Welcome to the Week of the Young Child 2015 Guide!
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If you have questions about this guide, please contact Cassie Sampson, Librarian for the Schools of Early Childhood Education and General Education, or Tammy Hopps, Learning Services Coordinator for the Schools of Early Childhood Education and General Education.
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2015 theme for Week of the Young Child:
Celebrating Our Youngest Learners!
April 12th - April 18th, 2015
Rasmussen University's sub-theme:
The World of Infants and Toddlers
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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#
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Follow this link for all webinars: https://connected.rasmussen.edu/woyc
Monday, April 13th: Music Monday
Sing, dance, celebrate, and learn! Through music, children develop math, language, and literacy skills - and of course, have fun while being active! In their popular song, Thingamajig, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band use some very unusual words! For Music Monday we invite you to sing and dance along to this hit. Have fun making up your own verses and dance moves. Record your own unique version of the song and share it on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc15. Music resources for families and teachers
Tuesday, April 14th: Taco Tuesday
Healthy eating and fitness and home and school! This fun, food-themed day is more than just cheese and salsa. With the rise in childhood obesity, teachers and families can encourage healthy nutrition and fitness habits at home and in the classroom. Cooking together connects with math with literacy skills, science, and more. On Taco Tuesday create your own healthy tacos and then share the recipes and photos of your creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc15. Cooking and nutrition resources for families and teachers
Wednesday, April 15th: 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. This Week of the Young Child, work together and build something today! Kids can use any building material - from a fort of branches on the school playground, a block city in the classroom, a hideaway made from couch pillows at home, to a lego creation. Build and share pictures of children’s creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the #woyc15 hashtag. 'Building Together' resources for families and teachers
Thursday, April 16th: Artsy Thursday
Think, Problem Solve, Create! Children develop creativity, social skills and fine muscles 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 photos of your child' creation on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the #woyc15 hashtag. Open Ended Art resources for families and teachers
Friday, April 17th: Family Friday
Sharing family stories! Engaging and celebrating families is at the heart of supporting our youngest learners: families! NAEYC applauds you as your child'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 #woyc2015 as we celebrate the unique role families play in their children's learning and development. Resources for Engaging and Celebrating Families
Students and faculty and/or staff from the School of Education will hold story times and activity events featuring the book:
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
Events will be held at local child care centers or other organizations. Contact your campus for further information.
Supporting Children's Reading: A Complete Short Course for Teaching Assistants, Volunteer Helpers, and Parents by
Being able to read is one of the most important skills in life and something we all want our children to achieve - for learning and for pleasure. Supporting Children's Reading gives you the understanding you need of the reading process to ensure that children are effectively supported in their reading journeys. This practical programme draws on the authors' wealth of experience in delivering this kind of training and is an invaluable point of reference for anyone working with children to improve their reading. With links to downloadable online resources, it provides everything you need to deliver a bespoke training course tailored to meet your particular audience, including: succinct and clear explanations of how reading works time-saving resources such as photocopiable handouts and professionally designed visual display screens advice on helping children to improve both their decoding and comprehension skills guidance on strategies for helping a child deal with a problem word. Supporting Children's Reading is an accessible, ready-to-use resource to support teachers working with teaching assistants, volunteer 'Reading Buddies' and parents, to provide training on how to share books and listen to readers effectively. It will be especially useful for adults working with children who, for whatever reason, need extra support in developing reading skills.
Effects of Family Literacy Interventions on Children's Acquisition of Reading by
Parents can help their children learn to read. The effectiveness of parents' help, however, varies according to the type of parent-child activities. Educators, when deciding which type of intervention to implement, will have to weigh the differences in effectiveness across the different types of intervention against the amount of resources needed to implement the interventions. The information in this book comes from many research studies that examined early literacy development. This book contains a summary of what scientific research says about how children learn to read and write, and also discusses the things you can do with your child at different grade levels to help him become a reader. What to look for in quality day-care centres and pre-schools to help your children become readers is examined as well.
Reading Without Limits by
Imagine a classroom where all students are engaged in highly rigorous and fun learning every single day. That classroom can be yours starting tomorrow. You don?t have to be a reading specialist to pick up this book. Anyone who wants to dramatically improve reading achievement will find helpful suggestions. You might be a third grade teacher whose students have mastered decoding, and you are ready to build their comprehension. Or you might be a high school science teacher whose students aren?t yet reading on level with deep critical thinking. This book is for you. It doesn?t matter whether you are a public, charter, private, or alternative education teacher: the Reading Without Limits program works in each one. Along with hundreds of ready-to-use teaching strategies, Reading Without Limits comes with a supplemental website where teachers can download even more resources for free! Reading Without Limits is the first book offered in the KIPP Educator Series. KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, began in 1994. As of Fall 2012, there are 125 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving nearly 40,000 students climbing the mountain to and through college.
Challenging the Gifted Child : An Open Approach to Working with Advanced Young Readers by
Gifted children are quick on the uptake, can be frustrated by repetition and easily become impatient when unchallenged. Challenging the Gifted Child outlines a tried and tested approach for encouraging able children to focus their active minds in a productive way and discover the joy and value of reading.The author explains the criteria for choosing appropriate reading for the child and describes ways to help deepen their understanding of both literature and language. Using examples from the author's extensive experience, this book encourages the development of independent learning skills and will help parents and educators to create a personalized reading programme for a gifted child at home or small groups of children in school. Photocopiable materials are included, along with samples of reading lists for different age groups.This book provides practical advice for working with advanced young readers and will be an ideal resource for anyone who has responsibility for educating a gifted child.