U5 Early Learning

Early Learning Program serving 3-5 year old children of McLean Co Unit District 5

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

We are so excited to have children back in our classrooms on Monday!! https://t.co/1ADxSj7JQt

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

Show us what you’ve been learning at home!! Here is Joe from Sugar Creek continuing his learning about tubes and tunnels from his back yard! Thanks Marilyn Holcomb for sharing and all you are doing to keep kids learning! Let’s see some more smiles!! @teachingstrategies

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Let’s make sure we count children age 0-5!

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Parents, don’t forget that PLAY is learning! https://t.co/5qGrXYkywW. #prekmatters @McLeanCountyU5

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

Wow! Fairview PreK friends in Mrs. Summer’s class have honored SFC Antonio Rodriguez who was KIA in Afghanistan last week on his 10th deployment for the US Army. PreK children CAN learn about working together as a team, comforting & serving others. #prekmatters @McLeanCountyU5

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@iecamdata What would we do without you?? Thank you!

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Here are some activities to keep them busy on this snow day! #prek https://t.co/KOPCh8FQ0b. @McLeanCountyU5

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

Fairview teaching staff-utilizing creative curriculum’s intentional teaching cards to facilitate learning to tally mark as a way to count objects. A dice & jewel game provides practice quantifying and counting w/ 1-1 correspond. #intentionalplay @McLeanCountyU5 @TeachStrategies

[Robin Steans @rmsteans]

Geoff Nagle ⁦@EriksonInst⁩ reminding hundreds of educators how pivotal early years are, and how slow society can be to accept new ideas #KIDS

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

@McLeanCountyU5 Early Childhood and Kindergarten staff is building relationships at the KIDS Summit today! Learning from one another is powerful!#B3 #prek #Kindergarten #community

[Carmen Bergmann 🇺🇦 @CarmenMBergmann]

Kicking off the KIDS conference with germ theory. Semmelweis’s discovery that washing hands may save birthing mother’s lives in the mid 1800’s was rejected by doctors refusing to believe they were responsible for the deaths. Is something like this happening in education?

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

Excited for a day of collaboration of early childhood and kindergarten professionals at KIDS Summit. Loving the opening message! #prek #kindergarten @McLeanCountyU5

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Mrs Cooper and Young’s students are investigating buildings! Love the partner building and creating own designs! @McLeanCountyU5

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New classroom coming to Unit 5 at Brigham Early Learning Center in January! #prek

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Look at those math, writing, and social skills in progress during Mrs. Summer's FFF(Full Day Fairview Friends) BUILDINGS investigation! #creativecurriculum #prek @TeachStrategies @McLeanCountyU5

[U5 Early Learning @u5earlylearning]

WOW! Experience-Mrs. Cooper's Class guest, Mr Knoy sharing knowledge of trees for TREES investigation. types & uses of trees, honey & maple syrup tasting & making wood necklaces! WOW! right? building relationships too! @TeachStrategies @McLeanCountyU5

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Why Kids Should Work on a Vertical Surface https://t.co/BWvbHtAOt0

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Learn all about the 2013 Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards – Illinois Early Learning Project https://t.co/ItMXWoalkB

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Our early learning family educator! Well deserved award!!

[McLeanCountyU5 @McLeanCountyU5]

The Award of Excellence was given to Family Coordinator Beth Kelley at the Illinois State Board of Education Those Who Excel banquet. Congrats!!! Still a few more awards to go. #unit5pride #ThoseWhoExcel