YMCA of Middletown
YMCA of Middletown offers First Step Preschool through its Center for Youth Programs in Middletown, with preschool and Universal Pre-K options for 4-year-olds, 2-, 3-, and 5-day schedule choices, full-day and extended-day availability, early literacy, basic math, simple science, gym activities, and weekly swimming lessons.
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Middletown YMCA First Step Preschool with preschool and UPK options, 2-, 3-, and 5-day choices, full-day and extended-day availability, early literacy, math, science, gym, and swim lessons.
Program identity
The YMCA identifies The Center for Youth Programs in Middletown as home to First Step Preschool, summer day camp, and other youth programs.
Preschool eligibility
The preschool program includes a 4-year-old track where children must be 4 by December 1 and potty trained.
Schedule options
Program choices include 2-, 3-, or 5-day options, with full-day and extended-day availability.
UPK option
The YMCA contracts with the Enlarged City School District of Middletown and Minisink Valley Central School District for free Universal Pre-K options for eligible families.
UPK schedule
UPK is Monday-Friday, with district half-day options from 9:00-11:30 AM or 12:15-2:45 PM and a full-day option from 9:00 AM-2:45 PM.
Learning approach
Classroom challenges are modified so children can work, play, and learn at their own pace, with early literacy, basic math, simple science, songs, games, gym activities, and weekly swimming lessons.
Classroom staffing
Published ratios include a teacher and assistant for the 4-year-old preschool group and for UPK classrooms.
Registration timing
The preschool page notes packet and registration timing and says district UPK registration does not guarantee placement because it enters the child into the UPK lottery.
Program details can change, so ask about current openings, exact site address, district eligibility, UPK lottery status, tuition, extended day, registration deadlines, and school-year schedule before making plans.
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