Toddlers
Safe, Stimulating Toddler Care in Minneapolis
As your child begins to explore the world with more independence, YWCA Minneapolis offers a nurturing environment designed to support every stage of toddler development.
With highly trained teachers, small class sizes and age-appropriate learning experiences, our toddler care program helps your child build confidence, motor skills and language through play, movement and exploration.
Toddler Program Details
Age Range: 16 months to 36 months
Teacher-to-Child Ratio: 1 to 5–7
Availability: Full-time child care
Locations: Five NAEYC-accredited, 4-star Parent Aware Rated centers
Our nurturing classrooms help toddlers build confidence, independence and joyful friendships every day.
What Parents Say
“We love how happy our children are at the end of their day; we always are greeted with smiles. It's been incredible to see the relationships that our children have built with other children. We also love the diversity and inclusion that YWCA supports.”
How Toddlers Learn at YWCA Minneapolis
Sensory Play with Textures, Colors and Shapes
Music and Rhyme from Different Cultures
Construction and Block Play for Spatial Reasoning
Hands-On Sorting and Organizing to Develop Pattern Recognition
Language Support for Bilingual or Multilingual Families
See Our Classrooms in Action
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Learning Through Repetition
Toddlers thrive on repetition, which strengthens the neural connections needed for lifelong learning.
We structure our curriculum with predictable routines and repeatable activities to support their brain development.
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Problem Solving + Creativity
We encourage curiosity through activities that involve cause-and-effect, open-ended exploration and simple challenges like stacking, sorting and building.
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Language-Rich Environment
Language development is a cornerstone of our toddler program.
Our teachers engage children in ongoing dialogue, modeling conversation, encouraging expression, and supporting both English and home languages.
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Small Group Learning
We focus on small-group interactions and play centers to create a calm, focused learning environment.
This helps toddlers feel safe and seen while supporting early social skills.
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Motor Skill Development
Toddlers are on the move, and we make sure they have space to jump, climb, run and throw safely.
Daily gross motor play is a vital part of every day.
Find Your YWCA Early Childhood Education Center
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Downtown
1130 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-215-4174
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Ecolab
80 7th Street West
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-250-3540
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Hubbs
1030 University Avenue West
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-744-7525
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Midtown
2121 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-215-4328
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South Minneapolis
2400 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-355-5520
Convenient and Trusted Toddler Care
YWCA Minneapolis offers toddler care at five convenient locations across the Twin Cities. All centers are NAEYC-accredited and 4-star Parent Aware Rated, ensuring top-quality care for your little one.