IEL Electronic Newsletter
2010, Issue 4
“Ask an Expert”
Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Classroom
Sallee Beneke, our April expert, has been a resource specialist for STARnet, kindergarten teacher, lab school director, college instructor, master teacher, prekindergarten at-risk teacher, early childhood special education teacher, and child care center director. Sallee is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences, and she has authored or coauthored books and articles on science and oral language development, the Project Approach, documentation of children’s learning, and calendar time in early childhood classrooms. Additional biographical information may be found at http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/beneke/bio.htm.
- Questions for Sallee can be submitted from April 1-21, 2010.
- You may submit questions at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3139439.
- For related resources on the topic, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/beneke/sup.htm.
Revised Tip Sheet in English
- Say Yes to Healthy Snacks!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/healthysnacks.htm
Revised and New Tip Sheets in Spanish
- ¡Diga que sí a los bocadillos!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/healthysnacks-sp.htm - El juego con nieve. ¡A ensuciarse las manos!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/mess-snow-sp.htm
Revised and New Tip Sheets in Polish
- Say Yes to Healthy Snacks!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/healthysnacks-pol.pdf - Get Ready for a Good Dental Checkup!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/dentist-pol.pdf - Say Yes to the Mess! Snow Time
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/mess-snow-pol.pdf
To order IEL Tip Sheets online, please go to http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tips.htm.
New IEL Video
- An Engineer Changes His Mind
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/engineer.htm
For Help with Your Lesson Plans This Spring…
The Path to Math series offers Tip Sheets that range from teaching beginning numbers to helping preschoolers solve word problems.
- The Path to Math: Beginning Numbers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-beginning.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-beginning-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-beginning-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: Classification
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-class.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-class-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-class-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: Geometric Thinking for Young Children
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-geom.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-geom-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-geom-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: Measurement with Young Children
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/measure.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/measure-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/measure-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: More Numbers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-morenumbers.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-morenumbers-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-morenumbers-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: More Word Problems for Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-moreword.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-moreword-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-moreword-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: Real Graphs for Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-graphs.htm (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-graphs-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-graphs-pol.pdf (Polish) - The Path to Math: Word Problems for Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/math-word.pdf (English)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/math-word-sp.pdf (Spanish)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-pol/math-word-pol.pdf (Polish)
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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