Welcome to the Week of the Young Child Guide!
2017 theme for Week of the Young Child:
Honoring Diverse Families
April 24-28, 2017
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to a buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family." -The Horn Book
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Rasmussen University is celebrating Week of the Young Child 2017 with the theme of Honoring Diverse Families. Mary Muhs, Rasmussen University School of Education department chair, highlights the importance of celebrating early childhood education successes together.
Read more about Rasmussen University’s WOYC celebrations and Early Childhood Education program here: https://rasmussen.co/2otgRQN.
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Monday, April 24th: Music Monday
Sing, dance, celebrate, and learn! Through music, children develop math, language, and literacy skills - All while having fun and being active! This year, make up and record your own unique version of a song or write your own, and share it on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc17.
Try this: Find the beat to connect music, movement, and math! Practice clapping, drumming, or stomping to the beat of the music while counting.
Music resources for families and teachers
Tuesday, April 25th: Tasty Tuesday
Healthy eating and fitness and home and school! This fun, food-themed day is about more than just cheese and crackers. Cooking together connects math with literacy skills, science, and more. With the rise in childhood obesity, you can encourage healthy nutrition and fitness habits at home and in the classroom. Create your own healthy snacks and share the recipes and photos of your creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc17.
Try this: Measure your ingredients while making your tacos! Ask children if they'd like the same or different amounts of each ingredient.
Cooking and nutrition resources for families and teachers
Wednesday, April 26th: Work Together Wednesday
Work together, build together, and learn together! When children build together they explore math and science concepts and develop their social and early literacy skills. Children can use any building material—from a fort of branches on the playground to a block city in the classroom, or a hideaway made from couch pillows at home. Build and share pictures of children’s creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or Twitter using the #woyc17 hashtag.
Try this: Practice organizing blocks by size! Try building a block tower with large blocks on the bottom and little blocks on the top.
'Building Together' resources for families and teachers
Thursday, April 27th: Artsy Thursday
Think, problem solve, and create! Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making. Use any materials—from crayons to paint, clay to crafts! Create and share a photos of your children’s creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or Twitter using the #woyc17 hashtag.
Try this: Bring art outdoors! Offer dark and light paper, chalk and pastels, and suggest children create their own versions of the day and night sky.
Open Ended Art resources for families and teachers
Friday, April 28th: Family Friday
Sharing family stories! Engaging and celebrating families is at the heart of supporting our youngest learners. NAEYC applauds family members’ role as young children’s first and most important teachers. Share pictures and stories about your family on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc17 as we celebrate the unique role families play in their children's learning and development.
Try this: Invite parents for a Family Friday breakfast, where children can prepare and share breakfast treats with their families!
Resources for engaging and celebrating families
The Week of the Young Child™ is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the world's largest early childhood education association, with nearly 80,000 members and a network of over 300 local, state, and regional Affiliates.
The purpose of the Week of the Young Child™ is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs.
NAEYC first established the Week of the Young Child™ in 1971, recognizing that the early childhood years (birth through age 8) lay the foundation for children's success in school and later life. The Week of the Young Child™ is a time to plan how we—as citizens of a community, of a state, and of a nation—will better meet the needs of all young children and their families. https://www.naeyc.org/woyc/faq#
Chocolate Milk, Por Favor-PDF Version by
It's Gabe's first day of school in America, and he doesn't speak English. This story shows how a simple act of kindness is worth more than a thousand words. Kindness really is a universal language.
Families, Families, Families! by
No matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family! Moms, dads, sisters, brothers -- and even Great Aunt Sue -- appear in dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families! Silly animals are cleverly depicted in framed portraits, and offer a warm celebration of family love. From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 1--Imagine a house with many rooms, whose walls each have a different color or wallpaper, accenting a family portrait hanging there. On a rustic wooden wall hangs the first portrait--a large family of ducks posing beside a still pond. The next spread shows three pandas in pink vests, much like the pink oriental wallpaper behind them. Each portrait features a gently rhyming line: "Some children live with their grandparents.../and some live with an aunt./Some children have many pets.../and some just have a plant." All of these appealing images demonstrate different ways of being a family. "Some children live with their father./ Some children have two mothers./Some children are adopted./Some have stepsisters and--brothers." The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elements--a bamboo plant, a slender ceramic dog, a fat ceramic cat. Families of hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, and whales join the other family groups in the final spread. The loud-and-clear message is that "if you love each other, then you are a family." And imagine the many children who will be reassured because they have found a portrait of a family they will recognize as their own. A solid choice for most libraries.--Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
Jacob's New Dress by
Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. Some kids at school say he can't wear "girl" clothes, but Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. Can he convince his parents to let him wear what he wants? This heartwarming story speaks to the unique challenges faced by boys who don't identify with traditional gender roles.
There's a Pig in My Class! by
Pig can't believe his own curly tail! The children have disguised him in a sweater, pants, and a hat; and he's made it inside their preschool classroom. Everyone is having a blast, but how can Pig's new friends keep the teachers from finding out about him? This delightful picture book expands the definition of inclusion.
Two Is Enough by
Two is enough when it’s me plus you! Two is enough for joy . . . love . . . comfort . . . support . . . celebration . . . a family. From playing in the snow to a rainy-day ride, to double-scoop treats and crash-landing in leaves, two can be the perfect number for creating life's memories. And two can definitely be enough for a warm family, full of the love, support, and comfort that every child needs.
