Week of the young child 2021 - By melissa Tobin

4/10/2021

April 10-16 marks the 50th anniversary celebration of the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Week of the Young Child (WOYC). The purpose of the week is to bring attention to the importance of early childhood education and to support young children and their families. Each day of the week has a different theme including Music Monday, Tasty Tuesday, Work Together Wednesday, Arts Thursday and Family Friday. As part of the celebration, we will follow the daily themes to highlight the importance of play to a child's development and the different ways children learn through play in school each day.

Over the course of the week, we will be posting videos about play in the class, along with resources to help you engage in play with your child at home. We encourage you to participate in as many of the activities as you are able to and share with us on Instagram using the hashtag #WOYC21

Music monday

Activities to try:
Create musical instruments-
https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/Music-Instruments-for-Kids-to-Make
*Have your child repeat the beat- clap or stomp a beat and encourage them to mimic you
Some of our favorite music/youtube songs to use in the classroom (just go to youtube and search these names!):
Patty Shulka
GoNoodle
The Kiboomers
Koo Koo Kanga Roo
The Learning Station
For more information:
Support Math Readiness Through Music

Tasty tuesday

#WOYC21
Recipe to try:
Play doh!!
For more information and other activites:
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/i-helped-mama-too-cooking-tiny-helper

Work together wednesday

Activity to try:
Create a block maze or use other material as blocks (i.e plastic containers, tissue boxes, oatmeal canisters, etc.

For more information:
https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Portals/56/docs/CDC/block-play-activities.pdf

Arts Thursday

Activity to try:
Make your own puppets and put on a puppet show! Different skill level ideas are available here!

https://a2zhomeschooling.com/explore/fine_arts_kids/theatrics/making_puppets/

For more information:
How Process Art Experiences Support Preschoolers