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IEL Electronic Newsletter

2008, Issue 9

Ask an Expert – Appreciating the Natural World with Young Children

Are children in your care afraid of insects? Have you wondered how to get children “hooked” on nature instead of electronic gadgets or wondered how to fit in studying the natural world when your preschool emphasizes reading and math?

If so, you can read some of the answers that Valerie Keener, our guest expert from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, has already provided to questions on the topic Appreciating the Natural World with Young Children at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/keener/trans.html.

To submit your question, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/keener/index.htm.

New IEL Tip Sheet in Spanish

Visit Us at a Conference Near You!

  • The Child Care Resource and Referral Network will sponsor a workshop titled Intentional Teaching on September 20, 2008, in Bloomington, Illinois. For more information, please go to http://www.ccrrn.com/files/2008%20July-Dec.pdf. Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.(Dr. Lilian G. Katz will be the presenter.)
  • Illinois AEYC’s biennial statewide conference Growing Futures will take place in Springfield, Illinois, from September 25-27, 2008. For more information,please go to http://www.illinoisaeyc.org/index.php?pr=Conferences. Editor's Note: this url is no longer active. (Dr. Lilian G. Katz will be a presenter; IEL exhibit)
  • The SIAEYC Early Childhood Conference will take place on October 25, 2008, at John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois. For more information or to register, please call CCR&R at 1-800-548-5563. (IEL exhibit)

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? We continually add new resources and check links to the existing resources. 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

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