This podcast, based on a blog written by Dr. Rebecca Swartz, provides ideas for helping young children use mathematical thinking in everyday routines. She also highlights the Illinois Early Learning Project graphic tip sheets that contain more ideas that can help caregivers encourage children to use mathematical thinking:

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/counting/

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/shapes/

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/makingsense/

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/sort/

This podcast is an interview with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher. This interview was recorded during her visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus for the Child Development Laboratory's 75th anniversary lecture in November 2017. In this interview, she discusses her own story of becoming an early childhood educator and shares her perspectives on how high-quality early childhood education can transform the lives of young children.

This podcast, based on a blog written by Dr. Rebecca Swartz, provides information about how adults can help young children develop persistence to try and try again when then encounter everyday challenges.

This podcast contains an interview with Dr. Michaelene (Micki) Ostrosky about supporting young children's friendships. Dr. Ostrosky is the head of the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This podcast provides information about how young children learn to manage their feelings and gives strategies adults can use to help them learn to express their feelings appropriately.