Week of the Young Child celebrates young children and their caregivers and helps increase the awareness and importance of early childhood.
This community-wide event is a unique opportunity to show our youngest residents, and those who care for them, they are valued and they are not alone.
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We will have fun activities for the kids, resources for the caregivers and giveaways for the family at the Lewis & Clark Library from 11 am - 2 pm.
Click here to see the details.
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We will be hosting an offering specific for those who have lost their baby, pregnancy, or child.
Click here for the event details.
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Free music class with Music Together.
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Harvest of the Month will be doing a food activity.
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Join us for our annual Reading in the Rotunda event at the Helena Capitol building. There will be local celebrities reading to children, small resource fair for caregivers and activities to keep you all busy.
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ExplorationWorks Early Explorer Class will be themed for Work Together Wednesday!
See the details here.
ExWorks is also doing discounted entry all week - click here for those details.
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Lewis and Clark Library will be hosting a craft time. Fizzy Painting!
More information here.
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Adventure Friday at Stonetree Climbing Center: click for details
Family Friday with Elevate Montana:click for details
Family Farm Tour with Rocking Tree Farms: click for details
Family Big Splash Movie Bash with YMCA: click for details
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Click here to see the flyer of events from the Helena School District. The idea is preschoolers get to visit their future school and parents get to meet the principal or teachers.
Click here to find your neighborhood school.
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Can you find all 16 of our Pinwheel Pals?! Join our digital scavenger hunt!
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Our friends from Lewis & Clark Public Health prepping our Pinwheel Pals for their showcase
Pinwheel Pal #23
Pinwheel Pal #122 aka The Denim Queen
Pinwheel Pal #132
ECC Bags with Free Book and Resources
Kickoff Event Highlights 2024
Kickoff Event 2024
Kickoff Event 2024
Kickoff Event 2024
Kickoff Event 2024
Kickoff Event 2024
Self-Care Sunday: Loss Parents honoring their little ones at Painted Pot
Self-Care Sunday: Loss Parents honoring their little ones at Painted Pot
Music Monday with Joslyn Dollar from Music Together
Tasty Tuesday with Kadeisha from Harvest of the Month
Tasty Tuesday with Kadeisha from Harvest of the Month
Tasty Tuesday with Kadeisha from Harvest of the Month
Reading in the Rotunda with Catie
Reading in the Rotunda with Molly
Reading in the Rotunda with Miss Teen Montana reading "Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots?" (Our guess is yes, this princess wears hiking boots!)
Reading in the Rotunda with Miss Teen Montana
Reading in the Rotunda with Miss Teen Montana letting kids try on a real tiara. ❤
Reading in the Rotunda with Miss Teen Montana letting kids try on a real tiara. ❤
Reading in the Rotunda
Reading in the Rotunda with Cat in the Hat
Reading in the Rotunda with Cat in the Hat
Reading in the Rotunda
Reading in the Rotunda: Storytime with Blue Bear
Reading in the Rotunda
Reading in the Rotunda coloring bookmarks
Reading in the Rotunda coloring bookmarks
Reading in the Rotunda: Playing Connect 4
Reading in the Rotunda: Exploring the Capitol Building
Tinkergarten Class at Mount Helena City Park
Tinkergarten Class at Mount Helena City Park
Tinkergarten Class at Mount Helena City Park
Preschooler getting to explore her future school at Central
Free bowling time at Sleeping Giant Lanes
Free jump time at Flying Giant
Free jump time at Flying Giant
Free Sprinkles at Big Dipper
More information
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90% of a child's brain develops by age 5. The experiences a child has early in life impacts how their brain develops, which influences their ability to learn in school and how they will function as an adult.
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Last year was our biggest year yet! Thanks to everyone in our community, we reached over 500 children and caregivers through our free or discounted activities. This year, you can be involved in many ways
Host a Pinwheel Pal for the week to help spread the word about Week of the Young Child and Strengthening Families Month.
Provide a discount to children/families - either for a day or for the week
Offer an activity or class for children/families
Provide printed materials - or a small item - to put in our Week of the Young Child bags we give out to preschool children (2,000 of them)
Help us stuff bags on March 19th
Table at the kickoff event on Saturday, April 5th and provide resources and/or fun activity for children/families.
Our audience is children 0-8 years old but even if you don’t specifically work with that age of children, we can still be creative in how we show our community we support our children and those who raise them. We are open to more ideas than just this list. Reach out and we can chat!
Contact: Maureen at mbjerke@sphealth.org or 406-461-4449 (call or text).
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Visit National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) website to learn more about the national Week of the Young Child.
