Early Learning Daycare at Baxter YMCA
7900 Shelby St
Indianapolis, IN 46227
YMCA Program Phone:
(317) 865-6450
Get Started with Early Learning at the Baxter YMCA
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Why choose Baxter YMCA for your Daycare
Daycare That Feels Like Home
At Baxter YMCA, our daycare program provides a warm, secure environment where your child can explore, grow, and connect. Our dedicated caregivers focus on individualized attention and early developmental milestones, helping your child thrive from their very first days.
Baxter’s Most Trusted Daycare Center for Early Learning
Parents choose our daycare center for more than convenience; they trust our compassionate staff, structured learning, and commitment to child safety. Located at the Baxter YMCA, we offer enriching daily routines that support your child’s growth through exploration, movement, and play.
A Childcare Development Center Focused on Bright Futures
Our Baxter YMCA childcare development center is built around age-appropriate learning, emotional growth, and kindergarten readiness. Through engaging activities and nurturing guidance, we prepare young minds for a confident, capable start in school and in life.
Learning Through Play
The YMCA’s core early childhood belief is that children learn best through play, which is the legitimate and genuine work of young children. When children are engaged in purposeful play, they are discovering, creating, improvising, and expanding their learning. Our programs are structured so that children are active participants in their own development and learning. We observe and respond to children, help support their current skills, and help scaffold them to reach the next milestone in their developmental journey.
We use the Creative Curriculum, which balances teacher-planned and child-initiated learning, emphasizing responsiveness to children’s strengths, interests, needs, and learning styles. The curriculum includes activities such as dramatic play, language, science, math, social studies, music, art, and large and small motor development.
Baxter YMCA Early Learning Program
Program Information
The Baxter YMCA Early Learning programs is a level 2 Paths to QUALITY Registered Ministry.
1 – 5 years
Monday – Friday: 7:00am – 6:00pm
1 Year Olds
Y Members: $292
All Others: $322
2 Year Olds
Y Members: $270
All Others: $300
3-5 Year Olds
Y Members: $243
All Others: $273
Please be aware: Rates may increase at the start of a new school year.
Kenosha Relford
Early Learning Director
Phone: (317) 610-2706
Email: krelford@indymca.org
General Information
We believe every kid deserves to be a Y kid and have opportunities to grow in a positive and enriching environment. We provide financial assistance through the generous support of donors. Learn more about our financial assistance program, and click below to apply!
CCDF vouchers are accepted at this location. Contact the Youth Development office at EarlyLearning@indymca.org to learn more.
Main YMCA facility doors
Breakfast, lunch, and snack are all served at no additional cost.
Please bring the following items:
- 2 reusable water bottles
- A change of clothes
- Diapers/pull-ups & wipes (if needed)
- Small, crib-sized blanket for rest time
Please have your child wear weather appropriate play clothes and closed toe shoes.