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OAA's award-winning preschool embraces cutting edge creativity researchThe Oakville Academy for the unfolds in the classroom with deep powerful way of engaging children Arts innovative Preschool Program engagement, sustained interest and with their learning.seizes every opportunity to provide great enthusiasm!Inside the walls of the Oakville young learners with the kinds of Shannon Speer, the program's Academy for the Arts Preschool experiences that promote creative Head Teacher shares: We know Program, there is a tremendous and divergent thinking styles that from current and on-going research, sense of interconnectedness that will take children deeper into the such as that conducted by Britain's mirrors the interconnectedness of 21st century.Sir Ken Robinson and researcher, life. This is reflected in the open Using a project-based emergentRobert Fisher, that creative thinking and flexible dialogue between the curriculum, in which children in skills are absolutely essential for students as well as the faculty tandem with their teachers decide success in learning and success in members. upon topics of study, learning life. Promoting creative thinking is a Kelly Posavec, a teacher in the Preschool classroom comments: If a project is being explored, we, as a team, find exciting ways to connect it through all program avenues including dance, music, science, social studies and the graphic arts. This kind of collaboration is a daily pSubmitted photoart of the work that happens with both teaching staff and children.The students negotiate and the majority decides that the den requires a window The Oakville Academy's cutting the bear will need to look out during hibernation to see if spring has sprung!edge preschool and kindergarten pin order for genuine creativity totheir broad range of creative classes rograms have drawn attention flourish, young learners must havefor young learners, or would like to from organizations such as TVO and creative teachers, time to explore,register for the 2011/2012 Academic the acclaimed Canadian science pro-gexperiment and play with ideas andschool year, please call the Oakville ram, Wings of Discovery, both of whom have usedbe supported in generating ideasAcademy for the Arts at (905)-844- the programs sev-ethat provide opportunities for imag-ARTS or view the school website at ral times as an observation site for curriculum consultation and theination and originality to thrive.www.oakvilleacademy.com. production of training videos forOAA's Preschool Program does justThe Academy currently has limited Submitted photoeducatothat.spaces available in their Monday, rs. During a project on bears, the Preschool children attempt to build their own bear'sBIf you would like more informationWednesday, Friday preschool session ritish researcher, author and den using fabric and copious amounts of tape! Tape is an important resource in thepabout the Academys dynamic andas well as their Tuesday, Thursday rofessor at England's Brunel Preschool room as it is easy to manipulate and provides instant results.University Robert Fisher states that,progressive Preschool Program andpreschool session. "inspiring artistic excellence & fun"Come and see why we have been voted Bestyear after year!Over 12,000 sq ft VOTED #1CES Fall Registration on NowBSPAESTof premium CAMPSITED!YEAR AARE LIMFTdedicated Arts ER YEARInstructionBook Early - Spaces Are LimitedSUMMER CAMPSProgrammes 6 years and underR.A.D. 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