IEL Electronic Newsletter
2006, Issue 12
Great IEL Tip Sheets to Share during the Holidays!
- Making the Holidays Memorable and Meaningful
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/holidays.htm - What Makes a Good Toy?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/goodtoy.htm - Sharing Books with Your Baby
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/booksbaby.htm - Sharing Books with Your Toddler
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/bookstoddler.htm - Sharing Books with Your Preschooler
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/bookspreschooler.htm
New IEL Tip Sheet in English
- Who's the Leader?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/leader.htm
New IEL Tip Sheet in Spanish
- ¿Quién es un líder?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/leader-sp.htm
New IEL Tip Sheets in Polish
- Math Sense: Learning about Coins (in Polish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/coins-pol.pdf - Helping Children Learn to Get Along (in Polish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/conflict-pol.pdf
The Project Approach Helps Children Meet the Illinois Early Learning Standards!
- Please check out the Project Approach section of the Illinois Early Learning Web site at http://illinoispip.org for a definition, resources, and links to examples of the Project Approach. For Early Learning Benchmark videos, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/index.htm.
Ask an Expert! Do Problem Behaviors Live inside Young Children? Or Do We Create Problems through Our Program Design?
- Dr. Dale Borman Fink’s answers to questions about young children’s challenging behavior and program design are available at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/fink/trans.htm (for English) and http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/fink/trans-sp.htm (for Spanish).
- Related resources on the topic can be found at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/fink/sup.htm.
Visit Us at a Conference Near You!
- The Regional Office of Education will be sponsoring the 18 th Annual Pre-K and Kindergarten Kaleidoscope Conference, January 11-12, 2007, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. For more information, email pburt@roe12.net. (The Illinois Early Learning Project will have an exhibit.)
- The Illinois Resource Center is sponsoring a workshop on Teaching with Intention: The Role of the Pre-K Teacher in the Early Childhood Classroom, January 17, 2007, in Peoria, Illinois. For more information, go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/ec/index.html. (Dr. Lilian Katz will be giving a presentation.)
- Chicago Area Association for the Education of Young Children Opening Minds Conference, January 25-27, 2007, in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. (Dr. Lilian Katz will be giving a presentation, and the Illinois Early Learning Project will have an exhibit.)
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