The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Early Childhood Curriculum Project was developed to offer resources to nonpublic early care and education programs to support preschool age children. This project provides guidance to child care and other nonpublic early childhood programs about curricular resources for three, four and five year-olds that are MSDE recommended because they are aligned with the State’s prekindergarten and kindergarten curricular frameworks, also known as the Maryland Model for School Readiness (MMSR)/Voluntary State Curriculum (VSC). For three year-olds, the recommended list of resources aligns with Maryland’s Guidelines for Healthy Child Development and Care for Young Children. All recommended curricular resources are also aligned with the pedagogy standards of the guidelines of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
For more information about the state-recommended curricular resources follow these links:
• NEW - Press Release (January 23, 2008) -
State-Recommended Infants and Toddlers
Curricula - Click Here
• State-Recommended Infants and Toddlers Curricular Resources Matrix - Click Here
• Press Release (June 18, 2007) - State-
Recommended Comprehensive Curricula
Matrix (Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• Questions and Answers: Early Childhood
Curriculum Project (Infants & Toddlers and
Comprehensive - Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• Guidelines for Early Childhood
Curriculum - Infants & Toddlers and
Comprehensive (Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• State-Recommended Comprehensive
Curricula Matrix (Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
**Please note: Updated State-Recommended Curricular Matrix includes price change for Creative Curriculum materials.
• Guidelines for Content-Area Specific
Curricula (Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• Content-Area Specific Curricula Matrix
(Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• REVISED Guidelines for Individually
Developed Comprehensive
Curricula (Ages 3, 4, 5) Click Here
• Appendix A - 3, 4, 5 year-olds
Click Here
• Appendix B - Pedagogy Click Here
• REVISED Appendix C Click Here
• REVISED Appendix D Click Here
• REVISED Guidelines for Individually
Developed Infants & Toddlers Curricula
Click Here
• Appendix A Click Here
• Appendix B Click Here
• REVISED Appendix C Click Here
• REVISED Appendix D Click Here