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UC Santa Cruz Early Education Center (EEC) is a campus-based early childhood care and education program serving UCSC students, employees, and families. The center offers developmental, play-based programs spanning infants through early elementary-age care and operates year-round with a phased opening of a new facility on campus.
The Early Education Center is a campus early learning program that provides year-round developmental care in a setting designed to feel home-like and supportive. The center emphasizes play, exploration, and relationships as foundations for children’s learning and development.
The program uses a relationship-based, play-centered, emergent curriculum that responds to children’s interests. Instruction balances child-led exploration with teacher-guided experiences, includes outdoor learning tied to the campus environment, and supports social-emotional, cognitive, creative, and physical development.
The center is opening a new purpose-built facility on campus intended to foster exploration and connection. Enrollment follows a phased approach to support families and staff during the transition into the new space.
Enrollment is managed through a waitpool that is available to UCSC students and employees. The program maintains an income-based tuition assistance system and allocates funding annually to support economic diversity among families.
Fosters warm, trusting relationships with individualized, responsive care using a play-centered, relationship-based curriculum that includes sensory exploration and outdoor discovery.
Uses a play-based, emergent curriculum to support independence, empathy, community, and kindergarten readiness through varied expressive activities including art, music, and gardening.
Provides after-school care for early elementary children with interest-based activities, outdoor play, and a walking-bus pickup from a nearby elementary school.
Focuses on respect, individuality, and self-discovery through nurturing, hands-on indoor and outdoor experiences such as sensory play, art, gardening, and dramatic play.
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