Week of the Young Child
Georgia Celebrates
April as Month of the Young Child
Although Week of the Young Child (WOYC) is celebrated nationally April 11-17, 2010, Georgians celebrate the Month of the Young Child (MOYC) throughout April. Join the celebration with special events in your program and display yellow ribbons signifying young children as Georgia's "Ray of Hope." The theme for this year's national WOYC is Early Years Are Learning Years.
Proclamation Signing
Governor Sonny Purdue helps GAYC and other state leaders kick-off the month long celebration each year as he signs a proclamation declaring April as "Month of the Young Child".
To view and/or print photos of the 2010 Month of the Young Child Proclamation signing at the Governor's office, go to: www.gov.georgia.gov and visit the Governor's Photo Gallery page. Follow the links to March 4, 2010. The group photo is located on page 5, row 1, middle photo.
Statewide MOYC Calendar
We hope your events for April 2010 are well underway.
Although the deadline has passed to have your activities entered into the statewide MOYC Calendar, please send 1-2 pictures of your labeled MOYC activities to gayc@algxmail.com and we will post on our Georgia Association on Young Children Facebook page. Remember you must have written permission to post all pictures. Be sure to join our Facebook page as a Fan and encourage others to do so!
Publicity Materials
For national publicity materials, free logos and a WOYC Tool Kit including sample ideas and how to's which you can adapt for your program visit www.naeyc.org
Download below a MOYC PowerPoint presentation to share with others the importance of and pictures from Georgia's Month of the Young Child . Feel free to add some of your own pictures to highlight MOYC activities in your area.
Thank-you to Georgia's Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) for support of promotional materials for Month of the Young Child and in honor of MOYC for 15 registration scholarships to GAYC's first ever Conference for Advanced Teachers on April 24, 2010. For a registration flyer and a schedule of presentations see the Training page on this website. Enjoy April as MOYC.
Early Years are Learning Years. Make Them Count!