Infants and Toddlers (Birth To Age 3)

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Community Resources for Illinois Families

Resource Lists
brown hair toddler with blue shirt and sad face held in parent's arms

Childhood Stress and Trauma

Resource Lists
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Communication and Oral Language Development in Infants and Toddlers

Resource Lists
Happy toddler girl playing with chalk inside her house

Curriculum Modifications

Tool Kits
adult and child in playroom

Collaborative Care: Teaming to Support Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
children running

Child Development

Tool Kits
Little girl covering her cough with her arm

Caring for Children with Asthma

Resource Lists
child crawling

Curiosity and Initiative

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Creativity, Inventiveness, and Imagination

Creativity, Inventiveness, and Imagination

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Confidence and Risk-Taking

Confidence and Risk-Taking

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
a parent walking with two children

Childcare During COVID-19: Two Parents’ Perspectives

Podcasts
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Childcare During COVID-19: A Teacher’s Perspective

Podcasts
teacher taking temperature of student

Childcare During COVID-19: A Director’s Perspective

Podcasts
child showing anger

Challenging Behaviors in Young Children

Tool Kits
peanuts

Caring for Children with Food Allergies

Resource Lists
mother speaking to child

COVID-19 Parenting Pep Talk: Be With Your Child’s Big Feelings

Learning and Growing Together
mom coloring with child

COVID-19 Parenting Pep Talk: Make Time for Connection

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
child playing with blocks

COVID-19 Parenting Pep Talk: (Re)focus on Positive Guidance

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Child putting a cord in an outlet

Childproofing Your Home

Tool Kits
children in a classroom

Coaching Others in Implementing the Project Approach

Blogs, Perspectives on the Project Approach
woman reading to children

Choose Good Books That Accurately Reflect Cultures and Home Languages

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Children playing at a water table

Children’s Play – More than Fun and Games

Resource Lists
Parents and teacher talking at a table

Communicating With Parents During Sensitive or Difficult Situations

Resource Lists
Cooking with Spinach

Cooking with Spinach

Project Approach, Project Examples
Choosing Child Care for Infants & Toddlers

Choosing Child Care for Infants & Toddlers

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
penny

Counting Up, Down, and All Around!

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Children in Refugee Families Need Extra Care, Attention

Children in Refugee Families Need Extra Care, Attention

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Continuity of Contact

Continuity of Contact

Blogs, Perspectives on the Project Approach
mother and son reading

Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Child collecting seashells

Cherishing Children’s Treasures Can Create Many Opportunities to Learn

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Connecting with Parents: “But He Doesn’t Do That at Home!”

Connecting with Parents: “But He Doesn’t Do That at Home!”

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Conference Time! Talking to Your Child’s Teacher or Caregiver

Conference Time! Talking to Your Child’s Teacher or Caregiver

Tip Sheets
Creating a Sense of Belonging in Preschool

Creating a Sense of Belonging in Preschool

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
Changing Seasons and New Concepts: Same and Different and Before and After

Changing Seasons and New Concepts: Same and Different and Before and After

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
child with test tubes

CSI: Child Scientist Investigates!

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
child with magnifying glass

The Curious Child

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Childcare Options in Illinois

Childcare Options in Illinois

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
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muslim mother holding her toddler child in her arms

Parenting in the Early Years

Resource Lists
A child jumping in the mud

The Project Approach: Resources for Teachers

Project Approach Resources, Resource Lists
group of children playing

Play

Tool Kits
child and mother playing

Play Along: Following Your Child’s Interests at Home

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Problem Solving

Problem Solving

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Persistence, Effort, & Attentiveness

Persistence, Effort, & Attentiveness

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
drawing of parent touching child's head

Positive Guidance for Young Children: Be Thoughtful

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
little girl with teddy bear and blanket

Positive Guidance for Young Children: Take a Break and Calm Down

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
parent talking with child

Positive Guidance for Young Children: Plan Ahead

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
drawing of adult talking with child

Positive Guidance for Young Children: Be Consistent

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
child with mother in garden

The Power of Open-Ended Questions

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Peekaboo!

Peekaboo!

