Keyword: Parent/Family Involvement
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Supporting Children Through Challenging Family Situations
This list contains resources for educators and families to support young children experiencing changes like divorce, the death of a love one, and parental incarceration.
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Collaborating with Interpreters and Families
Communicating with families is key in sharing information between home and your school or center.
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Working with Interpreters
This list provides early childhood educators and administrators resources on collaborating with interpreters in order to communicate with families who speak a language other than English.
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Talking to Your Child’s Teacher
Do you wonder how to build a good relationship with your child’s teacher? Here are some words to help you connect.
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Refugee Families
n and their families.
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Doing Projects With Families From a Distance
When teachers are called on to work with children and families remotely, project work can be a welcome addition to the teacher’s toolbox for a variety of reasons.
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Keeping Track of Important Information
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Supporting Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
This tool kit is a resource to help early childhood, school, and community professionals understand how they can support families who may be experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. IEL also has a resource list, When Children Are Homeless or Housing Insecure: How Preschool Teachers and Caregivers Can Help, which includes additional resources for educators, caregivers,…
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Resource Directory for Illinois Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity
This resource directory provides contact information, descriptions of programs, state agencies, and non-profit organizations in Illinois that provide support for families of young children experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Families may wish to begin searching for resources in their local community using these links: Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)IDHS provides a listing of state…
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Listening to Family Voices in Early Childhood Programs
On this podcast we are joined by Dr. Christine Spence, an assistant professor of early childhood special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on high-quality supports for families and providers participating in early intervention and early childhood special education systems. She joins us to talk about listening to family’s voices in early childhood…
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Kindergarten Tool Kit
This tool kit is a resource for helping prekindergarten teachers partner with families as their child transitions to kindergarten. These suggestions for supporting kindergarten transition are organized by the seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer).
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Advocacy, Communication Important at Each Step of the Journey
Everyone tries to prepare soon-to-be parents for the day they bring life into the world, but no one can truly explain the array of emotions felt when it actually happens.
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Diverse Families and the Transition to Kindergarten
This podcast is an interview Dr. Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In her research, she uses a family resilience perspective to learn about school readiness and family involvement among low-income Latino and African American families, including their beliefs and practices that promote young children’s successful…
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Preschool Attendance Tool Kit
The Attendance Toolkit is a resource for prekindergarten teachers to assist them in promoting the importance of daily attendance in preschool. These suggestions for promoting daily attendance are organized by the seasons (summer, fall, winter, and spring). However, they may be used at any time of the year. For resources to help providers address attendance…
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Get Them to School Every Day
Preschool is the ideal time to stress the importance of consistent on-time attendance and encourage strong attendance habits.
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Going to Kindergarten?
Getting required health checks, practicing key skills, and visiting your new school can help your child make a smooth transition.
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Careful Planning, Collaboration Can Aid Smooth Transition to Kindergarten
Preparing young children with disabilities and their families for the transition to kindergarten begins many months before the start of the new school year.
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Welcoming Latino Children and Families to Preschool Programs
This list contains a variety of resources associated with welcoming Latino children and families to preschool programs.
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The Cow Project
Angie Herrington with Julie Morrison, Mandy Moses, and Mindy MosesSt. Ambrose University Children’s CampusDavenport, Iowa The project described here was undertaken in the Dragonfly classroom at the St. Ambrose University Children’s Campus in Davenport, Iowa. The Children’s Campus serves children ages 2 months to 5 years old. Children’s Campus teachers begin exposing children to inquiry-based…
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IEL Tip Sheets: Family Fun!
The IEL website hosts more than 180 Tip Sheets written for parents, teachers, and caregivers of young children. They present helpful suggestions and information on children’s social and emotional development as well as physical development and health.
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Rituals and Traditions in Programs That Serve Young Dual Language Learners
One of the wonderful aspects of early childhood programs is that the staff, together with children and families, can create rituals and traditions that build a sense of community within the program.
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Connecting with Parents: “But He Doesn’t Do That at Home!”
Here are some suggestions that may help when parents say, “He doesn’t do that at home!”
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Helping Children Learn to Get Along
Model the kind and empathetic behavior you want the children to practice.
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Conference Time! Talking to Your Child’s Teacher or Caregiver
Many parents feel nervous about parent-teacher conferences or other talks with their children’s teachers or caregivers. Here are some parent-tested hints to help you have good meetings with the people at your child’s program.
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Summer Family Time Can Help Build Heritage Language Skills
In the summer, families may attend neighborhood block parties, go to the pool, or visit together at community festivals. Sharing these special events with extended family members provides opportunities to engage young DLLs in conversations and introduce new words in their heritage language.
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Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards: A Guide for Parents
The (IELDS are designed to help teachers and caregivers plan educational experiences for young children that will help them be ready for kindergarten.
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Developing a Class Album
The creation of a class album could work well for the start of the new school year, especially if the children are new to each other and to the teacher.
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When the Teacher Calls…
Here are suggestions that have helped parents talk to teachers when children have trouble at preschool.
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Observing Your Child in Preschool
Here are parent-tested hints for observing children in preschool.