Preschools & Day Care in Auburn, AL

Many of the preschools in Auburn run half-day schedules out of churches, which sets the 21 preschools and day care centers on this page apart from places with mostly full-day centers. Little Explorers of Auburn Preschool meets at Auburn First Baptist Church Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to noon. Auburn United Methodist Church Preschool serves ages 2 to 4 from 8:15 to 11:45 am, three or five days a week. Grace Pre-School takes ages 1 to 5 from 8:00 to 11:30.

Full-day centers sit alongside them, and everything here is in Lee County. Big Blue Marble Academy Auburn holds 4.8 from 65 reviews, 61 of them five stars and 3 one star. Big Blue Marble Academy Glenn Ave holds 4.2 from 76 reviews, with 58 at five stars and 14 at one star. Both combine daycare and preschool with global education, service learning and Heart Projects that model giving back.

Growing Room Auburn holds 4.0 from 61 reviews. A pediatric nurse, Sheree Mitchell, opened her first Growing Room in 1989, and the franchise now has an Auburn school with a sister location in Opelika. It runs infant, toddler and preschool programs, after school care and a summer program. Primrose School of Auburn, at 1279 Weatherford St, holds 4.8 from 26 and has classrooms from infants through kindergarten.

Bright Ideas Enrichment Center at 1675 Shug Jordan Parkway has cared for children since 2004, when it opened as Creative Discovery Center. It runs infant care, a toddler program, preschool, Pre-K and a school-age program for ages 5 to 12, and it holds 4.2 from 24. Auburn Day Care Centers, Inc. grew from a pair of Ridgecrest centers, added infants and school-age children at the Boykin Center in 1983, and moved its Infant Toddler program into a new wing at the Boykin Community Center in 2001. It accepts child care subsidies and holds 3.1 from 8.

Best preschools and day care centers in Auburn

Growing Room Auburn

4.0(61 reviews on Google)

644 N Dean Rd, Auburn

  • Preschool program
  • Infants and toddlers
  • Early drop-off or late pickup
(334) 501-2044

Montessori and home settings are part of the mix. The Children's House is the early childhood program of Auburn Montessori School at 231 E. Drake Ave., rated 5.0 from 3. A to Z Home Daycare is a Black-owned family day care for children from birth to 3 years old, rated 5.0 from 4. Madeas Childcare is a home based agency that provides meals and has sleeping arrangements for overnight care, rated 4.6 from 7.

Several centers have review histories worth a close look. Miss Deanna's Childcare of Auburn holds 3.9 from 30 reviews, with 22 at five stars and 8 at one star. University Daycare holds 3.3 from 15, Joy Land Day Care Center holds 5.0 from 7 and Auburn Early Education Center holds 4.3 from 6. Core afterschool center and Farmville First Steps Preschool each hold 5.0 from 1 review.

Opelika is the one neighboring town that providers on this page name as a place they work. The nearby pages are Phenix City with 18 businesses, Opelika with 15, Valley with 6, Eclectic with 5 and Tuskegee with 3.

Common questions about preschools and day care centers in Auburn

Which Auburn preschools are run by churches?

Little Explorers of Auburn Preschool meets at Auburn First Baptist Church. Auburn United Methodist Church Preschool is a mission of its church. Grace Pre-School is a part time preschool for ages 1 to 5, with classes in the morning two, three or five days a week.

Is there a Montessori option in Auburn?

The Children's House is the early childhood program of Auburn Montessori School at 231 E. Drake Ave. It is rated 5.0 from 3 reviews.

Who in Auburn takes infants?

Growing Room Auburn, Primrose School of Auburn, Bright Ideas Enrichment Center and Auburn Day Care Centers, Inc. all enroll infants. A to Z Home Daycare cares for children from birth to 3 years old.

Where can an Auburn child go for summer care?

Growing Room Auburn has a summer program, and Primrose School of Auburn offers summer camp. Both are rated 4.0 from 61 reviews and 4.8 from 26 reviews. Bright Ideas Enrichment Center also has a program for school-age children ages 5 to 12.

Is there overnight care in Auburn?

Madeas Childcare is a home based child care agency in Auburn that provides meals and has sleeping arrangements for overnight care. It is rated 4.6 from 7 reviews.

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