The Week of the Young Child™ is an annual celebration hosted by the NAEYC celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, and families.

More information about Week of the Young Child™ can be found here.

View Governor Whitmer’s 2021 Proclamation for Week of the Young Child™ here.

Michigan AEYC encourages individuals and programs to celebrate young children year-round, not only during the Week of the Young Child™, April 10-17, 2021.

Ways to Celebrate Week of the Young Child in Michigan:

• Download the Press Release here.
• Download Ten Ways to Celebrate here.
• Download this April calendar of family activities here.
  • Print it out and distribute it to your families.
  • Create a display to highlight the family photos you receive.
• Celebrate Diversity!  Download ideas here.
• Celebrate Tasty Tuesday with the Carrot Crunch Resource Guide here.
• Download a special 50th Anniversary Week of the Young Child Zoom background to use for all your virtual meetings and events here.
• Request your local elected officials join in! Download a Local Proclamation template here.