Aurora Early Learning Center
AURORA EARLY LEARNING CENTER
The Aurora Early Learning Center is housed in a new 22,000 ft2 state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable building featuring spacious classrooms lined with windows and filled with natural light.
The center’s unique Healthy Lifestyles curriculum helps children develop healthy routines and activities, emphasizing proper nutrition, daily exercise and protecting our environment by recycling, reducing and reusing. We cook on-site, allowing us to serve healthier food and cater to children’s taste preferences. The center contains a garden where children are able to plant, care for, and harvest vegetables and flowers. The center also provides services such as free museum passes and exercise classes.
Staff members team with families to create learning goals for children to prepare them for kindergarten and plans daily experiences based on these goals. Formal parent-teacher conferences are scheduled twice a year and frequent, fun and educational family nights are planned throughout the year. A family resource room provides a space for families to use a computer, meet with teachers or counselors and read materials about child development and parenting.
We accept child care subsidies!
Through the CCAP program, we work with families to provide premier child care services at a reduced rate depending on income and additional criteria. For additional information visit our page on the Child Care Assistance Program. To find out if your family meets the criteria for a child care subsidy, contact our center director.
What The Parents Are Saying
“The center has helped my son’s physical and mental development. He loves his teachers, and they give me daily reports about what he did or didn’t do. I’m here at work all day, and I don’t worry about him at all.”
“I am really happy. I feel so comfortable going to work and seeing that my kids stay happy.”
“The reason I chose Aurora Early Learning Center is because they have friendly staff, are always helpful, it’s a clean facility and they have flexible hours. I’m very happy I have the chance to enroll my son in the center.”
“No complaints. The staff is extremely helpful and have been the best care I’ve ever had with my child.”
“My daughter knows her colors, shapes and numbers. I see the benefits of having her at a center at an early age.”
“I’ve seen improvements in my children’s social skills since they started at the center.”
“Aurora Early Learning Center is a great center. The staff members are friendly to me and my son.”
“I’m happy that the center is a healthy environment for my son and has healthy eating habits.”
Meet Our Director
Email Me @ dcoleman2@onehopeunited.org
CONTACT
LOCATION
525 College Ave.
Aurora, IL 60505
HOURS
6:30 a.m – 5:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday
PROGRAM START TIMES
Kindergarten: 11:30 a.m.
1st Grade & Older: 2:30 p.m.
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
Infant
Toddler/Twos
Preschool
School Age
TEACHER-TO-CHILD RATIOS
1:4 Infant
1:5 Toddlers
1:8 Two Year Olds
1:10 3-5 Year Olds
1:15 School Age
ACCREDITATIONS/ LICENSES
•NAEYC
•Illinois ExceleRate Gold Circle of Quality
•LEED Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council
•Council on Accreditation
•DCFS
What’s Going On At Aurora?
January
Consumer surveys
February
Friendship Week/Parent- Child Activity Night
March
Healthy Foods Parent-Child Activity Night
April
Week of the Young child events—invite community members
Blue Ribbon activities—everyone wear blue and fundraising
May
Celebration of Progress for our children entering kindergarten
Teacher appreciation week-cook out
Raffle off summer items for parents (sprinkler, water shoes, sun glasses, bubbles etc)
Parent-Child Activity Night –work on the garden (planting or making items)
June
Summer school age program begins
Fruit and ice cream social organized by the school age group
Family Dental visits the Center for check –ups
Open House recruitment for new families
July
In-house field trips
Family Picnic
August
In-house field trips
Parent-Child Activity Night (focus on healthy eating)
September
Open House recruitment for new families
Orientation for new families
October
Curriculum Night
Fall Harvest celebration
Read for the Record Day (May be in Sept for 2013)
November
CVision and hearing screening
Parent-Child Activity Night (focus on healthy eating)
Clothing exchange for parents
Raffle off toys for parents
December
Winter Celebration Parent-Child Activity
Agency holiday gifts