IEL Electronic Newsletter
2009, Issue 7
New Benchmark Video
- Mack Reads His Book
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/mack-reads.htm - Mack lee su libro
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/mack-reads-sp.htm
Check out Some of Our Parenting Tip Sheets during the Summer!
- Learning and Fun on Family Field Trips
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/familyfieldtrips.htm - Things to Do while You’re Waiting: Language and Literacy
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/languageandlit.htm - Things to Do while You’re Waiting: Math
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/mathactivities.htm - Toys for Throwaways: Let’s Recycle!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/toys-recycle.htm - Time to Play, Time to Dream: Unscheduling Your Child
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/unstructured.htm
To find many more Parenting and Family Life Tip Sheets on the IEL Web site, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/cgi-bin/iel/searchiel.asp.
New Tip Sheets in Polish
- Natural Illinois: Birds
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/birds-pol.pdf - Natural Illinois: Butterflies and Moths
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/moths-pol.pdf - Natural Illinois: Leaves Are All Around
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/leaves-pol.pdf
Updated Tip Sheet in Polish
- Keeping Your Child Safe in the Car
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/carsafety-pol.pdf
Illinois Projects in Practice Web Site
The Project Approach helps young children meet the Illinois Early Learning Standards! The Illinois Projects in Practice Web site (http://illinoispip.org) provides support, resources, and information for teachers, specialists, administrators, and trainers interested in implementing the Project Approach in preschool classrooms. In addition to examples of projects, research, and other resources, the site includes a blog by Lilian Katz and a section for center directors.IEL Question-Answering Service
Another service of the Illinois Early Learning Project is to provide reliable resources and information in response to your questions on the parenting, care, and education of young children in Illinois. To take advantage of this service, please call our toll-free number at 877-275-3227 during normal business hours, or email us at iel@illinois.edu.
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