St. Mark Preschool is a licensed, non-profit early childhood program in Santa Barbara serving children beginning at 12 months through kindergarten, offering year‑round care with a play-based curriculum and enrichment activities.
St. Mark Preschool is a licensed, year-round preschool serving children starting at 12 months through kindergarten. The program emphasizes hands-on learning and open-ended play to support social, emotional, cognitive and motor development.
The program uses a play-based, child-centered curriculum that supports pre-reading and early math concepts through structured and unstructured activities. Daily classroom arrangements include varied learning areas and rotated materials to encourage exploration and problem solving. Regular enrichment includes dance, music, Bible time, art, gardening, science and cooking.
A pre-kindergarten class that fosters cooperative learning and reinforces social and academic skills to support transition to kindergarten; described as having about 20 students with two lead teachers.
Classes introduce exploration of the world through open-ended play and varied materials to encourage skills needed for developmental progression; each class is described as having 10–12 children with a lead teacher and an assistant.
An inclusion program implemented in collaboration with the local school district that provides additional staff and access to specialists in speech, language, physical, occupational and behavioral therapy.
Classes that encourage cognitive and social skill development through hands-on learning opportunities and social interactions, with reported class sizes of about 10–12 students.
A class focused on encouraging problem solving, independence and increasing peer interaction with emphasis on communication and language development; children have access to the larger playground.
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Small classes where children engage actively with teachers and peers; warm teacher‑child interactions support problem solving and exploration. Classes are described as having 6–8 children with a team of two teachers.
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