Kindergarten Enrichment Program: Includes half day care, lunch, snack, STEAM class, with before and/or after school care depending on your schedule.
​Bus to Westbrook stops at Preschool entrance.  

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Do you need daycare to complement your child's half day at Westbrook Kindergarten? Are you looking for something more to enrich your child socially and spark a love of learning all in a safe, caring and fun environment? St Mark Preschool offers the nurturing care and learning enrichment you are looking for! The program includes up to 7 hours of care including STEAM Class, lunch, one snack and before and or after school care depending on your schedule.
St Mark's unique STEAM class is fun, collaborative, and promotes hands-on learning. The engaging units and teaching methods are based on the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab and the d.school at Stanford University, focusing on exploring STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) for younger children. Our experienced, caring teachers plan themed activities with inquiry-based exploration, learning materials and play. There is also plenty of time for the free play, outdoor time and social development your kindergartener needs.  Bus service is available for Westbrook students through District 57.

STEAM units of study include:
  • Mechanics/simple machines
  • Magnetism
  • Sound
  • Electronic Circuitry
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Engineering and Motors
  • Computer Programming/Logic
  • Reverse Engineering

The program utilizes such technology and learning models as:
  • Little Bits, specially designed for small hands to learn, build, prototype, and invent with electronic circuitry. These magnetic modules snap together without soldering or wiring.
  • Makey Makey, a device designed at the MIT Media Lab for kindergartners to create inventions and experiences by combining computer programming with everyday objects and materials.
  • Design Thinking, a strategy for problem-solving that was developed at the d.school at Stanford University.
  • Scratch, a fun and interactive program designed at the MIT Media Lab for kindergartners to develop their computer programming and logical thinking skills.