Verdugo Hills Family YMCA

About Verdugo Hills Family YMCA

The next step in your child’s learning journey just might be Verdugo Hills Family YMCA! Verdugo Hills Family YMCA welcomes the families of Los Angeles with a center-based setting where students can learn, laugh, play and grow alongside peers of similar ages and non-family adults that specialize in developing the learning skills critical for the years ahead. Center-based environments like at Verdugo Hills Family YMCA are popular choices with families that value a school-like environment and the socialization opportunities that come with a strong peer set! In addition, Verdugo Hills Family YMCA conveniently proffers a full-time schedule, helpful for busy working parents that want their children to have the best when they need to be apart. Children at Verdugo Hills Family YMCA benefit from the full-time schedule too as the dedicated time to be amongst their peers promotes growth, development and stimulates creativity and learning. The structure during the day gives children many opportunities to be themselves, play, explore, and have all manners of fun, all in a day! Verdugo Hills Family YMCA additionally takes a play-based approach to children's development and learning, facilitating education through interactive, hands-on activities that get children moving. Play-based environments structure their spaces to encourage students to move with independence, passion and explore at their own direction. Staff in these environments encourage and galvanize students to lean into their interests and build their own worlds in cooperation with their peers, and students gain cooperative, social and emotional skills as a result of these communal activities.