New Discoveries Child Care
Serving Children Ages: 6 weeks - 6 years Old
As the nation's leading child care program, the YMCA provides kids a place to explore their interests and talents for academic and social growth. Kids build skills and confidence as they explore new interests and passions through the Y.
NEW SITES NOW OPEN
703 Oak St. Child Care Center- infant and toddler
424 S. 8th St. Child Care Center- toddler-transition and preschool
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Infant Enrichment
Infant Care serves children ages 3 Weeks - 16 Months
Weekly Rate: Y Member $250 Community Member $270
Infant Curriculum
1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum is designed to promote the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and language development of children. Every child is a unique person with an individual pattern and timing of growth. We believe in respecting and responding to each child’s learning preference. Play is a young child’s “work” as they touch, manipulate, and experiment with materials, explore and observe the environment, and interact with adults and one another. Children are also highly encouraged to initiate their own activities and learning.
Click here to add your name to our waitlist/Interest Form
Infant and Toddler Coordinator
(218) 454-2577
Toddler Enrichment
Toddler Care serves children ages 16 Months - 33 Months
Weekly Rate: Y Member $235 Community Member $255
Toddler Curriculum
1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum is designed to promote the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and language development of children. Every child is a unique person with an individual pattern and timing of growth. We believe in respecting and responding to each child’s learning preference. Play is a young child’s “work” as they touch, manipulate, and experiment with materials, explore and observe the environment, and interact with adults and one another. Children are also highly encouraged to initiate their own activities and learning.
Click here to add your name to our waitlist/Interest Form
Infant and Toddler Coordinator
(218) 454-2577
Preschool Enrichment
Preschool Care serves children ages 33 Months - 6 Years
Weekly Rate: Y Member $225 Community Member $245
Preschool Curriculum
Scholastic Big Day for PreK is organized into eight engaging and child-friendly themes. As the year progresses, the themes in this early-learning program broaden, and children begin to understand more about the world around them. The flexible content allows prekindergarten teachers to incorporate their own favorite themes into the classroom.
Click here to add your name to our waitlist/Interest Form
Preschool Coordinator
(218) 454-2560
Enrollment Forms
We'll collect the required paperwork upon enrollment, along with current immunization records and health history.
Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
(2) fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Schedule
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7:00 AM |
Doors Open |
Free choice: blocks, dramatic play, music and manipulatives |
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Clean-up |
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9:30 AM |
Greeting Circle |
First meeting with class; review plans for the day |
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9:45 AM |
Snack |
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10:00 AM |
Curriculum Time |
Includes art and learning centers/activities that are both child and teacher initiated. Examples: calendar, weather, numbers, letters, action games, finger plays, stories, music, etc. |
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10:30 AM |
Gym/ Outside/Swimming |
Providing gross motor movement with structured activities |
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11:45 AM |
Lunch prep |
Hygiene-hand washing, diapering |
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12 - 12:30 PM |
Lunch |
Healthy, wholesome catered lunch |
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12:30 PM |
Quiet/Nap time |
Alternative play in accessory room |
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3:00 PM |
Bathroom Break |
Hygiene-hand washing, diapering |
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3:15 PM |
Snack |
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3:30 PM |
Teacher’s Choice |
Includes art, music, stories, learning stations, sensory, free play, outside play |
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5:30 PM |
Doors Close |
Parent Aware
Our New Discoveries Child Care Center is Parent Aware rated. Our staff go through continuous and extensive training to become 3-star rated through the Parent Aware program. Part of the process included:
- Volunteered for extra, in-depth training
- Devoted themselves to strong, caring relationships with each child
- Adopted the latest approaches to keeping children’s learning on track
- Committed to daily activities and routines that help children learn