“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
- Plutarch
The Creative Curriculum is a comprehensive, research based curriculum that features exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence, creativity and lifelong critical thinking skills. We believe in this approach at Augustana Early Learning Center. Select here to learn more about Creative Curriculum.
Art Program
Our art activities enable children to explore a variety of media and experiment with color, design and construction.
Music Program
The Music Together curriculum contains weekly music classes that are an artfully conceived flow of playful, developmentally appropriate activities that include singing, movement, finger plays and instrument jams.
Outdoor Learning Experience
Our Fairy Garden is natural play learning environment and living classroom collaboration with Originative Holistic Designs that incorporates tinkering, sustainable gardening, wild and domesticated plant taxonomy, and bio-sculpture within an emergent science and emotional development curriculum.
Hero’s Sports
Hero Kids Sports is a specialized sports enrichment program dedicated to coaching kids ages 2-12 years old teaching the fundamentals of sports and the values of teamwork. Learn more about Hero’s Sports.
Fireflies
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Fireflies Classroom.
Bumblebees
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Bumblebees Classroom
Ladybugs
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Ladybugs Classroom.
Butterflies
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Butterflies Classroom.
Crickets
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Crickets Classroom.
Dragonflies
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Dragonflies Classroom.
Summer School
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Learn more about our Summer School Program.