Child Care Parent Handbook - Santa Maria Valley YMCA

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Dear Families, WELCOME Thank you for choosing to enroll your family in the Santa Maria Valley YMCA Child Care Program. It is a time to meet new friends, learn new skills, build self-confidence and enjoy lots of fun and challenging activities designed to meet the developmental needs of your child. Your child’s safety and well-being is our primary concern. Please review all of the enclosed information so that you and your child will be prepared for the first day of care. If you have any further questions, please contact our YMCA Child Care department (805) 937-8521 or (805) 349-0369. We are excited to have your child here and we look forward to meeting and interacting with you and your family. Sincerely, Diane Majewski Dana McNutt Preschool Coordinator Afterschool and Camp Director 2
In all Y youth programs we try to: · Finger paint more and point fingers less · Do less correcting and more connecting · Take more hikes, make more kites · Stop playing serious, and seriously start playing · Build self esteem first and the craft later · Teach less about the love of power and more about the power of respect, responsibility, caring and honesty. · Put a smile on EVERY child’s face YMCA Child Care Program Goals Specific goals include: · Providing an environment of health, safety, nutritional practices, support and care · Develop social skills with other children and adults · Realistic trust in his/her environment is encouraged · Childcare staff encourage and provide opportunity for quality development at each child’s stage of development · Encourage children to think, reason, question and experiment · Respect cultural diversity of staff and children · Have fun! YMCA Early Childhood Program Philosophy Statement and Curriculum · We believe children learn through hands on activities and play. · We believe that learning occurs by continually building upon new experiences to further enhance the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, fine and gross motor development of children. · We believe that our theme-based curriculum provides a framework, yet demonstrate an approach to draw from many resources to meet children’s and family’s individual needs. · We believe in forming a relationship between children, their families and the teachers. · We believe that every child should be given a chance to have quality child care. Our Theme-based Curriculum is an idea or topic that a teacher and children can explore in many different ways. Teachers demonstrate this approach through a child’s culture, environment or shared experiences (ex: Fieldtrips, guest speakers, activities). The events are taken place in the classroom on a daily basis, and children are involved in the planning stages. Teachers integrate literacy, social studies, science, math, music, art, and dramatic play. A teacher considers the total need of the child and uses the themes to invite new learning. Theme-based curriculum is custom-designed to fit the teacher and the children. The idea is to learn through play, experiences and have fun! We believe that children need to have fun in our programs. When we know when children are having fun, they are learning. Y Childcare Program Staff Y childcare staff are CPR and First Aid certified, meet criminal clearance and state health regulations. We take pride in our staff and provide training, which includes emergency procedures, program planning, child abuse awareness, and other areas pertaining to childcare. All childcare staff meet or exceed the minimum state requirements regarding academics and experience working with children. Each child care center is managed by a highly trained Y Childcare coordinator that not only has the academic requirements for the position but also has past experience of operating a childcare program. The Childcare coordinators spend the majority of their time at the center providing leadership, guidance and overall supervision to insure a high quality program is provided for the children and families. MISSION The YMCA Mission is to put Christian principles into practice through activities that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. 3
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