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April 11, 2010: What are you doing for Week of the Young Child?
2010 Week of the Young Child (WOYC) is a national celebration held each April highlighting the importance of caring for young children.
Organized by National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the celebration this year begins April 11, 2010. The theme for 2010 is Early Years Are Learning Years®.
What are you or your organization doing to participate?
Share what your organization is doing to participate this year by adding a comment below. Feel free to include links to upcoming events or other Week of the Young Child activities.
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Permalink Reply by Danielle King on -
Head to Macy's Court at Westfield Capital Mall of the kickoff event of Week of the Young Child featuring BlockFest, A Building Block Extravaganza! There will be delightful hands-on activities for children, great information and resources for parents, free books for children, and a grown-up block building competition at 11 am. Ten local agencies are participating - will you join us?!
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Permalink Reply by Foundation for Early Learning on -
The address of the Westfield Capital Mall is 625 Black Lake Blvd. Olympia WA 98502.
Danielle King said:Head to Macy's Court at Westfield Capital Mall of the kickoff event of Week of the Young Child featuring BlockFest, A Building Block Extravaganza! There will be delightful hands-on activities for children, great information and resources for parents, free books for children, and a grown-up block building competition at 11 am. Ten local agencies are participating - will you join us?!
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Permalink Reply by Joel Ballezza on -
Our partners at the Pierce County Library System (a member of the ELPLP), will be sponsoring a literacy program with Nancy Stewart at elementary schools. And for the general public, Pierce County Library will be featuring two performances of Parasol Puppets’ “Chickens, Pigs and Bears, Oh My!”.
The performances will be:
- Thursday April 29 11:30am at the Parkland Spanaway Library
- Friday April 30 10:30am at the Graham Library
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Permalink Reply by Angelica Corral on
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Join Jumpstart in celebrating Week of the Young Child!
Jumpstart is a national non-profit organization that brings undergraduates into low-income preschool classrooms to promote early literacy and the development of positive social and emotional skills. Jumpstart at the University of Washington works in sixteen preschool classrooms at five different sites throughout the Seattle community.
During the Week of the Young Child we will be having a book drive on the HUB Lawn on the University of Washington campus to collect books for the preschool classrooms we work with and promote awareness of early literacy. Please help support us by coming by and donating a book for a good cause. We will be tabling April 12-17 from 10:00am - 2:00pm.
Location: http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=HUB
On Friday, April 16 we will also be having a book drive at Barnes and Noble at University Village to let the larger Seattle community know about Week of the Young Child. If “Jumpstart” is mentioned at the register, a percentage of your purchase will go to our organization and help buy books for our preschoolers.
Location: 2675 NE University Village Street, Seattle, WA 98105
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2573
If you have more questions or want more information please email: jstartvc@uw.edu
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Permalink Reply by Foundation for Early Learning on
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Fantastic!
Angelica Corral said:Join Jumpstart in celebrating Week of the Young Child!
Jumpstart is a national non-profit organization that brings undergraduates into low-income preschool classrooms to promote early literacy and the development of positive social and emotional skills. Jumpstart at the University of Washington works in sixteen preschool classrooms at five different sites throughout the Seattle community.
During the Week of the Young Child we will be having a book drive on the HUB Lawn on the University of Washington campus to collect books for the preschool classrooms we work with and promote awareness of early literacy. Please help support us by coming by and donating a book for a good cause. We will be tabling April 12-17 from 10:00am - 2:00pm.
Location: http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=HUB
On Friday, April 16 we will also be having a book drive at Barnes and Noble at University Village to let the larger Seattle community know about Week of the Young Child. If “Jumpstart” is mentioned at the register, a percentage of your purchase will go to our organization and help buy books for our preschoolers.
Location: 2675 NE University Village Street, Seattle, WA 98105
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2573
If you have more questions or want more information please email: jstartvc@uw.edu
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