Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, pt. 235, subpt. D, app C
The Illinois Early Learning Guidelines - Children from Birth to Age 3 are broad statements that provide parents, teachers and caregivers useful information about a child's growth and development.
Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development
Physiological Regulation: Children demonstrate the emerging ability to regulate their physical processes in order to meet both their internal needs and external demands in accordance with social and cultural contexts.
Emotional Regulation: Children demonstrate the emerging ability to identify and manage the expression of emotion in accordance with social and cultural contexts.
Attention Regulation: Children demonstrate the emerging ability to process stimuli, focus and sustain attention, and maintain engagement in accordance with social and cultural contexts.
Behavior Regulation: Children demonstrate the emerging ability to manage and adjust behaviors in accordance with social and cultural contexts.
Social and Emotional Development
Attachment Relationships: Children form secure attachment relationships with caregivers who are emotionally available, responsive and consistent in meeting the children's needs.
Emotional Expression: Children demonstrate an awareness of and the ability to identify and express emotions.
Relationship with Adults: Children demonstrate the desire and develop the ability to engage, interact and build relationships with familiar adults.
Self-Concept: Children develop identity of self.
Relationship with Peers: Children demonstrate the desire and develop the ability to engage and interact with other children.
Empathy: Children demonstrate an emerging ability to understand someone else's feelings and to share in the emotional experiences of others.
Physical Development and Health
Gross Motor: Children demonstrate strength, coordination and controlled use of large muscles.
Fine Motor: Children demonstrate the ability to coordinate their small muscles in order to move and control objects.
Perceptual: Children demonstrate the ability to distinguish, process and respond to sensory stimuli in their environment.
Self-Care: Children demonstrate the desire and ability to participate in and practice self-care routines.
Language Development, Communication and Literacy
Social Communication: Children demonstrate the ability to engage and maintain communication with others.
Receptive Communication: Children demonstrate the ability to comprehend both verbal and nonverbal communication.
Expressive Communication: Children demonstrate the ability to understand and convey thoughts through both nonverbal and verbal expression.
Early Literacy: Children demonstrate interest in and comprehension of printed materials.
Cognitive Development
Concept Development: Children demonstrate the ability to connect pieces of information in understanding objects, ideas and relationships.
Memory: Children demonstrate the ability to acquire, store, recall and apply past experiences.
Spatial Relationships: Children demonstrate an awareness of how objects and people move and fit in space.
Symbolic Thought: Children demonstrate the understanding of concepts, experiences and ideas through symbolic representation.
Creative Expression: Children demonstrate the ability to convey ideas and emotions through creative expression.
Logic and Reasoning: Children demonstrate the ability to use knowledge, previous experiences, and trial and error to make sense of and have an impact on their world.
Quantity and Numbers: Children demonstrate awareness of quantity, counting and numeric competencies.
Science Concepts and Exploration: Children demonstrate a basic awareness of and use scientific concepts.
Safety and Well-Being: Children demonstrate the emerging ability to recognize risky situations and respond accordingly.
Approaches to Learning
Curiosity and Initiative: Children demonstrate interest and eagerness in learning about their world.
Problem-Solving: Children attempt a variety of strategies to accomplish tasks, overcome obstacles, and find solutions to tasks, questions and challenges.
Confidence and Risk-Taking: Children demonstrate a willingness to participate in new experiences and confidently engage in risk-taking.
Persistence, Effort and Attentiveness: Children demonstrate the ability to remain engaged in experiences and develop a sense of purpose and the ability to follow through.
Creativity, Inventiveness and Imagination: Children demonstrate the ability to use creativity, inventiveness and imagination to increase their understanding and knowledge of the world.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, pt. 235, subpt. D, app C