If you wish to review the workshop, or did not have a chance to attend in person, please follow the attached link to view this important information session at your convenience.

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Click here: Supporting Challenging Behaviors at Home

Young children can learn to follow adult expectations. 

The following article, which was shared at the workshop,  includes some tips for helping your child learn and follow your requests.

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Click here: Teaching Your Child to Cooperate with Requests

Making the Holidays Memorable and Meaningful.

Holidays can be busy and stressful. Children’s eyes and ears are filled with messages that say, “Buy me!” We all want the holidays to be fun. But we want holidays to mean more to our children than receiving lots of gifts.

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holidays.pdf

Empowering Your Child was the first workshop offered in our Parent Academy.

If you did not have a chance to attend in person, please follow the attached link to view this important information at your convenience.

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https://youtu.be/Zhldu61NV-w

For more information on this important topic, here is an article that you might also find helpful.

https://childmind.org/article/teaching-kids-boundaries-empathy/

Literacy begins at birth and builds on relationships and experiences that occur during infancy and early childhood. For example, introducing a child to books at an early age contributes to a later interest in reading.  PECEC offers several ways to help family members understand children’s growing awareness of written and spoken language.  Enjoy the following article about ways to encourage literacy every day!

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/languageandlit/

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/teaching_respect_to_preschoolers_can_help_build_character

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/startingkinder.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/impulsecontrol.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/gr-physical.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/kidscare.htm

Here are some words to use when you want to change your child's behavior without yelling, spanking, or being angry

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/wordsdiscipline.htm