Most states require staff to use learning standards to track developmental milestones for children. This isn't meant to enforce a standardized development of all children. Instead, staff should be aware of the skills that children generally demonstrate when they reach a certain age, and be aware if any child shows regression or a lack of development, as this might indicate a health issue. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several great resources. You should also check with your local or state standards for more details.

This article will cover the technical aspects for how to customize the milestones in Procare. For suggestions on how to reinterpret your local standards so they fit Procare's format, please click here.

Procare offers preloaded state standards for all 50 states and Montessori learning. However, these standards are fully customizable.

Watch this video for a quick walkthrough on how to create milestones.

On the website, go to Learning > Lesson Plans > All Milestones (Red Circle) to view your list of learning standards.

If you'd like to add standards from your own state or local government, click on the blue "Add Domain" (Blue square) button toward the upper right. 

You'll see a blue row appear at the top of the chart. Fill out the row with:

Make Changes to a Domain

Once you've added a domain, or if you decide to make changes to an existing domain, you can hover your mouse over the row to reveal the editing buttons on the right-hand side.

Once you click on the Add Milestones button, you'll see a blue row similar to the "Add Domain" field. Here, you can enter a description for your standard and click "Save."