Join Noah's Ark
In Celebrating Our Young Learners!
Take a Peek at the WOYC themes for each day during the week of 4/11-4/16!
If you have any ideas or would like to share a special music, food, game, book, tradition that your family loves please let your child's teacher know. We would love family members to visit and help make this year's Week of the Young Child another memorable and exciting occasion!
Music Monday, April 11, 2016
Sing, dance, celebrate, and learn
Through music, children develop math, language, and literacy skills - All while having fun and being active! This year’s song is “One Love,” as performed by Aaron Nigel Smith and the One World Chorus. You can record the song with the official lyrics, or make up your own unique version and share it on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag#woyc16.
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
NAEYC For Families also has a great collection of family-friendly songs and musicians to inspire more ways to learn with music!
Taco Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Healthy eating and fitness at home and school
This fun, food-themed day is about more than just cheese and salsa. 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 by creating your own healthy tacos and then share the recipes and photos of your creations onNAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyc16. Your unique recipe could even end up in our new WOYC Taco Tuesday Cookbook!
TRY THIS: Measure your ingredients while making your tacos! Ask children if they’d like the same or different amounts of each ingredient.
Work Together Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Work together, build together, 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 #woyc16 hashtag.
TRY THIS: Practice organizing blocks by size! Try building a block tower with large blocks on the bottom and little blocks on top!
Artsy Thursday, April 14, 2016
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 a photos of your children’s creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or Twitter using the #woyc16 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!
Family Friday, April 15, 2016
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 #woyc16 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!