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IEL Electronic Newsletter

2007, Issue 4

Ask an Expert: Helping Young Children Develop Friendships

Karen Stephens, director of the Illinois State University Child Care Center, has been answering questions on Helping Young Children Develop Friendships during the month of April. To see all the questions and her answers, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/stephens2007/trans.htm.

To read Karen’s 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.

New IEL Tip Sheet in English

New IEL Tip Sheets in Spanish

Recent IEL Tip Sheets in Polish

Looking for Additional Resources on Early Learning?

Information related to early learning is available on the Illinois Early Learning Project Web site at http://illinoisearlylearning.org. Resources include links to the Illinois Learning Standards, materials that discuss how the Project Approach helps children meet the standards, contact information and Web links to Illinois organizations providing resources related to early learning, archived Ask an Expert and Chat resource lists, and much more.

Visit Us at a Conference Near You!

  • 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more information, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/project-approach/ipg2007flyer.pdfEditor's Note: this url is no longer active.
  • Chicagoland Project Approach Summer Institute Workshop will be held on July 19-20, 2007, at the Kohl Children’s Museum. For more information on the sessions, please go to http://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
    (Dr. Lilian G. Katz will be giving the keynote address Why Projects, Why Now? on the first day.)

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