Early Childhood Development Center

The Week of the Young Child® is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The Week of the Young Child was first established in 1971, recognizing that the early childhood years (birth through age 8) lay the foundation for children's success in school and later life.
Last week, ECDC had an exciting and busy time participating in Music Monday, Tasty Tuesday, Work-Together Wednesday, Artsy Thursday and Family Friday!

The preschool students at the Early Childhood Development Center have been busy learning through real world experiences.
The EKU campus provides a great environment for immersive learning experiences including how mail works, construction and engineering, food and nutrition, library learning and much more!

Hands on learning for the "Experimenting with Foods, Cooking and Measurement" unit!

Did you know that the Madison County Public Library offers Tumblebooks?!
You can read as many books as you want, when you want, and on any device. There are no check-outs, holds, or bulky downloads. Books are available instantly!
https://www.madisonlibrary.org/stream-download/tumblebooks

On Tuesday, ECDC celebrated Random Acts of Kindness week by spreading joy with kind gestures of lollipops and flowers for over 300 students, faculty, staff and other members of our campus community!

We believe strongly that kindness matters. And science supports us! Studies have shown that children who engage in kind behaviors tend to have stronger communication skills, have higher self-esteem, increased resilience in social situation and even show better academic performance! We actively teach kindness – but not just to shape positive behavior; we want to prepare children for a future in which they can solve conflicts respectfully, navigate relationships with success and feel confident in their abilities to make our world a better place!

We LOVE Our Community!
On Thursday, ECDC had so much fun as parents, family and friends joined us for an evening of creating Valentine Cards to share the love within our community.
These Valentine masterpieces were then delivered to local Police Officers, Fire Fighters, patients at Baptist Health and Dominion Senior Living of Richmond.

We LOVE Our Community!
The students at ECDC celebrated Valentine's Day making Valentine's cards for some of those we love in our community, including our EKU Campus Police Officers!
Happy Valentine's Day!!

Shannon McCarthy, Author and Associate Professor from EKU's School of Art and Design joined Ms. Sarah's class today and treated our students to a reading of her children's book titled Some Days Feel Stormy.

Thanks, Shannon! We had so much fun!

EKU's youngest learners are having a great start to the school year with library time, EKU student interaction and more!