What is the Week of the Young Child?

The National Week of the Young Child focuses public attention on the rights and needs of young children. It is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which is dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education for all young children and their families.

Nashville’s Week of the Young Child is sponsored by the Nashville Area Association for the Education of Young Children (NAAEYC), Vanderbilt University, and State and Nashville organizations. NAAEYC is an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and is dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education and services for young children and their families. The purpose of the Week is to focus attention on the rights and needs of young children.

For information call NAAEYC at 383-6292; www.naaeyc.org.


Visit the Week of the Young Child site
kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/woyc

Thanks to Underwriters line

  • Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
  • Nashville Area Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Tennessee Head Start Collaboration Office
  • Vanderbilt Child Care Centers
  • Vanderbilt Division of Administration
  • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
  • Vanderbilt Office of Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations

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