Early Education Childhood Center
YMCA, Amsterdam Family - Early Education Childhood Center

 

YMCAs are the nation's largest child care provider. YMCAs currently provide child care for almost a half-million children each year. YMCAs have been supporting children and families for years through a variety of programs, including nursery schools, full-day child care, child care courses and more.

Together YMCAs make up the largest not-for-profit community service organization in America. They work to meet the health and social service needs of 15 million men, women and children. All YMCA programs are tools for building the values of caring, honesty. respect and responsibility

ABOUT OUR CENTER

The Amsterdam Family YMCA provides year round full-time and part-time care for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years.  Our Early Childhood Center is licensed and regulated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.  This means we adhere to all current state mandated rules and regulations.  Our hours of operation are 6:00am-6:00pm Monday through Friday.

Our program provides quality care in a safe and supportive environment, which fosters the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social growth of children, while supporting and strengthening families.  Our program is committed to demonstrating the character development models of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. We offer free access to live streaming video webcam so you can observe your child while in our care and stay connected with your family.

WORK WITHOUT WORRY

Our staff meets or exceeds the requirements of the state of New York and are CPR and First Aid certified.  Each staff member must be cleared through a reference check, central clearance and fingerprinted by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.  The YMCA also runs staff through a background check, which checks for criminal and/or sexual abuse records in the country, state and county.   They are required to have training and /or a degree in Early Childhood Development and experience with children.  They must also keep current with continuing education hours.  Our staff is sensitive to the needs of young children and they provide a safe and nurturing environment.  We also offer low teacher/student ratios.  The YMCA is committed to provide the highest quality of child care for your child.

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Weekly Rates for 2012:

 

Full-time
5 Days

Part-time
3 Days

Infants (6 weeks - 18 months)

$175

$119

Toddlers (18 months - 36 months)

$170

$115

Preschool (3 - 5 year olds)

$164

$111

Multi-child discount: 10% off older sibling
 
Scenes from the Early Education Childhood Center:
The Amsterdam Family YMCA is providing day care services for 6 week old infants to pre-school 5 year olds. Our Hagaman child care facility features 28 child care slots for children 6 weeks to 3 years old and 28 slots for children 3 to 5 years old.

 
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