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Developmental Domain 2: Physical Development & Health

Asthma: Easing the Wheezing

Asthma: Easing the Wheezing

Tip Sheets
drawning of teacher reading to children

Returning to Childcare During COVID-19

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
mom and child playing with blocks

Early Intervention

Resource Lists
child playing with blocks

Busy with Blocks (audio)

Podcasts
child looking at toy in adult's hands

Look What This Can Do!

Parenting Videos
Pass the Ball Versus Pass the Remote: Supporting Preschoolers’ Physical Activity

Pass the Ball Versus Pass the Remote: Supporting Preschoolers’ Physical Activity

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
child trying on shoes

Solving the Shoe Puzzle

Parenting Videos
child using a drum

Drumming in the Kitchen

Parenting Videos
Get Growing With Your Young Children

Get Growing With Your Young Children

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Peekaboo!

Peekaboo!

Parenting Videos
Rounding Up the Cows

Rounding Up the Cows

Parenting Videos
Who Is in the Mirror?

Who Is in the Mirror?

Parenting Videos
Physical Development and Health

Physical Development and Health

Illinois Early Learning Moments
child playing with blocks

Busy with Blocks

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Children's Play - More than Fun and Games

Children’s Play – More than Fun and Games

Resource Lists
Cooking with Spinach

Cooking with Spinach

Project Approach, Project Examples
You Made It

You Made It

Guidelines Videos
A Tower Together

A Tower Together

Guidelines Videos
The Step

The Step

Guidelines Videos
Snack Time

Snack Time

Guidelines Videos
Pretty Up High

Pretty Up High

Guidelines Videos
Pea Pod Rockers

Pea Pod Rockers

Guidelines Videos
Over Here

Over Here

Guidelines Videos
Let’s Get Up

Let’s Get Up

Guidelines Videos
Filling the Trains

Filling the Trains

Guidelines Videos
Down There

Down There

Guidelines Videos
Blue or Purple

Blue or Purple

Guidelines Videos
A Big Tower

A Big Tower

Guidelines Videos
Waylon and Grandpa: A Continuous Contingent Interaction

Waylon and Grandpa: A Continuous Contingent Interaction

Parenting Videos
Toddlers and Boxes: “Hi! Hi!"

Toddlers and Boxes: “Hi! Hi!”

Parenting Videos
Roll, Evie, Roll!

Roll, Evie, Roll!

Parenting Videos
Pretend Play with Big Boxes

Pretend Play with Big Boxes

Parenting Videos
Mix and Count

Mix and Count

Parenting Videos
Let Baby Play

Let Baby Play

Parenting Videos
Feeding Baby Brother His Carrots

Feeding Baby Brother His Carrots

Parenting Videos
Baby Meets Books

Baby Meets Books

Parenting Videos
toddler with trike

The Baby and the Trike

Parenting Videos
Scribbling as Early Steps to Reading and Writing

Scribbling as Early Steps to Reading and Writing

Blogs, Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
Learning Through Music and Movement

Learning Through Music and Movement

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
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
children on playground

Young Children Need to Play!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music, Sound, and Movement

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

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
alphabet

The Gift of Words: Reading and Games

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
The Gift of Words: Conversation and Routines

The Gift of Words: Conversation and Routines

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
Active Play Promotes Young Children’s Development

Active Play Promotes Young Children’s Development

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Age-Appropriate Play for Young Children

Age-Appropriate Play for Young Children

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
chlid playing with box

Science Play with an Award-winning Toy

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
children playing with blocks

Make Room for Blocks!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Fight Germs! Wash Your Hands!

Fight Germs! Wash Your Hands!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
CSI: Child Scientist Investigates!

CSI: Child Scientist Investigates!

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
No More Diapers: Is Your Child Ready?

No More Diapers: Is Your Child Ready?

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Sharing Books with Your Baby

Sharing Books with Your Baby

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

Physical Fitness for Toddlers

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
No More Diapers: Getting Started

No More Diapers: Getting Started

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Dental Health for Babies

Dental Health for Babies

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
What Makes a Good Toy?

What Makes a Good Toy?

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets

About IEL

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

Funded by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

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