Because children entering kindergarten come with a variety of preschool and home experiences, and accordingly, with varying levels of school readiness, the Wyoming Early Childhood Readiness Standards have been developed to provide a more consistent definition of school readiness. The goal for the Standards is to provide early childhood educators with a framework to use in planning quality curriculum by identifying the skills (indicators) needed to maximize the potential for school success and promote a smooth transition to kindergarten. The readiness standards and indicators cover eight domains/content areas as follows: (1) Language (listening and understanding, and speaking and communicating); (2) Literacy (phonological awareness, book knowledge and appreciation, print awareness and concepts, early writing, and alphabet knowledge; (3) Social Emotional Development (self-concept, self-control, prosocial behavior, and knowledge of families and community; (4) Approaches to Learning (representation and symbolic thinking, initiative and curiosity, engagement and persistence, and reasoning and problem and solving); (5) Mathematics (numbers and operations, geometry and spatial issues, and patterns and measurement; (6) Science (scientific methods, scientific skills, and scientific knowledge); (7) Physical Health and Development (gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and health practices); and (8) Creative Arts (music and movement, art, and dramatic play). (Includes letters of endorsement.) (HTH)