Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards

Resources

Guidance for reproducing the WI Model Early Learning Standards Materials (pdf)

Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards Book

Free WMELS downloads

Visit WDPI Publication Sales (webpage) to purchase a printed copy of the WMELS book.

Promotional Materials

Please contact the Child Care Information Center (Website)

Phone: 1-800-362-7353 or 608-535-3288

Email: [email protected]

Connected Professional Competencies

 

Alignment Tools & Resources

The WMELS are aligned with the following and can be used in collaboration to guide curriculum, instruction, and assessment decisions:

Alignment information within the WI Model Early Learning Standards Book:

    • WI Academic Standards (Literacy and Mathematics) and the WI Alternative Academic Achievement Standards (The Essential Elements), Appendix A p. 106-113
    • IDEA Early Childhood Outcomes, Appendix B p.114-115

 The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (HSELOF) Alignment

    • WI Model Early Learning Standards and the HSELOF Alignment Document focuses specifically on the alignment of HSELOF Domains and the WI Model Early Learning Standards, 4th Edition Developmental Domains. Visit the WI Head Start Association’s alignment page to access the document.

 YoungStar Alignment Tools

    Engaging Families Resources

    Engaging Families Around WMELS is a training curriculum developed to support families understanding of the standards, domains of development, and developmentally appropriate expectations for children from birth to first grade. The training content introduces developmentally appropriate practice, the importance of children’s play, children’s stages of learning & early childhood assessment practices.

    Engaging Families Around WMELS provides individuals who have completed the full WMELS training with a strategy for sharing the information they have learned with the families they serve in their program or classroom. “Engaging Families Around WI Model Early Learning Standards” includes a training curriculum organized into 4 one-hour sessions; 6 handouts & 6 WMELS Family Tip Sheets.

    Engaging Families around WMELS

    Family Tip Sheets Birth – 1st Grade – Hojas de consejos para la familia desde el nacimiento hasta los 6 años

    Handouts

    Stages of Learning Toy Bags used during the training can be borrowed from the Child Care Information Center (webpage) or call 1-800-362-7353.

    WMELS Stories

    WMELS Stories highlights how people throughout Wisconsin are using the WMELS.

    We need more stories representing child care, preschool, Head Start, Birth to 3 Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, 4 & 5K, Community Support Organizations, Higher Education, Policymakers & stories from families.

    Please email Tiffany Swain: [email protected] if you would like to add your story.

    WMELS Training Handouts & Resources

    Making Connections: Using the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards and WIDA Early Years Resources to Plan Instruction for Young Multilingual Children (pdf) – a comprehensive resource that offers suggestions, tools, and sample plans for teachers who use the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards and WIDA Early Years resources to plan equitable learning opportunities for young multilingual children.

    DAP Resources

     

    Updated 7/17/2024