The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Early Childhood Curriculum Project provides guidance to child care and other nonpublic early childhood programs about curricular resources for four- and five-year old children that are State-recommended because they are aligned with the State’s prekindergarten and kindergarten curricular frameworks, also known as the Maryland Model for School Readiness (MMSR)/State Curriculum (SC).  For infants and toddlers and three-year old children, the recommended list of resources aligns with Healthy Beginnings: Supporting Development and Learning from Birth through Three Years of Age.  The State-recommended curricular resources also align with selected 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:

    • Press Release (February 5, 2010) -
      State-Recommended Comprehensive 
      Curricula (Ages 3, 4, 5) - Click Here

    • Press Release (January 23, 2008) -
      State-Recommended Infants and Toddlers
      Curricula - 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

NEW State-Recommended Family Child Care
       Curriculum Matrix  Click Here

    • Curricula of Historic Significance
        Click Here

    • State-Recommended Infants and
        Toddlers Curricular Resources Matrix - 
       Click Here

     • Guidelines for Content Area-Specific
        Curricula (Ages 3, 4, 5)  Click Here

     • Content-Area Specific Curricula Matrix
      (Ages 3, 4, 5)  Click Here