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Childcare - Y Early Learning Center
Y EARLY LEARNING CENTER for Infants through Preschool & Beyond
We are excited to announce that the Family YMCA at Tarrytown's Early Learning Center will be moving to its permanent home in Winter 2023 at the Tarrytown Station Center. This new space will offer a bright, brand-new childcare center with convenient access to the Tarrytown Metro North Station and ample parking. The Y ELC will be accessible to many who love to walk from both Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.
In the interim, we are temporarily located in Sleepy Hollow NY at Holy Cross Hall (130 Beekman Avenue) for infants and toddlers. School-age programs are in the TUFSD at Morse and WI and the Todd School in Briarcliff. The Y Early Learning Center offers a warm nurturing environment with flexible scheduling and dedicated, loving staff.
Please contact Mary Saad at marys@ymcatarrytown.org Childcare Director (infants through preschool) or Diane McCarthy School Age Director at dianem@ymcatarrytown.org to discuss your childcare needs.
The Y Early Learning Center is designed to provide stimulating early learning experiences, including academic, cognitive, fine and gross motor, physical fitness, social and emotional development. The center operates from 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday, September through August. Our center consists of full-time classrooms for infants, toddlers, and preschool students.
For additional information about Y ELC programs and registration, call 914-631.4807. As with all our programs, Financial Aid is available for free and reduced lunch recipients, and for other income-qualified individuals.
Y Childcare
Infants 6 weeks - 18 months
4:1 Child to Staff Ratio
We provide a caring and nurturing environment for infants. Floor play, tummy time, story time, music appreciation, finger play and arts & crafts are all part of your child’s experience. Our goals for the children are to help them reach all of their major developmental milestones like sitting up, rolling over, crawling, and walking.
Toddlers 19 months - 36 months
5:1 Child to Staff Ratio
During the toddler stage, a child learns a great deal about social roles, develops motor skills, and first starts to actively use language to express themselves. At the Y we provide an accepting environment that allows children to grow and experience each one of these stages. Each day follows a predictable schedule that includes indoor & outdoor play, circle time, music appreciation, story time, hands on art and weekly dance and swim lessons. Teachers facilitate sharing and positive communication among the children by teaching and modeling acceptable behaviors.
Preschool 3 -5 Years
-Threes,7:1 Child to Staff Ratio
Our preschool "Threes" program emphasizes learning by doing - by touching, observing, moving, creating, pretending and interacting with others. We combine a wide array of activities that help build fine and gross motor skills, which serve as a strong foundation for all future learning and are fun and age appropriate. The schedule offers security and familiarity while remaining flexible. Each day includes indoor/outdoor play, circle time, music, story time, art, science, math, weekly dance and swim lessons.
-Fours 8:1 Child to Staff Ratio Our preschool "Fours" program is designed to have children prepared for and excited about entering Kindergarten in the fall. The program focuses on Literacy: beginning sight words and phonetic awareness; Math: patterning and parallel correspondence; Science: exploration, and Community Awareness. Children have fun while working on fine and gross motor activities like writing, cutting, running, hopping and more. A preschooler’s day includes, indoor/outdoor play, circle time, music, story time, art and weekly dance and swim lessons.
Y School-Age Programs
The Family YMCA at Tarrytown has been supporting families in need during the COVID CRISIS. We have been providing much needed childcare for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school age children. As the 2022-2023 school year approaches we have the perfect option for parents!
Our “School’s Out” program is licensed by NYS and provides a nurturing environment that will enable your child to safely learn, play, and engage in physical activity when they are out of school. Our “School’s Out” program is licensed by NYS and provides a nurturing environment that will enable your child to safely learn, play, and engage in physical activity when they are out of school.
We have programs in the following districts:
YMCA "School's Out!" Tarrytown @ Morse School Grades K-2nd
YMCA “School’s Out!” Tarrytown @ Washington Irving School Grades 3-5th
YMCA “School’s Out!” Briarcliff Manor @ Todd Elementary School, Grades K-5th
As with all our programs, Financial Aid is available for free and reduced lunch recipients, and for other income-qualified individuals. For financial aid for Childcare services and summer camps only, use this form.
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