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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.


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Strategies for Children Lost or Separated from Their Caregivers 

Children can get lost in many places. This tip sheet provides suggestions for parents and caregivers to prevent children from getting lost and strategies to use if they do get lost.  
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Where Are We? Maps and Young Children 

Maps are tools for comprehending the spaces we occupy: rooms, towns, nations, the planet.
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Lost or Missing Children

This list provides information related to preventing children from getting separated from parents and caregivers, as well resources to support children who have gotten lost.