IEL Electronic Newsletter
2007, Issue 3
Illinois Project Group Spring Meeting—April 28, 2007
All Project Approach implementers—beginners and experienced—are invited to bring documentation of a project for display to the Illinois Project Group 2007 spring meeting on April 28, 2007, at the University of Illinois, College of Education, 1310 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois.
Teacher education students and teachers who have not yet begun to use the Project Approach, or teachers who do not have a project they wish to share at this time, are encouraged to attend and take part in the discussions.
For registration information, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/project-approach/ipg2007flyer.pdf. Please complete and mail the registration form by April 20, 2007. Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.
Ask an Expert: Helping Young Children Develop Friendships
- Karen Stephens, director of the Illinois State University Child Care Center, will be answering questions on Helping Young Children Develop Friendships from April 1 until April 21, 2007. Her answers will be provided from approximately April 7 through April 30, 2007. To read the guest biography and supplemental resources related to this event, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/stephens2007/bio.htm and http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/stephens2007/sup.htm.
- Jean Mendoza, assistant professor of early childhood education at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, was our guest expert during February. To view her answers to your questions on children’s play, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/mendoza/trans.htm. To read the supplemental resources related to this topic, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/mendoza/sup.htm.
New IEL Tip Sheet in English
- The Path to Math: Word Problems for Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-word.htm
Recent IEL Tip Sheets in Spanish
- “¿Quién es un líder?”
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/leader-sp.htm - El camino a la matemática: Gráficos reales para niños preescolares
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-graphs-sp.htm
New IEL Tip Sheets in Polish
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http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/outdoor-dance-pol.pdf
(translation of Out and About with Preschoolers: Dancing on the Sidewalk) 
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/outdoor-sunshine-pol.pdf
(translation of Out and About with Preschoolers: Sunshine Science)
Visit Us at a Conference Near You!
- The Illinois Resource Center is sponsoring a workshop titled Teaching with Intention: The Role of the Pre-K Teacher in the Early Childhood Classroom on April 25, 2007, in Champaign, Illinois. For more information, go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/ec/index.html. The registration form is availableat http://thecenterweb.org/ec/pdfs/regform-06-07.pdf. (Dr. Lilian G. Katz will be a presenter.)
- The Illinois Project Group is holding its spring meeting on April 28, 2007, at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more information, go to
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/project-approach/ipg2007flyer.pdf Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.
Looking for Some New Ideas for a Project?
Check out “Resources on Early Learning/The Project Approach” at http://illinoispip.org. It’s also linked from the “Other Resources” page and the right-hand “quick links” sidebar. Contents of this section include:- A description of the Project Approach.
- Resources about the Project Approach, including “Ask an Expert” events and IEL Chats, IEL Tip Sheets on the Project Approach, and links to examples of projects on other Web sites.
- Illinois Project Approach events throughout the state.
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