St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care offers early childhood care and education in a center-based facility in Houston. Students and families at St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care will get the best of a school-like environment that both provides the structure and stability for learning to flourish and the soft introduction for students to formal school in the years to come. As a center, St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care also has the space, resources and opportunities for enrichment and educational activities alongside the empathetic and caring relationships that will benefit students for years ahead. With a part-time schedule, as well, St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care gives Houston parents a structured environment that their children can learn in for parts of the week. Children get the benefit of interacting with non-family adults, children of similar ages, and experiencing a wide range of stimulation without being apart from parents for too long. St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care’s part-time schedule means parents get those precious hours away without giving up too much time together with their little ones. St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care also offers a mixed-age classroom and curriculum which emphasizes open-ended, tactile activities that allow children to explore however that learning activity makes the most sense to them. Mixed-age classrooms like at St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care encourage peer learning, asking help from each other and reinforce a sense of empathy for one’s peers. Older students will learn leadership skills and younger students have the advantage of joining a classroom that already has the building blocks of community.