IEL Electronic Newsletter
2006, Issue 1
Ask an Expert!
Please continue to send your questions through January 21, 2006, to Cristina Lopez-Sanchez on Welcoming Hispanic Children and Families to Preschool Programs. You can send your question via the online form located at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert.htm or by email to iel@illinois.edu.- Answers to your questions will be posted on the Web site through early February. View additional resources on the topic at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/hispanic-ps/sup.htm.
- Our next guest expert will be Judy Harris Helm on the topic of Doing Projects with Children at Home.
New Tip Sheets
Please check out these two new Tip Sheets in English and Spanish:- Helping Your Child Learn in Two Languages
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/bilingual.htm - The Project Approach: Including Every Child
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/projects-include.htm
Visit Us at a Conference Near You!
Illinois Head Start Association Annual Training Conference, February 28-March 3, 2006, in Springfield, Illinois. For information, call 217-586-7600 or visit the IHSA Web site at http://www.ilheadstart.org/calendar.html. (IEL presentation, March 2).
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