Childcare: Day Care & Education

Children in our after school camps enjoy enriching programs that aim to give children a well-rounded experience. After school activities include physical activities, social emotional learning (self-management, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making), creativity, critical thinking, and voice and choice, to create an environment for children to have positive social experiences.

The YMCA’s Early Learning Readiness Program provides a stimulating environment for children ages 2–4 years to play and learn while developing the physical, verbal, and social skills they’ll need to start school ready to succeed. Families are given the opportunity to understand the important role they play in their child’s development and school success. Through this program, we are able to strengthen family and community bonds between the child and caregivers and between caregivers and facilitators. 

The ASHI (American Safety & Health Institute) Child and Babysitting Safety training program is designed to focus on supervising, caring for, and keeping children and infants safe in babysitting settings. Our babysitting classes provides fundamental information in the business of babysitting, proper supervision, basic caregiving skills, and responding properly to ill or injured children or infants. 

Parent’s Day Out is modeled on mother’s day out programs. It provides early education, hands-on experiences and opportunities for meaningful enrichment. Through instructional and interactive activities, games, songs, rhymes and stories, students will learn vocabulary and communication skills. They will also learn about nature/science through exploration and play-based activities. One time per week, we will offer creative movement, yoga or swim lessons.

Kids get a fun-packed night, parents get a night out to themselves!  At Kids Night Out, your child will participate in arts & crafts, sports and more. We’ll cap the night off with a G / PG rated movie plus pizza and snacks. Kids must be 3 years old and be well adjusted to spend this amount of time away from parents and must be fully potty trained. 

Kids Play is complimentary, on-site childcare exclusively for YMCA members and their children. A haven for the youngest members of our community, Kids Play is where kids go for fun, education and care while you work out.

Introducing Explorer Point: Groves and Caves at the Northwest Family YMCA! We focus on holistically nurturing child development by providing a safe and healthy place to learn foundational skills, develop healthy trusting relationships, and build self-reliance. While nearly 1,000 children aged 8 weeks to 11 years old enjoyed Northwest Family YMCAs FREE Kids Play last year, we knew this space could more deeply support our children’s learning and development while fulfilling an even greater community need.