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Second only to human relationships, a well-planned curriculumcurriculum Second only to human relationships, a well-planned helps define a childs experienceexperience in a YMCACurriculumCurriculum helps define a childs in a YMCA program. program. affects all affects all aspects of aoverall quality, parents parents aspects of a program: program: overall quality, perceptions, and the outcomes outcomes and benefits of the program perceptions, and the and benefits of the program for individual children. To ensure To ensure that YMCA early childhood for individual children. that YMCA early childhood programs deliver high-quality activities and interactions, YMCAs YMCAs programs deliver high-quality activities and interactions, have embraced The Creative CurriculumCurriculum for Preschool, developed have embraced The Creative for Preschool, developed by Teaching Strategies,Strategies, Inc.Washington, D.C., Teaching Teaching by Teaching Inc. Based in Based in Washington, D.C., Strategies Strategies is committed to improving the quality of early childhoo is committed to improving the quality of early childhood programs by producing producing curriculum and training materials. programs by curriculum and training materials.
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The YMCA assesses the needs of its community and responds with programs to Community meet those needs, helping The YMCA assesses the to make the community a needs of safer, and better healthier, its community and responds with programs place those needs, YMCA to meet to live. Each helping designs and delivers its a to make the community early learning programs according healthier, safer, and better place specific needs of to theto live. Each YMCA designs in the neighborhood families and delivers its early learning it serves.programs according to the specific needs of
families in the neighborhood it serves.
PhilosoPhy
YMCA early learning is family-centered, which means parents must be included in Family the care process. The goal YMCA early learning is of YMCA early learning is family-centered, which means to support and assist the parents must be included in parent, to strengthen parentthe care process. The goal child relationships, and is of YMCA early learning to increase the importance of to support and assist the parent, to the family. strengthen parentchild relationships, and to increase the importance of the family.
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YMCA early learning programs YMCA early learning programs provide caring role models provide caring role models and age-appropriate and age-appropriate experiences that nurture experiences that nurture childrens growth, encourage childrens growth, encourage positive behavior, and help positive behavior, and help children develop a strong sense of right and wrong. sense of right and wrong. Early learning offers great offers great Early learningthe achievement potential for potential for the achievement of the YMCA mission and of the YMCA the livesand objectives in mission of children and the lives objectives in families. of children and families.
and care are birthrights of The YMCA believes safety and care are birthrights all children, and it is the of all children, and parents responsibility of it is the to responsibility of parents to provide their children with provide their children with full-time care from birth full-time care from birth through adolescence. Quality through adolescence. Quality early learning must be available to all who need available to all who need it, not just those who can it, not just those who can afford it. afford it.
TRADITIONAL CARE TRADITIONAL CARE AGES 6 WEEKS-5 YEARS AGES 6 WEEKS-5 YEARS
YMCA pre-school programs offer year-round care, Monday through YMCA pre-school programs offer year-round care, Monday through Friday for infants, toddlers and pre-school children. The YMCA Friday for infants, toddlers and pre-school children. The YMCA uses the theme-based Ys Way to the Creative Curriculum with uses the theme-based Ys Way to the Creative Curriculum with the philosophy that children learn best by doing. The curriculum the philosophy that children learn best by doing. The curriculum exposes learning opportunities in the areas of art/writing, exposes learning opportunities in the areas of art/writing, language development, reading, math, music n movement, science language development, reading, math, music n movement, science and discovery, activity, cooking and computer programs. and discovery, physicalphysical activity, cooking and computer programs.