Welcome to Westgate Child Center

The average tenure at Westgate is 10 years. Our culturally diverse staff brings experience and creates a loving and positive environment for the children in our care. Our focus is to meet the individual needs of each child.

Pooh Land, Rainbow Room, and Little League are bright, clean, and organized into different areas of activity, with educational toys and materials at the reach of children. Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack are served each day. All classrooms have computers with age-appropriate educational programs that are part of the scheduled activities.

Pooh Land (ages 2.5 to 4 years):
The curriculum includes age-appropriate vocabulary, math concepts, shapes, colors, and arts & crafts. These activities are planned around weekly themes. Each child proceeds at his/her own pace. Activities change every half hour, keeping in mind the attention span of the age group. Children enjoy library and circle times outdoor play in our spacious playground, reading sessions, music, and introduction to Spanish.
Rainbow Room (Pre-Kindergarten for ages 4 and 5 years):
The curriculum is age appropriate and planned around weekly themes. Activities change every half hour. Children are encouraged to do group projects, enjoy hands-on computer activities, music, reading, arts and crafts, vocabulary, math concepts and outdoor play. Children are encouraged to read and write at their own pace. The daily schedule provides for alternating periods of quiet and active play. Our teachers have many years of experience preparing children for entrance into Kindergarten.
Little League (Before & After school care for ages 5 to 12 years):
The program is designed to engage and challenge school-age children in a 'club - like' environment. The activities center around homework, arts & crafts, group sports and appropriate games and toys.

• Westgate has had an association with Kent Gardens for many years. Our before and after school program accomodates children attending Kent Gardens.
• All children can take the school bus from Westgate to Kent Gardens.
• The Kindergarten children attend the afternoon session at Kent Gardens.
• Upon the return from Kent Gardens at 3:15 pm. the Little League children have snack, outdoor play, participate in club activities and homework group.

Westgate’s summer program is designed to provide children with a fun, relaxing, and safe summer--- full of water play, bike riding, visiting musicians & entertainers, and field trips to museums and parks. Below are sample summer program activities. These activities vary from year to year.

Preschoolers:
Upton Pool Days, Bike Days, Theater Arts, National Zoo, Burke Lake Train Ride
School-age Children:
Port Discovery, Cookout (parents invited), Upton Pool Days, Pirate Cruise, Outdoor Water Play, Bull Run

• Weather permitting, all groups play outdoors daily, in the morning and afternoon.
• The large playground in the back of Westgate Child Center is shared by all the classrooms:
• Westgate Child Center closure is based on the Federal Government schedule and policy. Federal Government Status
  
• Westgate Child Center lunches are supplied by the Fairfax County School system. When Kent Gardens Elementary is on spring break or has unscheduled closings (example: weather or power outages), parents will need to bring lunch. Please visit the Fairfax County School system website for unscheduled closings as well as school break information.
  Fairfax County School Calendar and Fairfax County School Emergency Announcements
  

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