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Receptive Communication

Children demonstrate the ability to comprehend both verbal and nonverbal communication.

child with mother in garden

The Power of Open-Ended Questions

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
child using a drum

Drumming in the Kitchen

Parenting Videos
Let’s Write a Grocery List

Let’s Write a Grocery List

Parenting Videos
Toot, Honk, Splish

Toot, Honk, Splish

Parenting 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
Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

Illinois Early Learning Moments
Get Ready to Read

Get Ready to Read

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

Busy with Blocks

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
child looking at tractor

Speech Development and Delays

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

Parallel Talk: A Simple Way to Provide English Vocabulary

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
You Made It

You Made It

Guidelines Videos
Pretty Up High

Pretty Up High

Guidelines Videos
Press Here

Press Here

Guidelines Videos
Pea Pod Rockers

Pea Pod Rockers

Guidelines Videos
Over Here

Over Here

Guidelines Videos
The Duck

The Duck

Guidelines Videos
I Don't Like That

I Don’t Like That

Guidelines Videos
Blue or Purple

Blue or Purple

Guidelines Videos
Dads Read

Dads Read

Parenting Videos
Baby Meets Books

Baby Meets Books

Parenting Videos
child working on a project

Summer Language Learning in Community Settings

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
The Gift of Words: Conversation and Routines

The Gift of Words: Conversation and Routines

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Active Play Promotes Young Children’s Development

Active Play Promotes Young Children’s Development

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Maintaining Home Language Is Key to Later Reading in English

Maintaining Home Language Is Key to Later Reading in English

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
A Mother's Story: Birth to 2

A Mother’s Story: Birth to 2

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Using Predictable Books with Young Children

Using Predictable Books with Young Children

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

The Curious Child

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets

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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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