Family Center of Washington County Vermont

✨Family Friday was a beautiful celebration to wrap up our Week of the Young Child! 💛

Our families and children came together to share a wonderful feast, filled with laughter, connection, and so many special moments. It was heartwarming to see everyone gathered, enjoying delicious food and each other’s company. 🍜🥗🍴

Thank you to all the families who joined us and helped make this day so meaningful. These moments remind us how strong and supportive our community truly is!

April vacation is here! ☀️
Please note there will be no playgroups or support groups from April 18–25. Wishing all our families a relaxing and fun-filled break. We can’t wait to see you when we return!

Join our Parenting After Loss 2.0 chat space!

The group discusses the full gambit of raising children while also grieving the baby we cannot hold in our arms. Whether you have a newborn or your children are older, we recognize a need to process how a grief journey of pregnancy or infant loss impacts parenting your living children. This is a space to talk about our specific experiences and complicated emotions.

Each month we offer a topic of conversation and a resource for parenting after loss.

EMAIL or MESSAGE for the link to join!

Thanks to Lamoille Family Center for sponsoring this space for busy parents to connect!

🎨 Week of the Young Child – Artsy Thursday!

Today our preschool and toddler friends let their creativity shine as they worked together to paint our shed! 🖌️ From bright colors to big smiles, it was all about self-expression, teamwork, and having fun getting a little messy along the way.

We love seeing our little artists explore, create, and take pride in their work—what a beautiful transformation! 🧡

🌟 Week of the Young Child: Work Together Wednesday! 🌟

Today was all about teamwork and collaboration! Our preschool and toddler friends joined forces to make bread and a delicious apple dessert for our special lunch this Friday.🍎🍞

Meanwhile, in the baby room, our littlest learners stayed busy building block towers and exploring their creativity by painting canvases 🎨

We love seeing all ages working, learning, and growing together! 💚

📣 Workshop Update from the Family Center 📣

Due to low registration, we’ve decided to reschedule tonight’s Parent Education Workshop to give more families the opportunity to join us.

🗓 New Date: May 12

We’d love to see more of you there! This workshop is a great chance to connect, learn, and gain helpful tools to support your family.

Stay tuned for more details and registration info coming soon and be sure to save the new date!

💬 Feel free to share or tag someone who might be interested!

🍓🌟 Week of the Young Child – Tasty Tuesday 🌟🍓

Today we celebrated Tasty Tuesday by having fun with a special taste test with our friends! We explored a variety of snacks and used our senses to discover flavors that were sweet, salty, and sour. 😊

It was a great hands-on experience for trying new foods, sharing reactions, and learning together through play!

We’re loving all the fun activities during Week of the Young Child 💛🌸🌼

Stay tuned for more fun adventures!

🙏🏻 Finding the Balance: Transforming How We Think About the Body’s Response to Stress in Early Childhood.

📚A recent working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child highlights important insights into how stress, adaptation, and resilience function in the body. It also provides practical recommendations for community-based policies and investments that build protective factors, helping ensure that stress responses support healthy development rather than cause harm.

A new working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child offers key insights into the biology of stress, adaptation, and resilience, as well as practical guidance for community-focused policies and investments that strengthen protective factors, ensuring that stress responses remain adaptive rather than harmful.

📚 You can read the paper, Finding the Balance: Transforming How We Think About the Body’s Response to Stress in Early Childhood, here: https://bit.ly/4vhXO9U

🚨 TOMORROW – Don’t Miss This! 🚨

We’ve got something extra special happening during our Tuesdays Together session!

🌱 Come plant seeds
🌹 Create beautiful handcrafted roses
👶 AND take advantage of our on-site WIC clinic

They’ll have all their equipment with them, so you can:
✔️ Complete a full WIC appointment
✔️ Stop in for a quick nutrition visit
✔️ Get information & ask questions

🌽🥕🍅🥒🥬🥦

Whether you stay to play or just pop in, we’d love to see you!

📍 Find us in the Early Childhood Building in our Community Room • 10 AM - 12 PM🌟

🎶 Week of the Young Child: Music Monday 🎶

Today at the Family Center, we celebrated the joy of music! We shared some songs, danced along and even had our own mini band session.

The fun continued as we got creative and made our very own homemade instruments! 🥁🎺🎹

Music is a wonderful way for children to express themselves, build connections and explore creativity- and today was full of all that and more. 💛

Stay tuned for more Week of the Young Child Fun!

🌟 Week of the Young Child | April 11–17 🌟
Join us in celebrating the Week of the Young Child—a special time dedicated to recognizing the needs of children from birth through age 8, their families, and the incredible early childhood educators who support them every day. 💛

This week shines a light on the importance of high-quality early learning, supportive services, and strong policies that help children grow, learn, and thrive. When we invest in young children, we’re investing in a brighter future for all. 🌱✨

Stay tuned—more details on how we’ll be celebrating throughout the week are coming soon! 🎉

Let’s come together to celebrate, advocate, and uplift the voices of our youngest learners and those who care for them!