IEL Electronic Newsletter
2010, Issue 3
New Tip Sheet in English
- Say Yes to the Mess! Snow Time
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/mess-snow.htm
Revised Tip Sheets in Spanish
- El Síndrome de muerte infantil súbita
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/sids-sp.htm - ¿Está mi hijo muy enfermo para ir a la guardería?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/sickchild-parents-sp.htm - ¿Cuándo debo enviar a casa a un niño enfermo?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/sickchild-childcare-sp.htm
Revised Tip Sheet in Polish
- SIDS: Back to Sleep
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/sids-pol.pdf
NEW—Online Tip Sheet Order Form
- To order IEL Tip Sheets online, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tips.htm.
“Ask an Expert”
Moving from Early Intervention to PreK: What Parents and Caregivers Want to Know
- To read the final responses of our February guest expert, Felicia Fahl Gooler, Director of the Developmental Services Center Early Intervention program in Champaign, Illinois, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/gooler/trans.htm.
For related resources, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/gooler/sup.htm.
For Help with Your Lesson Plans This Spring…
“Get Growing”Tip Sheets for teacher-tested activities to help children investigate gardening and seeds (Early Learning Benchmarks included on each Tip Sheet)
- Get Growing: Planning a Garden with Young Children
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/garden-planning.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/garden-planning-sp.htm (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/garden-planning-pol.pdf (Polish) - Get Growing: Learning about Seeds
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/garden-seeds.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/garden-seeds-sp.htm (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/garden-seeds-pol.pdf (Polish) - Get Growing: From Seeds to Sprouts
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/sprouts.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/sprouts-sp.htm (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/sprouts-pol.pdf (Polish) - Get Growing: Planters and Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/garden-planters.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/garden-planters-sp.htm (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/garden-planters-pol.pdf (Polish)
New Ask Dr. Katz in English & Spanish
- How do I get my whole class involved in the Project Approach?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/ask-dr-katz/question009.htm - ¿Cómo hacer para que todos los niños de mi clase participen en el Método de Proyectos?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/ask-dr-katz/question009-sp.htm
Visit Us at a Conference Near You!
- The Illinois Project Group Spring Meeting, sponsored by Illinois Projects in Practice, will be held at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Saturday, April 24, 2010. For more information, please go to http://illinoispip.org/documents/2010ipg-flyer.pdf.
- The 12th Annual Child Care Business Expo,sponsored by the Women’s Business Development Center, will be held at the Chicago Hilton and Towers on Saturday, May 22, 2010. For more information, please go to http://www.wbdc.org/Calendar/Child.aspx.
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 business hours or send us your question using our online form at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6654728.
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