Early Learning Center

The Early Learning Center for Research and Practice belongs to the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It offers care and learning for children from six weeks through kindergarten, with infant and toddler, preschool, kindergarten and summer camp programs. The center also trains more than one hundred undergraduate and graduate students each year and supports faculty research. Its approach draws inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach, with learning centers for drawing, writing, books, dramatic play, science and art in each classroom. Children help set up, serve and clear lunch, and gardening shows them where food originates. A waiting pool and enrollment process begin each February or March for the school year starting in August. Tuition assistance is offered to families of children with disabilities through Lilly's Hand. Rated 3.0 from 2 Google reviews, one at five stars and one at one star.