Parenting Videos, Videos
Process Play and STEAM: Getting Started

Process Play and STEAM: Getting Started

Podcasts
Physical Development and Health

Physical Development and Health

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Little girl holding broccoli over her eyes

Preschoolers’ Nutrition and Fitness

Resource Lists
Child playing with letter blocks

Phonological Awareness in Young Children

Resource Lists
Parallel Talk: A Simple Way to Provide English Vocabulary

Parallel Talk: A Simple Way to Provide English Vocabulary

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Pretty Up High

Pretty Up High

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Press Here

Press Here

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Pea Pod Rockers

Pea Pod Rockers

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Pretend Play with Big Boxes

Pretend Play with Big Boxes

Parenting Videos, Videos
Papa and Wayne: A Simple Game With Baby

Papa and Wayne: A Simple Game With Baby

Parenting Videos, Videos
Parent-Child Relationships

Parent-Child Relationships

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started

Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started

Tip Sheets
child working on a project

Project Approach for Preschoolers

Tip Sheets
Please Don’t Go! Separation Anxiety and Children

Please Don’t Go! Separation Anxiety and Children

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Play Right—Don’t Bite!

Play Right—Don’t Bite!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Boy dressed in a cape holding a broom with cooking pot on his head and holding the pot’s lid in his other hand like a shield

Play With Your Toddler—Indoors

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
child at table

Project Approach: Including Every Child

Tip Sheets
Child playing in leaves

Project Approach: Phase 1—Choosing a Topic to Investigate

Tip Sheets
Project Approach: Helping Preschoolers Represent What They Learn

Project Approach: Helping Preschoolers Represent What They Learn

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Project Approach: Helping Children Ask Questions

Project Approach: Helping Children Ask Questions

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
boy with clipboard

Project Approach: Children Taking Surveys

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Children and teacher doing crafts at a table

Project Approach: Anticipating What Children Might Learn

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
girl drawing

The Power of the Pen: Drawing and Scribbling

IELDS Resources, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
child plays with letter blocks

Path to Math: Beginning Numbers

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
child with dog

Pets and Young Children

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Protecting Children from Preventable Disease

Protecting Children from Preventable Disease

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Physical Fitness for Toddlers

Physical Fitness for Toddlers

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Preventing Lead Poisoning in Children

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Children

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
wagon

Project Approach: Phase 3—Concluding the Project

Tip Sheets
children working on project

Project Approach: Phase 2—Doing Fieldwork

Tip Sheets
Project Approach: Phase 2—Getting Ready for Fieldwork

Project Approach: Phase 2—Getting Ready for Fieldwork

Tip Sheets
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Sleep and Young Children

Resource Lists
child hiding

Something Happened: Understanding Extreme Stress and Trauma in Young Children

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
child holding clock

Supporting Children with Limited Verbal Skills

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
road

Supporting Children Who Experience Community Violence

Resource Lists
children sharing

Supporting Young Children’s Friendships

Tool Kits
drawing of adult and two children

Science Activities

Learning at Home Activities
girl and boy on bed

Supporting Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

Tool Kits
child playing with other children

Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development

Early Learning Moments Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
child trying on shoes

Solving the Shoe Puzzle

Parenting Videos, Videos
Sing Pío, Pío, Pío

Sing Pío, Pío, Pío

Parenting Videos, Videos
Strategies for Developmentally Appropriate “Show and Tell” in Early Childhood Classrooms

Strategies for Developmentally Appropriate “Show and Tell” in Early Childhood Classrooms

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
children hugging

Supporting Young Children’s Friendships: An Interview with Dr. Michaelene Ostrosky

Podcasts
dad and child looking at laptop

Screens and Young Children

Resource Lists
Speech Development and Delays

Speech Development and Delays

Resource Lists
Upset children standing back to back

Sibling Relationships

Resource Lists
Toddler sitting with mother

Saying ‘No’ to Your Child

Resource Lists
Child looking through a chain-link fence

Supporting Resilience in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

Resource Lists
Drawing of children saying hello in many different languages

Supporting the Literacy Development of Diverse Language Learners in Early Childhood Classrooms

