Keyword: Schedules/Routines
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Supporting Children with Limited Verbal Skills
These strategies are helpful to all children but are particularly helpful for those with limited verbal skills.
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Helping Young Children With Disabilities During a Trying Time: Adding Structure and Routine
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, you may be a parent or caregiver of a young child with special needs who was previously attending a child care center, preschool program, or receiving other services. You may now be caring for your child at home with few outside supports—and this can feel overwhelming. We know young children thrive…
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Supporting Children with the Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Preschool Classrooms
On this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Emily Dorsey, project director of the Illinois Early Learning Project.
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Waiting to Paint
When teachers set out activities that are of high interest to children, conflicts can arise. Being prepared with strategies to help children cope with the challenge of waiting for a turn can minimize conflicts.
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Let’s Write a Grocery List
Caregivers can engage children in early writing experiences such as list making to support their early literacy skill development.
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Strategies for Developmentally Appropriate “Show and Tell” in Early Childhood Classrooms
The key to Show and Tell is to make it developmentally appropriate for the children who are participating to encourage optimal engagement and learning.
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Physical Development and Health
This section of guidelines describes how infants and toddlers learn to move their bodies, take in their world through their senses, and carry out self-care routines. This section also explains how physical skills progress through development as young children’s bodies grow stronger and more able to move purposefully and with ease during everyday play and…
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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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Saying ‘No’ to Your Child
This list contains a variety of resources associated with saying ‘no’ to your child.
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Family Mealtimes: Benefits for Child Well-Being
This list contains a variety of resources associated with how family mealtimes enhance a child’s well-being.
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Helping DLLs Learn in Two Languages During Early Childhood
Teachers and caregivers of young DLLs can support the development of both English and the home language through intentionally connecting with children’s families.
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Transitioning
Transitions from one activity to another can be fun and educational.
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Birthdays, Holidays, and Family Gatherings
How can you make these holidays and birthday celebrations meaningful and stress-free for your child, especially when he becomes the center of attention at gatherings?
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Sorting, Classifying, and Organizing
Sorting and organizing things into sets and groups is an important math skill for young children to develop.
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Keep Up the Good Work
Here are some ways you can help them stay with tasks and try hard to complete them even when the job is tough.
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Counting Up, Down, and All Around!
Understanding how much or how many is an important skill for young children to develop. Help your child learn about number quantities by exploring the mathematical world around you!
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Get Physical
Sometimes hugging is the best physical activity.
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Creating a Sense of Belonging in Preschool
Families and teachers want their children to feel welcome at preschool, to be accepted by their friends, and to feel secure in their daily routines.
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Visual Schedules and Checklists
Grown-ups often use a daily calendar or checklists to remind them of their meetings and tasks. Children also benefit from simple schedules or checklists.
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Changing Seasons and New Concepts: Same and Different and Before and After
Fall is a great time to talk with young children about concepts that are important for them to learn.
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Language Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 4.D.ECa
A couple of weeks into the school year, Ms. Jones adds several signs and labels throughout the classroom to address this benchmark. This affords the children the opportunity to practice these skills during the entire school year. Here are some examples: Labelling the centers using words and photographs: “Shoe Store,” “Blocks,” “Art,” etc. Implementing a…
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Tearless Transitions
Consistent classroom routines may help, but young children can still find transitions difficult. Good planning helps teachers smooth the way.
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ZZZs, Please! Bedtime for Preschoolers
Although there isn’t one sure way to raise a good sleeper, the key is to try from early on to establish healthy bedtime habits.