{"id":37002,"date":"2018-04-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/april-16-20-is-the-week-of-the-young-child-2-3\/"},"modified":"2018-04-14T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:00:00","slug":"april-16-20-is-the-week-of-the-young-child-2-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/april-16-20-is-the-week-of-the-young-child-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"April 16-20 is the Week of the Young Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>\n\tThe Week of the Young Child is hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) every April to celebrate early learning, young children, their teachers, and their families. This year the Week of the Young Child is <strong>April 16-20, 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEach day of the week has a unique theme. Use these ideas to keep the celebration going all week long, and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/events\/woyc\">https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/events\/woyc<\/a> to learn more!<\/p>\n<h2>\n\tMusic Monday, April 16<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tMusic is an important tool to help young children learn. It supports language acquisition, math skills, physical development, social and emotional development, and so much more! Incorporate more music into your child\u2019s life with these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tSing a song during routine activities, such as cleaning up, getting dressed, or washing hands<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMake musical instruments out of recycled materials<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTurn on the radio and have a dance party to practice clapping, drumming or stomping to the beat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\tTasty Tuesday, April 17<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tYoung children need healthy food and plenty of physical activity. Cooking together also fosters learning in the areas in math, literacy, and science. Try out some of these simple recipes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tProvide your child with veggies to decorate their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbcgoodfood.com\/recipes\/toddler-recipe-easy-homemade-pizza-veggie-faces\">mini pizza faces<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRoll bananas and peanut butter in a tortilla and slice to make \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouthsofmums.com.au\/recipe\/banana-sushi\/#5S1UoKSEZq6gwIro.97\">banana sushi<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBake these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babyfoode.com\/blog\/toddler-breakfast-oat-cups-4-tasty-ways\">oat cups<\/a> and have your child choose their own add-ins, like blueberries or shredded carrots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\tWork Together Wednesday, April 18<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tThe more you work together, build together, and play together, the more your child learns. Young children learn through responsive interaction with caregivers. That means you can help your child learn by playing with him. Try these ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tCreate a pillow fort in your living room<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAsk questions that encourage problem solving, such as \u201cWhere did that ball go? Do you see it hiding over there?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTry building a block tower starting with the biggest blocks on the bottom and smallest on top<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\tArtsy Thursday, April 19<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tThe process of creating art stimulates all areas of development for young children \u2013 social and emotional development, language, mathematics, spatial reasoning, physical dexterity, and so much more!  The best kinds of art projects for young children are open-ended, meaning the focus is on the process of creating rather than getting a final product. Explore art opportunities with these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tProvide lots of blank paper (rather than coloring books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOffer many drawing materials like markers, crayons, and colored pencils of different sizes<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMake <a href=\"https:\/\/domesticsuperhero.com\/best-homemade-playdough-recipe\/\">homemade play dough<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\tFamily Friday, April 20<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tFamilies are the first and most important teachers in the lives of young children. Family Friday is a time to celebrate your family&#8217;s unique story, and to focus on building your family&#8217;s strengths. Alaska&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskachildrenstrust.org\/programs\/strengthening-families\">Strengthening Families<\/a> initiative promotes five &#8220;protective factors&#8221; that make a family strong and reduce the risk of child maltreatment. These protective factors are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tParental resilience<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tKnowledge of parenting and child development<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSocial connections<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tConcrete support in times of need<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHealthy social and emotional development of children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tWhat makes your family strong? Share your family&#8217;s unique story with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/threadalaska.org\">Facebook <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/threadalaska\">Twitter <\/a>using the <strong>#woyc18<\/strong> hashtag.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37002","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>April 16-20 is the Week of the Young Child - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/april-16-20-is-the-week-of-the-young-child-2-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April 16-20 is the Week of the Young Child - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Week of the Young Child is hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) every April to celebrate early learning, young children, their teachers, and... 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