Download the 2024 America for Early Ed + Week of the Young Child toolkit, which features resources, action steps, and sample social media posts as a guide for your 2024 WOYC celebrations. Together, we can make sure #ECEwins—across the country and in your community!

Proclaim WOYC in Your Community!

Help us reach (and exceed!) our goal of having WOYC officially recognized in your community! Use the "Whereas & Therefore: #WOYC24 Proclamations to Advance the ECE Profession" toolkit to request a proclamation, from your elected officials, that moves beyond thanks and recognition. 

Share your Celebrations on Social Media!

Post pictures to Social Media and tag us @GeorgiaAEYC #WOYC24. We will show others that early childhood is something to celebrate!

WOYC Resources

Things you can do on Kick-off Saturday

Kick-Off Saturday

• Post a video, blog or social media post sharing why you celebrate Week of the Young Child and what you do to prepare

• Consider hosting a virtual event where you can share your local proclamation or lead a fun activity.

• Take some time for yourself and re-energize so that you’re ready for the week ahead

• Create a dancing playlist for Music Monday​

• Gather ingredients from your kitchen for a Tasty Tuesday activity

• For Work Together Wednesday, work with other educators in your program to draft a group letter to your elected officials, emphasizing the need to #InvestinECE

• Replenish your arts and crafts supply for Artsy Thursday

• Draft an email to parents explaining what they should expect during the week and how they can prepare for your Family Friday activity

Music Monday

Music Monday is more than singing and dancing, it’s a way to encourage children to be active while developing their early literacy skills and having fun with friends and family! Make up and record your own unique version of a song  or write your own, and share it on GAEYC’s Facebook WOYC event page or post to Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #woyc24.

Tasty Tuesday

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 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtag #woyc24.

Artsy Thursday

Think, problem solve, 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 photos of your children’s creations on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtag #woyc24.

Family Friday

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 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtag #woyc24.

Week of the Young Child Past

Take a look at some of the ways Georgia ECE programs and supporters celebrated our youngest learners!

How can we Celebrate our Youngest Learners?

No idea is too big; no idea is too small. Here are a few descriptions of recent WOYC events in communities around the country:

• “We held a Family Writing Workshop where parents were invited to create a book with their children. A book-writing kit was provided, and children and parents shared their books at a show and tell. The books are now part of our library collection.”

• “We displayed children’s artwork throughout the center and made a DVD slide show of the children. Monday was Parent Appreciation Day, where parents were served light refreshments and received a card from their child. Tuesday was Hat Day. Wednesday was Teacher Appreciation Day, with a pot luck lunch for staff. It was also Beach Party Day. Thursday was Inside Out Day and Friday we had an ice cream social.”

• “Our city granted us a permit to hold a parade and children’s fair celebrating young children. There were over 500 children who paraded down the main street in decorated wagons, tricycles, or on foot. They marched with their child care providers or early childhood teachers. The free fair had booths representing all of the early childhood agencies and other services and also childcare providers.”

• “A group of parents and children marched to City Hall. The mayor joined us and read a proclamation adopted by our City Council about the Week of the Young Child. Additionally, we held a press conference sharing information about the importance of quality early care and education.”

Looking Back…