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Here are some tools and resources to help local Affiliates, early childhood programs, and other organizations celebrate young children, their teachers, and their families!
One important hing you can do while celebrating Week of the Young Child is to advocate for a lifetime of success for all children. Click HERE to download a mini-toolkit that will help you bring America for Early Ed into your #WOYC18 celebrations with resources, action steps, and sample social media posts. Together, we can make sure #ECEwins—across the country and in your community!
WOYC Resources
Music Monday
Get Inspired With These NAEYC Resources
- Take Center Stage: Enriching Academics with Musical Theater in the Primary Grades
- Teaching and Learning with Hip-Hop Culture
- Playing with Music at Home
- Support Math Readiness Through Music
- Ssssssnake Music: Extending Make-Believe Animal Play into Musical Play
- Sing With Me Baby!
- 10 Ways Babies Learn When We Sing to Them
Creative Idea From Last Year
This classroom had a 'fun with maracas' day. They crafted their own maracas using plastic bottles and unpopped pocorn kernels and shook away!
Check out the full recap of events from more creative ideas we saw last year.
Share WOYC!
On Social Media:
#WOYC18 Today is Music Monday—let’s see what the children can do! Music not only develops math, language, and literacy skills, it also encourages a fun, healthy, and creative lifestyle.
Today we’re letting loose and motivating an active and creative lifestyle by singing, dancing, and grooving our way through Music Monday. NAEYC’s 2018 Week of the Young Child™ is finally here! #WOYC18
With Parents:
Tasty Tuesday
Get Inspired With These NAEYC Resources
- "I Helped Mama Too!" Cooking with a Tiny Helper
- Tacos Anyone? Preschoolers Investigate a Taco Truck
- Heathy Fit Families
- Let’s Eat (Well)!
Creative Idea From Last Year!
Have you seen a healthy snack that's also an art project? This classroom combined the art of snacking and using imaginations to create this adorable (and healthy) treat!
Click here to view the full recap of events from 2017.
Share WOYC!
On Social Media:
We’re dusting off the cookbooks—today is Tasty Tuesday! We’re off to the kitchen for some cooking experiments to demonstrate how a healthy, active lifestyle can be both fun AND tasty. #WOYC18
Did you know? Cooking develops vital math and science skills children need to succeed. That’s why we’re taking part in NAEYC’s Tasty Tuesday, where children will whisk, measure, and cook while they learn! #WOYC18
With Parents:
Work Together Wednesday
Get Inspired With These NAEYC Resources
- Over the Fence: Engaging Preschoolers and Families in a Yearlong STEAM Investigation
- Five Essentials to Meaningful Play
- What Is Big Body Play and Why Is It Important?
- Welcoming Dual Language Learners
- Connecting with Coteachers
Creative Idea From Last Year!
These students had a great time working together to grow their own produce. Not only did they learn about how to grow their own vegetables, but they experienced just how much can get done when you work as a team!
Click here to see what else happened around the globe last year.
Share WOYC!
On Social Media
NAEYC’s 2018 Week of the Young Child™ rolls along on April 18th with Work Together Wednesday! When children work together, they learn teamwork while developing their social and early literacy skills. #WOYC18
Today is all about less me and more about we for Work Together Wednesday during #WOYC18. Working together is great for social and early literacy skills, not to mention learning how to work as a team to create!
With Parents
Message in a Backpack™–Connecting With Your Child’s Preschool/Family Child Care Program
Artsy Thursday
Get Inspired With These NAEYC Resources
- Art at the Heart: Creating a Meaningful Art Curriculum for Young Children
- How Process Art Experiences Support Preschoolers
- Meaningful Art and Aesthetic Experiences for Young Children
- Preschoolers as Eco-Artists
- Repurposing Creative Finds for Creative Minds: Thinking Outside the Box
Creative Idea From Last Year!
Artsy Thursday was a colorful affair for this student. Her and her classmates discovered and expored colors while getting hands on with the art supplies!
Click here to see the full recap of 2017 events and celebrations.
Share WOYC!
On Social Media
Spark creativity in everyone today with Artsy Thursday. We can’t wait to observe all that children can make with just a few art materials and their imagination! #WOYC18
The art supplies are ready to go and we’re excited to see what is imagined up during Artsy Thursday! #WOYC18
With Parents
Family Friday
Get Inspired With These NAEYC Resources
- March of the Stuffed Animals: Activities for a Fun Family Night!
- Culturally Appropriate Positive Guidance with Young Children
- Am I Really My Child's First Teacher?
- Principles of Effective Family Engagement
- Explore the Great Outdoors with Your Child
- Using Technology to Engage Families
Creative Idea From Last Year!
This program celebrated by inviting families to join them in tracing their hands on the windows of their library.
Click here to see the full 2017 recap.
Share WOYC!
On Social Media
Families play a vital role in children’s learning and development. NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child™ finishes up today with Family Friday. We’re taking this day to thank and appreciate children’s first teachers! #WOYC18
We are so thankful for all of the families in children’s lives. The role they have in children’s earliest years is irreplaceable and Family Friday is all about that! It’s the end of #WOYC18, but your influence continues on. Thank you!
With Parents
Additional Resources:
Download the color and black and white WOYC logos to use on your event materials.
