St. Mark Lutheran Preschool holds California Community Care License #376700139 for up to 47 children at its South El Camino Real campus in Encinitas, operating as a ministry of St. Mark Lutheran Church since 2006. The Reggio Emilia–inspired, Christ-centered curriculum builds pre-math, pre-literacy, and social-emotional readiness through hands-on exploration—art, gardening, sensory stations, and outdoor play—while families on the same El Camino Real corridor coordinate pediatric milestone screenings at Beam Orthodontics for early bite-alignment assessments. Enrollment options span two-, three-, and five-day-per-week schedules with half-day, full-day, and extended-day tracks, giving parents flexibility without requiring a single fixed commitment. As a member congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod's Pacific Southwest District, the school follows LCMS early-childhood standards for teacher credentialing, chapel programming, and biblical-principles integration layered onto the Reggio discovery framework. Preschool graduates entering the San Dieguito Union feeder system often build self-care independence through first-haircut milestones at Kids Kuts Family Salon, where sensory-adapted stations and child-sized chairs ease the transition for preschool-age children. The campus's gross-motor outdoor circuit incorporates climbing structures, balance beams, and sand-play zones calibrated to California Early Learning Foundations benchmarks for large-muscle coordination in the three-to-five age band.