{"id":12886,"date":"2025-04-14T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:49:29","slug":"week-of-the-young-child-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/week-of-the-young-child-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of the Young Child 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Original Publication date: April 14, 2025*<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>YWCA Cortland and the staff at our Here We Grow Child Care Center celebrates the week of the young child!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12884\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hailey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12884\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hailey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hailey.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hailey-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having fun in Here We Grow&#8217;s Toddler 1 classroom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Week of the Young Child\u00ae is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the world\u2019s largest early childhood education association. This week is a time to work together \u2014as citizens of a community, of a state, and of a nation\u2014to better meet the needs of all young children and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is more apparent than ever before\u00a0\u201c<span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><a style=\"color: #fa4616;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/events\/woyc\/faq\" rel=\"noopener\">the importance of children\u2019s earliest years in shaping their learning and development. Yet, never before have the needs of young children and their families been more pressing<\/a>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>How can you recognize the Week of the Young Child?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><a style=\"color: #fa4616;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/support-kids-like-jack-and-logan-in-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read about just two of the many successes our Here We Grow Child Care Center<\/a><\/span> has had in the growth and development of children in their care and support YWCA Cortland\u2019s Annual Giving Campaign!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Statewide advocacy efforts are happening now! <span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><a style=\"color: #fa4616;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empirestatechildcare.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the Empire State Child Care campaign<\/a><\/span> for the latest childcare appeals and their 2025 campaign priorities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out NAEYC\u2019s Week of the Young Child <span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><a style=\"color: #fa4616;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/events\/woyc\/plan-your-event\" rel=\"noopener\">activity resource page<\/a><\/span> for teachers, families, and advocates alike.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Content included in this post was accurate on the date it was published. All information and pricing are subject to change without notice.*<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Original Publication date: April 14, 2025* YWCA Cortland and the staff at our Here We Grow Child Care Center celebrates the week of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-general","category-recent-news","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12886"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12893,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions\/12893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}