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WILL Education PBS & NPR affiliate for Central IL. Provides resources for teaching and learning with digital media, WILL is the PBS & NPR affiliate for Central Illinois.

WILL education provides resources and training for teachers and parents to teach and learn with digital media. The Book Mentor Project currently serves more than 700 Head Start and early childhood families in Champaign County. Through this project Illinois Public Media trains more than 60 teachers and 100 volunteers, works with 42 classrooms, and distributes more than 5,000 books each year. The Book Mentor Project is a service of Illinois Public Media.

This week we celebrated our 2024 Early Childhood Champions! This annual celebration is held to recognize and thank all o...
05/17/2024

This week we celebrated our 2024 Early Childhood Champions! This annual celebration is held to recognize and thank all of the educators, volunteers, community partners, family & friends for their tireless work in early childhood education & development. Lone Star Lodge #18 PHA F&AM has been a continuous partner for this event and several of our other early childhood initiatives. We thank them for their partnership.

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž:
๐•๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: Miniature Horse Power (Shifra, Chrion & Sarah Nixon)
๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: Jessica Ochoa, IPA, Champaign Unit 4 Schools
๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: Angela Kleber, IPA, Champaign Unit 4 Schools

Special thanks to our additional community partners that provided prizes for our raffle for the guests as well!

Who would you want to see Milo dressed as next? Drop your answers below!
05/17/2024

Who would you want to see Milo dressed as next? Drop your answers below!

05/16/2024

Taking steps to improve your mental health can be difficult. But they're worth it, and so are you! Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

05/16/2024

Are you ready for , America? Cause he's here! Watch now on PBS KIDS!

Today is the day that we celebrate you! ๐ŸŽ‰ Join us tonight, Tues. May 14th in our Collins Studio for the 2024 Early Child...
05/14/2024

Today is the day that we celebrate you! ๐ŸŽ‰ Join us tonight, Tues. May 14th in our Collins Studio for the 2024 Early Childhood Champions Awards celebration! This event is to honor and recognize all the great educators, volunteers, community members, and family & friends that work with our littlest learners, birth -age 8. We appreciate you and cannot wait to celebrate you all tonight! This event is FREE and open to the public. We hope to see you tonight! Illinois Public Media, Illinois Soul

โ€œAccessibilityโ€ is just another way of communicating that โ€œall are welcomeโ€ here at PBS KIDS. https://to.pbs.org/3xVJ6MN
04/29/2024

โ€œAccessibilityโ€ is just another way of communicating that โ€œall are welcomeโ€ here at PBS KIDS. https://to.pbs.org/3xVJ6MN

04/29/2024
Join us for our 2024 ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” to honor everyone that provides full-time care or volunteer servic...
04/29/2024

Join us for our 2024 ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” to honor everyone that provides full-time care or volunteer service to our young children, birth-2nd grade. We have several raffle prizes donated by community partners, good food, and we will award our 2024 winners. Come celebrate with us and allow us to celebrate you for all of your work in early childhood education and caregiving. ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŽ‰
Reserve your spot today: https://forms.gle/BASQAgRUZtLxWXT38
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We love baby animals! ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’™
04/09/2024

We love baby animals! ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’™

What is your favorite dessert to bake? Are you a cake, cookies, or pie kind of person?  Maybe something else?๐Ÿ˜Š Let us kn...
04/09/2024

What is your favorite dessert to bake? Are you a cake, cookies, or pie kind of person? Maybe something else?๐Ÿ˜Š Let us know!

April is Autism Acceptance Month! Sesame Street has developed new resources to celebrate the unique qualities in all of ...
04/09/2024

April is Autism Acceptance Month! Sesame Street has developed new resources to celebrate the unique qualities in all of us. They include a new digital storybook about Julia and her furry friend, Rose; printables and activities to help children develop confidence and self-determination skills; articles for parents and caregivers; and more! Illinois Public Media

Everyone belongs on Sesame Street. In 2015, Sesame Street welcomed 4-year-old Julia, a bright, creative, autistic child, to the neighborhood with open

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