The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood …...YMCA Playing to Learn The role of your...

The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood Educator

• Supportingyouinyourroleasparent• Providingasafeenvironmentforyourchild• Preparingspacesthataremoreconduciveto

learning• Carefullywatchingtodeterminewhatyour

child-ataparticularmomentintime-iscapableoflearning

• Activelyparticipatinginyourchild’splayexperiences

• Observinganddocumentingthemilestonesinyourchild’slifetoensureage-appropriatedevelopment

ThroughYMCAPlayingtoLearn,yourchild’searlychildhoodeducatorismoreattentive,moreinvolvedandmoreawareofhowyourchildisdevelopingandwhatyourchildislearning.

YMCA Playing to Learn is a guide to the quality care and education of

young children from infancy to age six.

OUR PHILOSOPHY: TheYMCAChildCareprogramfostersachild’sgrowthanddevelopmentalongwithadesiretoexploreandlearn,throughtheYMCAPlayingtoLearncurriculum.

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Foundation of Language & Literacy

LanguageChildrenneedtobeprovidedwithmanymeaningfulopportunitiestotalkandrespondtolanguage.Childrenrecognizelanguagenotonlyascommunicationdirectedtowardsthem,but,alsobetweenothers.Socio-dramaticplayprovidestheidealconditionsforlanguagelearning.

ReadingItisnevertooearlytointroducebooks.Childrenwhoarereadtofinditeasiertolearntoreadandwrite.Readingaloudinsmallgroupsinvitesparticipationandenablestheeducatortoteachchildrentheconceptsofprint.

WritingPicture-makingisconsideredtobeavitalcomponentofearlywriting.Achild’sscribbleisaformofcommunicationcomparabletothebabbleofearlytalk.Children’searlyattemptsatwritingshouldbemetwiththesameenthusiasmastheirearliesttalk

Foundation of Mathematics, Science & Technology

NumeracyTheconceptofnumberdevelopsthroughmanyopportunitiestocountandcompare.Makinguseoftheseopportunitiesencouragesyoungchildrentoexpandtheirmathematicalreasoningandlearnthelanguageneededtodescribewhattheyunderstand.Freeplaywithawidevarietyofmaterialsandtoysisessential.

ScienceThepreschoolchildusesintuitionratherthanlogic,yetessentiallyusesallofthementalactivitiesusedbymaturescientistsintheprocessofinquiry.Inquiryisbornofplayandatanyage,exploringmaterials,ideasandrelationshipsrefinethecapacitytothink.

TechnologyTechnologyisanintegralpartoftheeverydaylifeofchildren.Themethodsoftechnologyinvolveinventingormodifyingstructures,systems,orprocessesusingexplorationandexperimentation.Blockplayintegrateslearningofmathematics,technologyandscienceaschildrenexplore.

What parents need to knowWhat is YMCA Playing to Learn?ThepublicationoftheYMCAPlayingtoLearnCurriculumisanimportantmilestoneinhowYMCA’sdelivertheirchildcareprogramsandakeydevelopmentinthefieldofearlychildhoodeducation.

TheYMCAPlayingtoLearncurriculumisbeingimplementedinYMCA’sacrossCanada.

It delivers on our promise to continuously improve the quality of programs and services we provide for children.

Thetheoreticalbasisforthiscurriculumiswell-knownandaccepted.Itisbasedonwhatwe-aschildcareprofessionals-knowtobetrue.

Trueplayisthewaychildrenlearn,andtrueplayprovidesadultswithinsightintowhatachild-atthatparticularmomentintime-iscapableoflearning.

TheYMCAhasputaframeworkandstructureinplacetotrainitsearlychildhoodeducators.Thisis,inandofitself,anexcitingdevelopment.Weareprovidingourearlychildhoodeducatorswiththeopportunitytofurthertheirowneducationandskillatnurturingthedevelopmentofyoungchildren.

YMCAPlayingtoLearnprovidesanunderstandingofhowplayprovidesthefoundationforlearningtoreadandwrite,andforlearningmathematics,scienceandtechnology.Itprovidesearlychildhoodeducatorswiththeskillstopreparespacesthataremoreconducivetolearning,andthebestpracticestoencouragequalitylearningexperiences.

YMCAPlayingtoLearncombinesthreedecadesofexperienceinchildcaredelivery,withthelatestbodyofknowledgeonhowthebraindevelopsandhowchildrenlearn.

What will your child be doing?Allthethingsyourchildwantstodo.Therewillbestorytime.Timetoplaywithblocks.Opportunitiestocountandcompare.Tomakepicturesandtosing.Tomake-believe.Theywillexperiencetheworld.Theywillexploreandinvestigate.

How will your child be learning?Yourchildwillbeplayingtolearn.Wehaveknownforaverylongtimethatchild’splayprovidesthefoundationsforlanguageandliteracy;formathematics,scienceandtechnology;andforthearts.ItisthetypeofplayopportunitiesprovidedbytheYMCAthatdetermineswhatyourchildlearns.

Foundation of the Arts

MusicExperiencingmusicthroughlisteningandparticipatingprovidesapowerfulmeansofexpressingfeelings,developinghumorandsupportsthelearningofthelanguage.Thechildbecomesawareof,andappreciatestherichnessofunfamiliarculturesandtraditions.

Visual ArtThevisualartsintheearlyyearsinvolvespicturemaking,printmaking,sculptingandtwo-dimensionalartwork.Producingtheseworksofartgiveschildrenanunderstandingoftheelementsofdesign.

Dramatic PlayDramaticplayisafundamentalactivityforallchildren.Itprovidesameansforchildrentolearnthoselessonsthat“noonecouldteachthem.”Thechild’smake-believeplayisareworkingofbitsandpiecesofexperiencetounderstandpeopleandtheiractions.

We believe YMCA Playing to Learn is the best approach to ensure a child’s continued enthusiasm and capacity for life-long learning.

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