Early Learning Moments Videos – Early Learning Project

Category: Early Learning Moments Videos

  • Curiosity and Initiative

    Curiosity and Initiative

    This section describes how infants and toddlers use all their senses to learn about their world.

  • Problem Solving

    Problem Solving

    This section describes how infants and toddlers learn to solve problems and consider the results of their actions.

  • Persistence, Effort, & Attentiveness

    Persistence, Effort, & Attentiveness

    This section describes how infants and toddlers use their early experiences to develop the ability to focus on and complete simple tasks.

  • Creativity, Inventiveness, and Imagination

    Creativity, Inventiveness, and Imagination

    This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers become more purposeful when engaging with their environment.

  • Confidence and Risk-Taking

    Confidence and Risk-Taking

    This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers develop confidence in exploring new experiences and taking developmentally appropriate risks.

  • The Newborn Period

    The Newborn Period

    This Early Learning Moment provides an overview of the Newborn Period as explained in Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3.

  • Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development

    Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development

    This Early Learning Moment provides an over view of the Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development section in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3.

  • Social and Emotional Development

    Social and Emotional Development

    This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers develop relationships with the people around them, develop a sense of self, and learn to be sensitive to the wants and needs of other people.

  • Cognitive Development

    Cognitive Development

    This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers learn to think and reason. As they develop cognitive skills, they build understanding about the world around them. Their memory skills, spatial skills, and reasoning skills increase.

  • Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

    Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

    This Early Learning Moment provides an overview of the Language Development, Communication, and Literacy domain of the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3. This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers learn to understand and communicate about the world with other people. This section also describes how children develop…

  • Physical Development and Health

    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…