2012

A small selection of Week of the Young Child™ news articles from 2012 are listed below. For ideas on how to get a newspaper, television station, radio station, or blog to cover your event, see the Event Planning Handbook.

Alabama

Every Week is ‘Week of the Young Child’ in Marshall County Schools
The Sand Mountain Reporter
Lionel Greene
4/30/12
The Week of the Young Child ended Saturday, but for Marshall County Schools, every week is the Week of the Young Child.

Arizona

Week of Young Child Spotlighted Saturday
Yuma Sun
Sarah Womer
4/17/12
Favorite movie and TV characters like Clifford the Big Red Dog, Sleeping Beauty and Spider-Man will all be in Yuma on Saturday at a free event geared toward kids.

California

Valley Celebrates Early Childhood Education
KESQ
Laura Yanez
4/23/12
Kids got their hands dirty on Saturday at the "Day of the Young Child" fair in Coachella -- a celebration encouraging early learning in the home, at school, and in the community.

Connecticut

Children and Family Fair Set Saturday in East Haven
New Haven Register
Jennifer Swift
4/26/12
This is the Week of the Young Child, so the East Haven Family Resource Center wants to celebrate that and more.

Georgia

Harris Co. Wins "Georgia Reads Aloud Day” Contest
WLTZ
Press release
4/30/12
Clearly, they were up for the challenge. 

Idaho

Children's Day Out Is Educational And Fun
KMVT
Aimee Burnett
4/23/12
Local youngsters and their parents spent the day playing and learning in Twin Falls.

Illinois

Community Leaders Chip in for Week of the Young Child
Review Atlas
Staff Writer
4/25/12
April 22-28 of this year is the Week of the Young Child.

Iowa

Sioux City Celebrates Week of the Young Child
KMEG
Erika Thomas
4/26/12
The Community Action Agency of Siouxland invited guests from throughout Siouxland to visit a Head Start classroom this week and read to kids.

Kansas

Educare Celebrates Children
El Dorado Times
Julie Clements
4/30/12
Butler Community College’s Educare celebrated the Week of the Young Child with a variety of activities this week, beginning with a balloon release on Monday.
 

Massachusetts

Festival Begins 'Week of the Young Child' Emphasizing 'Brain Building'
Gazette Net
Barbara Solow
4/16/12
When you see children playing, interacting or learning, you're actually witnessing "brain building in progress," says Barbara Black, early childhood director for the city schools.

Minnesota

Early Childhood Education Takes Center Stage at Capitol
KSTP
Scott Theisen
4/24/12
The importance of early childhood education took center stage Tuesday at the state capitol.

Missouri

Hundreds of Children Make Mess at Show Me Center
Southeast Missourian
Rebecca Allen
4/22/12
With shrieks and giggles as background noise, hundreds of local children and adults invaded the Show Me Center on Saturday morning to discover just how much fun playing messy could be.

Montana

Week of the Young Child
Beartooth NBC
Jessica Hoppe
4/24/12
It's National Week of the Young Child which means across the state and in Helena the focus is on the needs of young

Nebraska

National Week of the Young Child Noted
Imperial Republican
Staff Writer
4/19/12
The High Plains Chapter of the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children asks Imperial to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 22-28.

Pennsylvania

Early Childhood Education is Important
The Abington Journal
Matt Hughes
4/20/12
We may learn more in the first five years than we will during the rest of life, so the education we receive in those formative years is critical to our long-term success.

South Carolina

Week of the Young Child Event Celebrates, Recognizes Child Care Providers, Teachers and Advocates
SC Now
Ardie Arvidson
5/4/12
With the sun shining bright, young children from Darlington County frolicked, laughed and played during organized activities on the grass at Byerly Park Friday.

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Guernsey Celebrates‘The Week of the Young Child’
Guernsey Gazette
Vicki Hood
5/1/12
Every year in April, across the nation, children are celebrated through a week’s worth of special activities to mark The Week of the Young Child.

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