Fifty-eight percent of YMCAs offering care have a parents' committee or parents' advisory board. YMCA preschool child care is high-quality. YMCA programs are state licensed. Y preschool care helps the whole child grow, with most Ys including in their curriculum such subjects as international education, health and fitness, environmental awareness, school readiness, diversity, and values education. YMCA preschool child care is well staffed.
Many programs have more staff on site than is required by law.
Many preschool staff members have advanced degrees in early childhood education. How Your Child Can Benefit from Child Care Social skills Children in child care learn how to interact with other children and adults. They learn how to share, make friends and understand other people's feelings. More often than not, child care also provides a chance to get to know children of different ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. Independence Children in child care learn how much they can do by themselves with the careful and loving support of teachers.