Age and Developmentally Appropriate Activities

1.2 What does this look like in your work with children?

Planning developmentally appropriate activities starts with understanding how children develop and the expected milestones across different ages.

As an early care and education provider, you are a valuable resource to parents! They look to you for information about their child and help with their development. Speak regularly with families about their child’s development and share resources that will help them support their child’s growth. The Center for Disease Control website has many resources on developmental milestones for families including checklists and tips.

Remember, children develop at their own pace and milestones are to be used as a guideline only. They are not to be used to diagnose a child.

Infants and Toddlers Program

There is a local Infants and Toddlers Program that represents each of Maryland's counties and cities and coordinates early intervention services. Services are free to eligible infants and toddlers, with support offered to parents and immediate family members.

New Requirement

Child care programs are required to provide information about the Maryland Infant and Toddlers Program (PDF) (MITP), along with contact details for the local lead agency responsible for its administration, at least once a year to parents of children under the age of 3.