At the Y, we understand the crucial role that early childhood education plays in shaping a child's future. Our carefully crafted curriculum goes beyond traditional academics, focusing on fostering social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Through play-based learning, interactive activities, and creative exploration, we create a dynamic and engaging atmosphere where curiosity is cultivated.
At the Y, we understand the crucial role that early childhood education plays in shaping a child's future. Our carefully crafted curriculum goes beyond traditional academics, focusing on fostering social, emotional, and cognitive skills.
We cultivate curiosity through a balance of structured lessons, play-based learning, interactive activities, and creative exploration, we create a dynamic and engaging atmosphere that promotes independence, critical thinking, and a love for learning.
Independent play and center time provides valuable opportunities for children to develop their social skills as they engage in continuous interaction with their peers, navigating various social situations, and explore choice. While each classroom has it's own unique look and feel, all are equipped with centers that allow children to choose from areas like:
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Library |  |
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Dramatic Play |  |
Music |
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Art |  |
Writing |
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Nature & Science |  |
Sensory |
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Cozy Corner |  |
Math |
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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL |
PHYSICAL |
COGNITIVE |
LANGUAGE |
To help children develop independence, self-confidence, and self-control, follow rules and routines, make friends, and learn what it means to be part of a group, we utilize the Second Step Social-Emotional Learning curriculum.
Increase large muscle skills—balancing, running, jumping, throwing, and catching—and use the small muscles in their hands to do tasks like buttoning, stringing beads, cutting, drawing, and writing.
Acquire thinking skills such as the ability to solve problems, to ask questions, and to think logically – sorting, classifying, comparing, counting, and making patterns—and use materials and their imagination to show what they have learned.
Use words to communicate with others, listen to and participate in conversations with others, understand the purpose of print, recognize letters and words, and begin writing for a purpose.
Our teachers support the development of the whole child by intentionally teaching and caring for our youngest learners during these most critical and formative years of development through:
At this age, natural curiosity and the desire to learn are taking shape! Our program supports this by:
Designed especially for the magical year before kindergarten, children at this stage learn:
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