling/re-enacting).

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.1.i.Communication skills for increasingly complex purposes (e.g., expressing and asking others about intentions, expressing feelings and attitudes, negotiating, predicting, planning, reasoning, guessing, storytelling).

ReadyRosie
How can I stop my kids from fighting?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they have opportunities to communicate through the use of symbols/pictures, signs, and stories.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.a.An understanding that symbols/pictures can be “read” by others, and that thoughts, experiences, and ideas can be represented through gestures, signs, words, pictures, print, numbers, sounds, shapes, models, facial expression, and photographs.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.c.Familiarity with an appropriate selection of the stories and literature valued by the cultures in their community.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.e.An interest in exploring and using mathematical, reading, and writing materials.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Secret Message
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.2.f.An interest in creating and using symbols/pictures.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Recycled Play
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.D.Communication: Infants and toddlers use a variety of means to communicate their needs and thoughts, and to understand and respond to other people and ideas.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they discover and develop different ways to be creative and expressive about their feelings and thoughts.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.a.Familiarity with the properties and characteristics of the materials used in the creative and expressive arts.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Recycled Play
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.b.Skill and confidence with the processes of art (e.g., drawing, collage, painting, print-making, constructing).

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Recycled Play
Tips for helping your child love reading
Torn Paper Art
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.c.Skill with media that can be used for expressing a mood or a feeling or for representing information (e.g., crayons, pencils, paint, blocks, wood, musical instruments, movement).

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Recycled Play
Ring Around the Rosie
Secret Message
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.d.An ability to be creative and expressive through a variety of activities (e.g., pretend play, art, storytelling, music).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Copy Me
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.e.An awareness that music, art, drama, and dance can be expressions of feeling, mood, situation, and culture.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.f.Confidence to sing songs, including songs of their own, and to experiment with chants and pitch patterns.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.g.An increasing ability to keep a steady beat (e.g., through speech, chants, dances, movement to simple rhythmic patterns).

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.D.3.i.Familiarity with a variety of types of music, art, drama, and dance as expressions of feeling, mood, situation, occasion, and culture.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.Infants and toddlers experience environments where the opportunities for learning are equitable, irrespective of gender, ability, age, home language, ethnicity, or background.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.b.Emerging concern for other children who may be excluded from activities because they are different.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.d.The ability to carry out or follow through on simple tasks that help or benefit themselves or others.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.e.Positive and accepting attitudes toward people of a variety of backgrounds/characteristics (e.g., race, physical characteristics, culture, language spoken or signed, ethnic background).

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.f.The ability to respond and engage in developmentally appropriate reciprocal interactions.

ReadyRosie
How can I make music part of our day?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.1.g.Emerging skills in caring and cooperation.

ReadyRosie
Fast, Slow
How can I stop my kids from fighting?
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are affirmed as individuals.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.a.A sense of “who they are,” their place in the wider world of relationships, and the ways in which these are appreciated.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.b.A range of abilities and interests (e.g., spatial, visual, linguistic, physical, musical, logical or mathematical, personal, social) which build on the children’s strengths.

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
How can I stop my kids from fighting?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.c.A sense of being able to make something happen that matters to them and to others.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.d.A growing sense that they are valued and that their presence and activities gain positive responses from others.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.e.A sense of optimism, that life is exciting and enjoyable, and they have a positive place within it.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.2.g.An awareness of themselves as unique individuals.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
STRAND / STANDARD CATEGORY MI.ECSQ-IT.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
STANDARD ECSQ-IT.E.Contribution: Infants and toddlers have opportunities for learning that are equitable, promote social competency, and value each child’s and family’s contribution.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are encouraged to interact and learn with and alongside others.
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.c.An increasing sense of competence and confidence in growing abilities.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.d.Acceptable ways to assert their independence.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
EXPECTATION ECSQ-IT.E.3.e.‘Friendship skills,’ where they can play harmoniously with their peers through cooperation and participate in the give and take of ideas.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie