Welcome to the Auburn University Early Learning Center

Auburn University Early Learning Center is a laboratory preschool serving children ages 3-5 in morning and afternoon programs. It is located in its newly renovated building in the center of the Auburn campus. AUELC has operated continuously since 1926 and has been accredited since 1986 by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Head teachers generally hold advanced degrees in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and the teaching assistants are graduate students working on advanced degrees in Human Development and Family Studies.

The teaching philosophy of the facility is grounded in the concept of developmentally appropriate practice in which children "learn by doing" and are guided by a curriculum designed to capitalize upon knowledge of how young children learn. The facility also maintains a research mission and is designed to maximize opportunities to conduct developmental research on children and their families.