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 60,000 members and a network of 51 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.
In collaboration with PBS Kid's Rootle, The Basics Guilford of Ready for School, Ready for Life, The Rosa Foundation, TLC Consulting LLC, GenerationEd, Leadership Greensboro, the Guilford County Partnership for Children is so proud to announce this year's Week of the Young Child (WOYC) & Month of the Young Child (MOYC) activities! From a Spirit Week we invite you ALL to join in, to a Get Green day full of community engagment, to partnerships that matter. Stay up to date on all the exciting moment's of this year's WOYC & MOYC!
As preschools, childcares, and the like prepare for Week of the Young Child, we invite you show your unity across Guilford County by participating in a County Wide Spirit Week! In a collaboration with PBS Rootle, we are proud to present a variety of activities, programming, and celebrations. To show our appreciation, PBS Kids and Guilford County Partnership for Children are providing prizes for classrooms. To participate:
Eligibility
Participation is open to family child care homes, unlicensed child care centers, and licensed child care facilities serving children ages five and under.
How Entries Work
All eligible programs are automatically entered into the drawing. If your program is selected, we will confirm participation by reviewing your social media. Each day your participation is shared on Facebook or Instagram and tagged @GuilfordKids counts as one additional entry.
Prize Drawing and Visit
On Thursday evening, a GCPC representative and a PBS ambassador will spin a wheel to select a winning child care center and or classroom. We will visit the winner on Friday with PBS KIDS friends and new goodies to celebrate. A little participation goes a long way.
Work Together Wednesday
“The fight for childcare and early learning is a collective one. As parents, educators, community members, and allies, there is a place for each and every one of us in the movement for a stronger, affordable, accessible, and equitable childcare system.”
– National Association for the Education of Young Children
Who is an Early Childhood Educator?
Early Childhood Educators support children from birth through age five. You may know them as teachers in child care centers, family child care homes, preschools, and Head Start programs, or as nannies and caregivers who nurture young minds every day.
How to Participate in Guilford County Spirit Week
GO GREEN for Guilford’s Early Childhood Educators.
Wear green to show your support for the professionals who make it possible for children to learn, grow, and thrive.
Parents and caregivers can ask their child care center about receiving a “Proud Parent” sticker that reads:
“I am at work today thanks to an Early Childhood Educator.”
NEW* To understand the financial impact of child care in our community visit our Advocacy and Awareness page. We encourage organizations, business, elected officials, and the like to request stickers and participate!
Collective action sounds lofty. In practice, it can be as simple as wearing a color and saying thank you. Movements are built on moments like that.
Visit a participatnig library (To Be Announced) during the month of April to play a fun game of Guess The Book?! You will find art work by students from Guilford County's NC Pre-K Program of their favorite book. Your job is to guess just which one they love. You are bound to see some old favorites, learn about great new books, and most of all enjoy their creativity and excitement for reading! While you are there - make sure to grab a library card!
Winners of the NC Pre-K Teacher and NC Pre-K Teacher Assistant of the year will be announced during Week of the Young Child. To nominate a great teacher and to celebrate previous year's winners, visit our NC Pre-K Provider page.
Guilford County Commissioners
Thursday, April 2 5:30 pm
Meeting Room located on the second floor of the Old County Courthouse, 301 W. Market St., Greensboro
High Point City Council
Monday, April 6 5:30 pm
Council Chambers 3rd Floor of the Municipal Building 211 South Hamilton Street High Point, NC 27261
Greensboro City Council
Tuesday, April 7 5:30 pm
Katie Dorsett Council Chamber Melvin Municipal 300 W Washington St Greensboro, NC 27401
For media inquires, to highlight your business' Get Green participation of any other questions please contact us by email or phone at 336-274-5437 and ask for Cassie Dean, Director of Communication & Outreach.
In a cross sector collaboration with Guilford County Partnership for Children, PBS's Rootle, The Basics Guilford, EQuIPD, GenerationEd, Guilford County's NC Pre-K Program, Ready for School, Ready for Life, Rosa Foundation, TLC Consulting we presented a variety of activities that celebrate and support our early learners (ages 0-5), their families and the local early childhood educators! From proclamations to spirit week, from wearing green to wearing a smile, we had a blast!
