YMCA Redwood Child Care Centre

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About Us

Operated by the YMCA of Lethbridge since 2020, Redwood Childcare Centre has been fully renovated and updated to meet YMCA’s high standards for your child’s care. 

Located at 3 Elm Crescent South Lethbridge, offering licensed childcare for children 12 months – Kindergarten.

Our team consists of 8 full time certified Early Childhood Educator and our Centre Manager. Our Educators will take on the role of a play partner, while also demanding professional integrity and responsibility, and reflective, relationship-based practice.

The environment in our child care centre’s are stimulating, yet home-like, including natural light and living things. While focusing on small groups, the children will engage in a flexible schedule with materials and activities that are developmentally appropriate.

Playing To Learn

YMCA Early Learning and Care programs are designed to nurture the development of your child in all areas through our YMCA Playing to Learn™ curriculum.

Playing to Learn encourages engagement, social interaction, imagination, a joy of learning, and will nourish the connection between learning and play, as well as your child’s holistic development and wellbeing.

Learn more about Playing to Learn

For A Healthy Start

Outdoor and Loose Parts Play

Your child will be encouraged to engage with their environment in all seasons for a minimum of one hour per day (weather depending).

This open-ended play environment provides your child an opportunity to engage in free and unstructured play in a natural setting. When children are encouraged to explore without intrinsic goals, they become problem solvers, gain confidence, and learn to collaborate.

Communication and Insight

Gaining deeper insight into your child’s unique interests, needs and abilities is easier than ever with HiMama.

It is a secure and private app which allows educators to post updates on your child’s day complete with photos and videos, learning and development stories, newsletters, notices as well as communicate important news to you in real time.

Meals and Menus

Your child receives nutrition lunch and snacks on a menu rotation that is available to parents.

Adventure Walks

Offsite walks will benefit your child by: 

  • Promoting independence and freedom. Your child will make more decisions about their journey when they feel like they are in control. They can choose to stop and look at something along the way and explore their thoughts.
  • When your child discovers and explores with our early childhood educators as facilitators, they will become a flexible, creative thinker.

YMCA Redwood Child Care Centre Fees

12 - 18 Months (Full Time)

Licensed Child Care - Up to 5 days a week
$ 456
80
Monthly
  • Price reduced from $1091.80 for eligible families thanks to the Alberta Affordability Grant.
Centre Full
Provincial Subsidies may also be available

19 - 35 Months (Full Time)

Licensed Child Care - Up to 5 days a week
$ 520
00
Monthly
  • Price reduced from $1030.00 for eligible families thanks to the Alberta Affordability Grant.
Centre Full
Provincial Subsidies may also be available

36 Months + (Full Time)

Licensed Child Care - Up to 5 days a week
$ 538
80
Monthly
  • Price reduced from $988.80 for eligible families thanks to the Alberta Affordability Grant.
Centre Full
Provincial Subsidies may also be available

Kindergarten Age (Full Time)

Licensed Child Care - Up to 5 days a week
$ 271
00
Monthly
  • Price reduced from $721.00 for eligible families thanks to the Alberta Affordability Grant.
Centre Full
Provincial Subsidies may also be available

! Part-time care is currently unavailable. !

Subsidy

Subsidies are available from The Alberta Government to offset the cost of child care for eligible families.
Visit https://www.alberta.ca/child-care-subsidy.aspx to learn more and apply.

Questions? Check out our FAQ HERE.

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