Early Learning Center

  • Elementary students test their aquatic robots in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School.

    Swimming with Sharks

    July 1, 2025

    University of Delaware’s interdisciplinary research team pilots innovative K-12 engineering curriculum at The College School Wading in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School, elementary students laughed and cheered as they met a c …

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  • ELC Staff group photo at 20th anniversary celebration

    Nurturing the whole child

    March 6, 2025

    UD’s Early Learning Center celebrates 20 years of excellence in early childhood education and community partnership This academic year, the University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center (ELC) celebrates 20 years of excellence in early childhood educat …

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  • Empowering UD Student-Parents

    December 19, 2024

    CEHD helps UD student-parents pursue their education through childcare scholarships for their children For many parents across the nation, a lack of access to affordable, high-quality childcare — especially for children under the age of 5 — prevents th …

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  • Excellence in Early Care and Education

    August 14, 2024

    University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center partners with families, communities and the state of Delaware to offer excellent and equitable early care It is one of the largest and most robust early childhood education centers in the state. It is also …

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  • Civil rights activist and self-described "Grandmother of Juneteenth," Opal Lee reads to students at the Early Learning Center, as part of her visit to the University of Delaware.

    Grandmother of Juneteenth

    November 22, 2021

    At 89 years old, Opal Lee, a retired teacher, counselor, community activist and organizer, decided she had not done enough. Yes, she had planned and celebrated Juneteenth in Fort Worth, Texas for more than 40 years. But now it was 2016, and many Americ …

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  • Redesigned outdoor learning spaces at UD’s Early Learning Center keep children in “pods” to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus

    UD’s Early Learning Center Reopens

    September 3, 2020

    Teachers and children return with new coronavirus screening and cleaning procedures The University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center is once again open for children. Despite the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, UD’s only full-day early educat …

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  • Matt Terranova

    Art alumnus brings campus to UD’s youngest students

    July 9, 2019

    Many artists may aspire to see their work hanging on a wall for public view, but for University of Delaware alumnus Matt Terranova, his work often is the wall itself. Since graduating in 2006 from the visual communications program in the Department of …

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  • New Castle County Master Gardeners work with students at UD's Early Learning Center.

    Edible Forest Garden

    June 24, 2019

    UD students learn and help staff teach children where food comes from On an overcast Saturday morning, staff and volunteers gathered at the Early Learning Center and Laboratory Preschool, both located on the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus. …

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  • Family workshop at the Early Learning Center

    Family Workshops at the ELC

    April 24, 2019

    The Early Learning Center recently wrapped up a series of family workshops which included; Supporting Math at Home, Reading with Young Children and Getting Ready for Kindergarten.  The workshops were presented by the Delaware Readiness Teams to ELC fam …

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  • ELC Celebrates Diversity with first Multi-Cultural Family Fair

    ELC Celebrates Diversity with first Multi-Cultural Family Fair

    February 9, 2019

    This past Thursday, the ELC celebrated diversity by providing the opportunity for families to share their voice.  Families could participate in a variety of ways.  Some families shared their culture by designing family flags with their children at home …

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