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YMCA Playing to Learn The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood Educator • Supporting you in your role as parent • Providing a safe environment for your child • Preparing spaces that are more conducive to learning • Carefully watching to determine what your child - at a particular moment in time - is capable of learning • Actively participating in your child’s play experiences • Observing and documenting the milestones in your child’s life to ensure age-appropriate development Through YMCA Playing to Learn, your child’s early childhood educator is more attentive, more involved and more aware of how your child is developing and what your child is learning. YMCA Playing to Learn is a guide to the quality care and education of young children from infancy to age six. OUR PHILOSOPHY: The YMCA Child Care program fosters a child’s growth and development along with a desire to explore and learn, through the YMCA Playing to Learn curriculum. YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce 700 10th Street East Owen Sound, ON N4K 0C6 519-376-0484 ymcaowensound.on.ca Charitable Reg. No. 11907 4995 RR0001 Foundation of Language & Literacy Language Children need to be provided with many meaningful opportunities to talk and respond to language. Children recognize language not only as communication directed towards them, but, also between others. Socio- dramatic play provides the ideal conditions for language learning. Reading It is never too early to introduce books. Children who are read to find it easier to learn to read and write. Reading aloud in small groups invites participation and enables the educator to teach children the concepts of print. Writing Picture-making is considered to be a vital component of early writing. A child’s scribble is a form of communication comparable to the babble of early talk. Children’s early attempts at writing should be met with the same enthusiasm as their earliest talk Foundation of Mathematics, Science & Technology Numeracy The concept of number develops through many opportunities to count and compare. Making use of these opportunities encourages young children to expand their mathematical reasoning and learn the language needed to describe what they understand. Free play with a wide variety of materials and toys is essential. Science The preschool child uses intuition rather than logic, yet essentially uses all of the mental activities used by mature scientists in the process of inquiry. Inquiry is born of play and at any age, exploring materials, ideas and relationships refine the capacity to think. Technology Technology is an integral part of the everyday life of children. The methods of technology involve inventing or modifying structures, systems, or processes using exploration and experimentation. Block play integrates learning of mathematics, technology and science as children explore.

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Page 1: The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood …...YMCA Playing to Learn The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood Educator • Supporting you in your role as parent • Providing

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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.

YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce70010thStreetEastOwenSound,ONN4K0C6519-376-0484ymcaowensound.on.caCharitableReg.No.119074995RR0001

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.

Page 2: The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood …...YMCA Playing to Learn The role of your child’s YMCA Early Childhood Educator • Supporting you in your role as parent • Providing

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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