View the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age Three main page.
IEL Resources
- List of standards
IEL has created a convenient HTML list of the standards included in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines. - Illinois Early Learning Moments
The Illinois Early Learning Moments have been developed to assist infant/toddler care providers in implementing the strategies for interaction outlined in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age Three (IELGs). - Guidelines Videos
These videos were filmed in various child care settings. For each video, we provide some brief background information, a transcript, and a description of strategies teachers or caregivers used to help children meet standards in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3. - IEL Q&A: Illinois Early Learning Guidelines: A Guide for Parents
Other Resources
Crosswalks and Alignments
- Partners for a Healthy Baby
- IELG/Baby TALK Curriculum Crosswalk
- Nurse-Family Partnership Alignment with Illinois Early Learning Guidelines
- Parents as Teachers Alignment with Illinois Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Age 3
- Teaching Strategies: Alignment of The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos with Illinois Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Age 3
- Birth to 3 Guidelines–IELDS Crosswalk
Shows how many areas of early learning and development from birth to age 3 come together to influence when and how the child attains and demonstrates development and learning goals and standards from age 3 to kindergarten. - Alignment of Teaching Strategies GOLD Objectives
This document aligns the content in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Age 3 with the objectives, dimensions, and indicators of the Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment system - Alignment of the 2012 Illinois Early Learning Guidelines For Children Birth To Age Three With HighScope’s 2014 Child Observation Record — COR Advantage 1.5
This chart shows how items from the 2012 Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3 correspond to items from HighScope’s 2014 Child Observation Record, an observation-based assessment instrument. - Mothers and Babies Alignment with Illinois Early Learning Guidelines
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