Guiding Compass

We at Westbrook are committed to instilling in the young child a love of the earth that will last a lifetime. Each day, our children are immersed in the beauty and rhythms of nature, bringing joy and vitality to learning. Westbrook teachers create a vibrant circle of learning through art, song, movement, games, poetry, and enriched storytelling. Each child leaves Westbrook with knowledge of bird language, tracking, hibernation, migration, shelter building, tapping trees, and much more.

Most importantly, the child is given extended time with the forest and river, where their relationship with nature grows and deepens. Through unhurried exploration, wonder, resilience, and play, children develop confidence, compassion and a sense of belonging.

Westbrook is a community rooted in connection, to the natural world, to childhood, and to each other. Parents benefit from their child’s increasing knowledge and their own involvement with seasonal festivals, community outreach and events. As we grow alongside the families who help to shape us, we hope to create even more opportunities for children, parents, alumni, and neighbors to gather, learn, celebrate, and care for the land together.

Westbrook is part of the growing global effort to ensure the right of every child to experience the natural world as a fundamental part of their education. In doing so, we will fulfill our commitment to sustain, heal, and become stewards of the earth.