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Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 5pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm

Auraria Early Learning Center

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The Auraria Early Learning Center, a 5-out-of-5 star Colorado Shines rated center, provides fulltime programs for children 12-months and walking to 5-years-old. The center serves the students, faculty, and staff of the Auraria Campus, which includes the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, and the Auraria Higher Education Center. The

Operating as usual

01/12/2024

Have a nice long weekend everybody! See you Tuesday!

Photos from Auraria Early Learning Center's post

01/08/2024

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! ✨🎉🥳

We had so much fun with our school-wide snowperson design project, winter spirit week, and teacher appreciation coffee & cocoa buffet ☕️😋✨ Thank you to everyone for your participation and generosity!

12/11/2023

Our older preschool friends have been busy cooking up something fun the last couple of weeks! ✨

Thanks to Los Molinos, we had the chance to enjoy a delicious complimentary breakfast while learning all about tacos! 🌮 ✨ Our chef even gave us an exclusive kitchen tour and showed us some knife safety tips! 👨‍🍳

11/29/2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Fall Friendship Fest! ✨🍁🍂

We had so much fun hosting such a beautiful and joyous event. Thank you ACPD, MSU SLHS, and MSU TSJ for hosting activities for AELC families - we appreciate your time! Additionally, thank you to everyone who brought goodies for our snack table - everything was delicious!

11/10/2023

Diwali, which is celebrated in South Asian nations, is commemorated by the lighting of oil lamps to honor the goddess of riches and prosperity Lakshmi. Happy Diwali! ✨

11/02/2023

Happy Native American Heritage Month!

10/06/2023

Happy Day 5 of Campus Children’s Centers week! ✨

AELC is one of the largest child care centers in Colorado! AELC serves students, faculty, and staff of the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, and the Auraria Higher Education Center. On a space-available basis, AELC also serves the Denver community.

Thank you to all the parents who participated in this post!

10/05/2023

Happy Day 4 of Campus Children’s Centers week! ✨

Here at AELC we believe early intervention is best practice. We have partnered with MSU to bring free speech screenings and speech therapy to the children in our care.

10/04/2023

Happy Day 3 of Campus Children’s Centers week! ✨

AELC is an intergenerational learning environment! Pictured above is a university lab student who’s able to learn from the AELC children, a younger preschool teacher who believes her students are her biggest teachers, and an aspiring gym teacher who’s able to practice their craft with AELC’s older preschool students.

10/03/2023

Happy Day 2 of Campus Children’s Centers week! ✨

Here at AELC we strive to create an environment that fosters a lifelong love of learning in our students 📚✏️🩵

10/02/2023

Happy Day 1 of Campus Children’s Centers week! ✨

Here at AELC we made a tree of names to showcase and celebrate the extent of stability and continuity provided by the AELC community 🍃🍁🍂

09/22/2023

Swipe to see what we’ve been up to! 🍁 🍃✨

09/20/2023

Our Older Preschoolers had so much fun at the gym on Monday, running around and playing games! It’s never too early to start getting active 💪✨

09/12/2023

Remember to place your order by September 14th! ✨📸

09/01/2023

Friendly reminder that AELC is closed this Monday for Labor Day! 🇺🇸

Universal preschool launches and 4-year-olds weigh their options: Marshmallows or chocolate?

08/30/2023

Did you know… the AELC has 2 UPK serving classrooms. We enjoyed spending some time with ChalkBeat on the first day of a school 🏫

Universal preschool launches and 4-year-olds weigh their options: Marshmallows or chocolate?

08/22/2023

Welcome back AELC families! Thank you to everyone who attended our Open House last Friday. The first day of school was so exciting and fun, we cannot wait to see what this semester has in store for us! ✏️📚✨

07/06/2023

Thunderstorms couldn’t stop our Summer in the City Preschool Program Bike Day! Luckily the weather cleared and we were able to enjoy a bit of sunshine ☀️

06/30/2023

We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Wednesday, July 5th!

06/29/2023

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Rainbow Spirit Day! ✨🌈✨

06/27/2023

Remember to wear rainbows tomorrow! ✨🌈

06/22/2023

Thank you again to everyone who donated to AELC’s Plant Drive! 🌱✨

Our school community is having so much fun watching the garden grow ☀️

06/16/2023

We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday, June 20th!

06/12/2023

Our Summer in the City preschool program is in full swing ☀️ Field day was so much fun! ⚽️

The children enjoyed walking through campus, running around the massive field, and playing games with one another.

06/08/2023

Happy Pride Month!

05/31/2023

Come join us for fun experiences and games with local community organizations, food trucks, and activities for the whole family!

05/25/2023

We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday, May 30th!

05/19/2023

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our plant drive! 🌱✨ Check back for updates on our garden!

05/12/2023

Congratulations class of 2023! 🥳🎉🎓✨

05/12/2023

✨Teacher Appreciation Week Recap✨

What an incredible week we had celebrating our amazing teachers! Thank you to everyone who made this week possible. To all our incredible teachers, thank you for your dedication, guidance, and support. You shape the minds and hearts of our future leaders, and we are so grateful for your impact!

Monday: 🌮Nacho Average Teacher🌮
Tuesday: 🍩Donut Know What We’d Do Without You🍩
Wednesday: 🌈You Color Our World🌈
Thursday: 🍕You Have A Pizza Our Heart🍕
Friday: 🍬It’s A Treat To Work With You 🍬