Benchmarks for Attribute Understanding
On January 13th, the Illinois State Board of Education published a revision of the former Early Learning Standards- now called the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards. (Finally, they are...
View ArticleEarly Learning and Development Standards
During the month of March, I want to take a look at the new Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards on Tuesday Teacher Talks. So…. Here they are. Take a look and see what you think. We will...
View ArticleEarly Learning and Development Standards-A Closer Look
This month I am going to write a bit each Tuesday about the new Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards in Mathematics. For each of the “Goals” there is an accompanying “Learning Standard”...
View ArticleEarly Learning and Development Standards C & D
I thought we should double-up this week since both of these Learning Standards are relatively brief and easy-to-understsand. Both of these can be found under State Goal 6 -Demonstrate beginning...
View ArticleUnderstanding Early Learning Standards
I found this website when I was reading about the new Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards. It is from George Washington University in Washington D.C. and it has a really nice and concise...
View ArticleELDS – Goal 7
We have not finished exploring the new Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards even though it feels like we have been looking at them for a long time. It gives you a sense of how complex...
View ArticleIELDS – Goal 7, Learning Standards B and C
Learning Standards B and C continue to describe the state expectations for young children and early measurement concepts. Learning Standard B – Begin to make estimates of measurements. Benchmarks...
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Continuing to Unpack the Standards- Goal 8, Learning Standard A
Goal 8 of the Early Learning and Development Standards is to Identify and describe common attributes, patterns and relationships in objects. Learning Standard A – Explore objects and patterns....
View ArticleGoal 9 – Explore Concepts of Geometry and Spatial RelationsRecong
I have almost completely unpacked the new Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards. This week and next we will explore Goal 9 and in two weeks Goal 10! Phew, that took a LOT longer than I...
View ArticleMath and Physical Fitness
This newsletter appeared in my mailbox yesterday and I was thrilled to see that it was focused entirely on Math and Physical Fitness. The Illinois Early Learning Project produces these FAQs...
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