Families Around the World by
This book allows young readers to visit with fourteen children, all from different countries, to learn about their families. Based on real children, each is told in the first person, beginning with a greeting in the child's native language. From Ryan, who lives on a Texas cattle farm, to Nkoitoi, who tends the family goat in Kenya, to Baatar, who moves regularly with his nomadic family in Mongolia, there is a vast range of homes, locations, customs and activities presented here, all of it illustrated with bright colors and vivid detail by illustrator Jessica Rae Gordon.
Dual-Language Learners by
Support dual-language learners as they develop the skills necessary for school readiness and success For dual-language learners--children who are learning both English and a home language--the first eight years are crucial for building strong foundations for academic success. During this time, children acquire the early literacy skills needed to be ready for kindergarten, do well in elementary school, and thrive in the years beyond. Based on research and the author’s experience as a multilingual educator, Dual-Language Learners provides a thoughtful approach to help young children learn English, maintain their home language, and develop the skills necessary for school readiness and success. This book includes Information about both the challenges of and best practices for teaching dual-language learners Ideas to help you plan and assess your curriculum and environment, as well as the children’s learning Strategies for communicating with families of dual-language learners and for supporting home languages An explanation of how children develop their first and second languages Advice about how to teach English as a second language in a multilingual classroom Reflection questions, techniques, checklists, handouts, and tips to aid you in your program planning and professional development Ang#65533;le Sancho Passe, MA, is an early childhood education consultant with more than thirty years of experience and an expert in working with programs to develop plans for teaching dual-language learners and supporting their families. She is a frequent presenter at conferences and a member of the governing board for the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Ang#65533;le holds a bachelor’s degree in child psychology and family social science and a master’s degree in family education.
Diversity and Difference in Early Childhood Education by
Early childhood professionals are often required to work with children and families from a range of diverse backgrounds. This book goes beyond simplistic definitions of diversity, encouraging a much broader understanding and helping early childhood educators develop a critical disposition towards assumptions about children and childhood in relation to diversity, difference and social justice. As well as drawing on research, the book gives an overview of relevant contemporary social theories, including poststructuralism, cultural studies, postcolonialism, feminist perspectives and queer theory. Each chapter interrogates practice and explores opportunities and strategies for creating a more equitable environment. The book covers a number of issues impacting on children's lives, including globalization, new racisms, immigration, refugees, homophobia, heterosexism and constructions of childhood. Each chapter provides an overview of the area of discussion, a focus on the implications for practice, and recommended readings. Providing insight into how social justice practices in early childhood can make a real difference in the lives of children and their families, this is key reading for early childhood professionals, students and researchers.
Language Diversity in the Classroom by
This book provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. A thorough analysis of the sources and implications of social “disadvantage” is presented first, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school – and the unfavourable perceptions of these dialects – have traditionally given rise to educational difficulties. The persistence of these perceptions is particularly highlighted. More general issues surrounding the range and implications of language attitudes are dealt with, as is the important “test case” of Black English. The book also discusses foreign-language teaching and learning, as well as the assumptions and intentions underpinning bilingual and multicultural education. Given its breadth and its style, this book should be of interest and value to all teachers, as well as to students and researchers concerned with any aspect of the social life of language.
Quality in Diversity in Early Learning by
Quality in diversity in early learning presents a framework to enable early childhood practitioners to consider, understand, support and extend the learning of young children from birth to eight years. It consists of three main elements: Foundations: five ideas which are integral to worthwhile learning in the early years Goals: detailed descriptions of what the foundations mean in terms of children's learning Children's entitlements: to ensure that the foundations are firmly established in every setting Intended for use by individuals or groups working across a range of early years settings, this is an invaluable resource for promoting the interests of young children.
Understanding Families by
Todayâe(tm)s American families are more complex and diverse than ever before--and todayâe(tm)s child and family professionals must be fully prepared to meet their needs. Interventionists educators, health care professionals, therapists, and social workers will get the strong foundation they need with the NEW edition of this trusted textbook, a comprehensive guide to working effectively and respectfully with contemporary families. Highly respected experts Marci Hanson and Eleanor Lynch have expanded and updated their bestselling text, weaving in cutting-edge research on social, demographic, and economic changes and connecting the research to best practices in family-centered care. With a strong emphasis on family resilience, this book gets preservice and in-service professionals ready to work with a broad range of families with diverse structures, backgrounds, and circumstances communicate and collaborate effectively with every family they serve support families of children with disabilities advance strong parent-child attachment and interactions match services and supports with each familyâe(tm)s desired goals and outcomes address risk factors such as poverty, addiction, and violence promote the mental health of young children and their parents apply human development theories in their work with children defuse common sources of tension between families and professionals With this cornerstone textbook, the new generation of child and family professionals will have the research and practical guidance they need to improve the lives and outcomes of 21st-century families. WHATâe(tm)S NEWTimely new information on: Demographic changes in the past decade Cultural and linguistic diversity Economic issues caused by the recession The needs of infants and very young children Infant mental health Plus helpful sample questions to guide service providersâe(tm) interactions with families!
Understanding Language and Literacy Development by
Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse Learners in the Classroom offers effective supporting strategies to address the cultural and linguistic diversity of students in contemporary classrooms. Discusses learners with different linguistic abilities-infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence-by suggesting effective ways to reach them based on their strengths and needs Emphasizes language and literacy supporting strategies in a variety of everyday classroom settings Includes activities and questions to motivate readers to think and develop their own perspectives on language and literacy development Considers a variety of different language acquisition experiences, including monolingual, multilingual, and language impairment Discusses different types of literacies, including digital and hypertext Connects language and literacy development to identity and motivation to contextualize learning styles for pre-service teachers Supported by a companion website that includes additional resources such as PowerPoint presentations by chapter and a summary of relevant information from the Common Core K-12 English Language Arts Standards
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