Central Children's Center
Ages 6 weeks to 5 years
Enrollment open for Infants and Pre-schoolers.
The Central YMCA Children’s Center offers full-time child care programming Monday-Friday 7am-6pm for children 6 weeks to 5 years. Our children enjoy their “work” each day as they learn through hands on learning environments and activities. Staff members are trained in early childhood education and development and are selected for their desire to provide a safe and nurturing environment, their understanding of developmentally appropriate practices and for their genuine love for children. Our staff provides a healthy balance of structured and free-choice activities and curriculum in a state-of-the-art, newly constructed early childhood center. Highlights of our program include an indoor Music and Movement Room, an outdoor Nature Exploration Classroom, gardening in the Victory Garden, Weekly Mini-Gym classes for our Older Toddlers and Preschool children featuring fun and age-appropriate techniques for introducing fitness to young children, twice weekly Swimming lessons for Preschool, and a Parent Resource Room and Library for up to date information on the developmental milestones for young children, common illnesses and childhood concerns, child care licensing information and community resources.
Infants
Children 6 weeks up to 15 months of age. We offer and early infant room for children 6 weeks to 6 months of age and two older infant rooms for children 6 months up to 15 months of age. Our ratios run at 4:1 with a maximum group size of 4 in early infants and 8 in each of our older infant rooms. USDA approved Breakfast, Lunch and Snack is provided beginning at 12 months.
Toddlers
Children 12 months to 3 years of age. We offer two Young Toddler rooms for children 12 months to 27 months with a ratio of 4:1 and a maximum group size of 8. We have two Older Toddler rooms for children 24 months to 3 years of age with a ratio of 5:1 and a maximum group size of 10. Our USDA approved Breakfast, Lunch and Snack are provided. All of our Toddler children enjoy a weekly Water Experience session in the Aquatics wading pool and our Older Toddler classes attend a 20-minute Mini-Gym class each week through the YMCA Health and Wellness Department. All activities are included in the regular monthly enrollment fee. There is no additional cost to participate. Our classroom teachers remain with the children at all times during each activity.
Preschool
Children 3 to 5 years of age. We offer an Early Preschool class for young 3’s in a class size of 14 with a 7:1 ratio. We have two Multi-aged Preschool Classrooms for children 3-5 years of age who are ready for a larger group environment. These classes have a maximum of 20 children per class with a 10:1 ratio. USDA approved Breakfast, Lunch and Snack are provided. All Preschool children participate in a 30 minute Mini-Gym class each Thursday with a Fitness Instructor through the YMCA Health & Fitness Department as well as two 30-minute swim lessons with a certified YMCA Swim Instructor and one 45-minute water play session in the Aquatics wading pool and slide each week. All activities are included in the monthly enrollment fee. There is no additional cost to participate. Our classroom teachers remain with the children at all times during each activity.