Resource Lists
The Step

The Step

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Snack Time

Snack Time

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
SIDS: Back to Sleep

SIDS: Back to Sleep

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Sharing Informational Books With Young Children

Sharing Informational Books With Young Children

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Screen Time and Young Children

Screen Time and Young Children

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Little girl reading a book at a table

Super Story Time

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
drawing of adult with child

Supporting Adult-Child Relationships

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
crayons

Sorting, Classifying, and Organizing

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
dad reading to children

Sharing Books with Your Toddler

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Say What You Mean! Talking Straight to Children

Say What You Mean! Talking Straight to Children

Tip Sheets
Starting a Childcare Center in Illinois

Starting a Childcare Center in Illinois

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Summer Family Time Can Help Build Heritage Language Skills

Summer Family Time Can Help Build Heritage Language Skills

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Small Child, Big Stress?

Small Child, Big Stress?

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Science Play with an Award-winning Toy

Science Play with an Award-winning Toy

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Sing, Play, and Hear: Music’s in the Air

Sing, Play, and Hear: Music’s in the Air

IELDS Resources, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
boy with watering can

Say Yes to the Mess! Water Works

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
child making a snow angel

Say Yes to the Mess! Snow Time

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Say Yes to the Mess! Play with Rocks

Say Yes to the Mess! Play with Rocks

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Adult and child pointing on a piece of paper

Screening and Evaluating Children who are Dual Language Learners: What Every Teacher Should Know

Blogs, Culturally Responsive Practices
Sharing Books with Your Baby

Sharing Books with Your Baby

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Some Benefits of Multiage Grouping

Some Benefits of Multiage Grouping

Blogs, Perspectives on the Project Approach
Supporting Young Children in Military Families

Supporting Young Children in Military Families

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
child with bowl of fruit berries

Say Yes to Healthy Snacks!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Starting a Family Childcare Program in Illinois

Starting a Family Childcare Program in Illinois

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
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toddler at home using potty chair

Toilet Learning

Resource Lists
child playing with technology

Too Much Tech: Screen Time and Families

Podcasts
grandmother with infant

Teaching and Learning About Native Americans

Resource Lists
checkerboard

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Math Is Everywhere

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
child singing

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music and Movement

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Toot, Honk, Splish

Toot, Honk, Splish

Parenting Videos, Videos
Two little girls playing with blocks

Transformative Early Childhood Education: An Interview with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher

Podcasts
Child on a tricycle

Try and Try Again (audio)

Podcasts
Toddler crying to the camera

Toddlers and Tantrums

Resource Lists
Little girl playing with a digital tablet on the countertop

Tech Time! Video Games and Young Children with Special Needs

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
The Tractor Project: Noisy Neighbors Lead to Investigation

The Tractor Project: Noisy Neighbors Lead to Investigation

Project Approach, Project Examples
drawing of parent and child reading

Tech Time for Infants and Toddlers

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Two Trains

Two Trains

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
A Tower Together

A Tower Together

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Tea Party

Tea Party

Guidelines Videos, IELG Resources, Videos
Toddlers and Boxes: “Hi! Hi!"

Toddlers and Boxes: “Hi! Hi!”

Parenting Videos, Videos
Mother holding child’s hand

Talk Together

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Get Physical

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Get Physical

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
child in playhouse

Time to Play, Time to Dream: Unscheduling Your Child

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Uncategorized
boy watching screen

Teachers Can Support Young Children’s Mental Health

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Is All Around

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Is All Around

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
girl singing

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music, Sound, and Movement

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
children reading

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Language and Literacy

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
mom and child playing game

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Physical Activities

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
drawing of child with magnifying glass

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Curious Young Scientists

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
chlid playing with box

Toys from Throwaways: Boxes

IELDS Resources, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
child with magnifying glass

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Science

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Works!

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Works!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Thoughts on Leadership

Thoughts on Leadership

Blogs, Perspectives on the Project Approach
child with fever

Too Sick to Go to Child Care?

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
small boy resting on arm

Take a Bold Approach to Shyness

Tip Sheets
child sorting shapes

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Math

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets