IEL Electronic Newsletter
2008, Issue 7
New FAQ
- Project Approach: Display and Documentation
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/faqs/display.htm
New IEL Tip Sheet in English
- Toys from Throwaways: Boxes
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/toys-boxes.htm
New IEL Tip Sheets in Polish
- “It Takes Money”: Economics for Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/money-pol.pdf - The Project Approach: Anticipating What Children Might Learn
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/projects-anticipating-pol.pdf - Time for Preschoolers: Duration
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/time-duration-pol.pdf
Recent IEL Tip Sheets in Spanish
- Juguetes elaborados con materiales desechados. ¡Reciclemos!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/toys-recycle-sp.htm - El Método de Enseñanza por Proyectos. Cómo ayudar a los niños a hacer preguntas
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/projects-questions-sp.htm
Spanish narratives for Early Learning Video Clips
- Vídeos de Parámetros de aprendizaje infantil
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/index-sp.htm - Vídeos para padres de familia
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/parenting-videos-sp.htm
Search Early Learning Web Links
Have you used the Early Learning Web Links recently to find resources to help achieve the Illinois Early Learning Benchmarks? You can search by selecting keywords or phrases, age level, audience, reading level, setting, and learning area. To find resources, go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/cgi-bin/iel/searchiel.asp.Illinois Projects in Practice Web Site:
What is a project? A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic undertaken by a class, a group of children, or an individual child in an early childhood classroom or at home. If you are looking for information related to the Project Approach, please visit IllinoisPIP at http://illinoispip.org.
New on IllinoisPIP
“Building an Appetite for Project Work” http://ilpip.org/katz/2008/may2.html Editor's note: This url has changed:http://illinoispip.org/blogs/katz/2008may02.html is the latest posting on Lilian’s blog.Sallee Beneke recently posted blogs on “Field Trips and Fieldwork” and “Helping Children Take the Lead” on the password-protected Members page of the Web site. To date, 362 people have signed up and received passwords for the Members site. If you have participated in Great Expectations Institutes or Projects in Practice trainings and have not joined the Members site, please go to http://ilpip.org/membership.html.Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.
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Look for us at the Governor’s Tent at the Illinois State Fair! An IEL exhibit and interactive Project Approach display is being planned!
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