{"id":7583,"date":"2026-04-28T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=7583"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:26:25","slug":"early-childhood-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/education\/early-childhood-elementary-education-department\/programs\/early-childhood-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood Elementary Education Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Elementary Education with Early Childhood Emphasis (Birth\u2013Grade 6) program is for students who want to complete the popular Elementary Education (K\u20136) program with additional foundational coursework in early childhood education. This program is a 4-year, Winona campus-based major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this program, you\u2019ll gain valuable field experience through WSU\u2019s Children\u2019s Center. The Children\u2019s Center provides students, faculty, staff, and community members with early education and care programs for children ages 6 weeks through grade 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan Your Course Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Review these resources when deciding which program is right for you and how you\u2019ll complete your degree:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ELEC-Major-Course-Sequence.pdf\">ELEC Suggested Course Sequence<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ELEC-Advising-Sheet.pdf\">ELEC Advising Sheet<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                            <div class=\"h3\">Contact the Early Childhood &amp; Elementary Education Department<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n            \n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Early Childhood &amp; Elementary Education Department\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           \n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <div><\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\" href=\"mailto:eece@winona.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Email the Early Childhood &amp; Elementary Education Department<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elementary Education with Early Childhood Emphasis (Birth\u2013Grade 6) program prepares students for teaching young students and gives experience in the WSU Children&#8217;s Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":7575,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-7583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-early-childhood-elementary-education","tag-legacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14767,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7583\/revisions\/14767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}