Home icon

Welcome!

The Illinois Early Learning Project is a source of evidence-based, reliable information on early care and education for families, caregivers, and teachers of young children in Illinois.


What’s New on IEL?

a teacher with glasses and brown curly hair wearing a yellow sweater uses a tablet while sitting in a preschool classroom

Getting Started with the Pyramid Model

This list provides resources about the Pyramid Model for early childhood educators.
Close-up of child s hand inserting ballot into voting box, focus on democratic process

Voting, Leaders, and Elections: What Preschoolers Can Learn About Democracy 

This tool kit provides tips and resources to help preschoolers understand of the basics of voting, leadership, and elections.
line drawing of raised hands and hearts above them

Voting and Elections with Preschoolers

This list provides IEL and web resources for early childhood educators and families about voting and learning about elections in the preschool years.