Please join me in co-sponsoring a resolution designating the week of April 6-12, 2014, as the "Week of the Young Child" in Pennsylvania, with the theme “Early Years Are Learning Years.”
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 80,000 members and a network of over 300 local, state, and regional 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.
NAEYC first established the “Week of the Young Child” in 1971, recognizing that the early childhood years (birth through age 8) lay the foundation for children's success in school and later life. The “Week of the Young Child” is a time to plan how we—as citizens of a community, of a state, and of a nation—will better meet the needs of all young children and their families.
Many organizations throughout the Commonwealth celebrate the "Week of the Young Child" to recognize and support the people, programs, and policies committed to high-quality early childhood education to build better futures for all children.
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