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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 educators.

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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.

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When children build together, they cooperate, make choices, and problem solve - all supporting their cognitive, language and social development. What are the children in your setting building and making together?

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Cooking and eating together not only offers ways to incorporate healthy habits but also opportunities to support, math, literacy, and social and emotional development.

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Celebrate Music Monday for Week of the Young Child.

It's The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Music Monday and we're ready to DANCE! Music helps to develop language and early literacy skills for young children, all while encouraging movement.

Want to dance along with us? Check out this year's playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2g9mNEsRIpJNGO9njTO8Li?si=b641ad44a53c4770

Thank you Dr. Ganesh for always supporting early childhood. ❤️

📜 "WHEREAS, funding quality child care is a smart investment that improves family well-being, strengthens communities, and grows our state's prosperity."

We thank Mayor John Giles and the City of Mesa, Arizona Government council for proclaiming Week of the Young Child in Mesa, AZ!

Dr. Annapurna Ganesh, early childhood faculty at Mesa Community College and First Things First Southeast Maricopa Regional Partnership Council member, spoke about the benefits of access to quality early learning and the important role of early childhood educators at the city council meeting on April 1, 2024.

Listen to Dr. Ganesh's remarks ➡ https://youtu.be/yiUMEyTpTYU?feature=shared&t=118

Check out the proclamation ➡ www.azaeyc.org/woyc

Quality First
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children
Maricopa Community Colleges

Come join us for MCC's Fall 2023 Hybrid Adult/Toddler Program

For families with young children ages 18 – 36 months old.

Registration is now open!

Please share this information with anyone who may be interested. Thank you for helping us spread the word.

Child Development Lab | Education Studies | Mesa Community College The MCC Early Childhood Education Center: Evelyn H. Warren Child Development Laboratory is a multi-age preschool that is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The laboratory programs provide opportunities for students in MCC classes to observe and intera...

MAY 6-9, 2023
The Free to Play Online Summit
freetoplaysummit.com

Learn how to meet the needs of today’s children by bringing play into the classroom with creative tools and strategies for calming, engaging, and focusing young children.

TGI... Family Friday with ! We are wrapping up this week by showing love and honoring children's first teachers--their families! You can partake in the festivities at home by having a fun-filled game night or by pitching a tent for backyard camping.

Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children
Mesa Community College

Check out the Inter Tribal Student Organization Pow Wow!

Artsy Thursday
Let your inner artist SHINE with for Artsy Thursday! Today showcases the importance of creativity and imagination. When children have the ability to create open-ended art projects it assists with the development of fine motor and social skills. There are NO rules in art, so be creative, get messy, and have FUN!

Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children
Mesa Community College