The Preschool of the Arts, Inc. is an educational child care facility with a school in Ellington and one in Tolland, Connecticut. PSA is licensed by the State of Connecticut. They are both centrally located in each community. At both schools, children are bused to and from all public schools in the town at no extra charge to the parents. We pride ourselves in serving families in the surrounding communities by providing quality child care while delivering a rich curriculum for preschoolers through early elementary school with emphasis on the arts.
In an attempt to be helpful to parents, we have a flexible hours policy ranging from a two hour a day minimum and a two day a week minimum up to an unlimited program which allows families to use our center all our hours of operation (6:45 A.M. to 5:45 P.M.) Our facilities are licensed for 39 children in Ellington and 49 children in Tolland. We maintain a 1-10 teacher to student ratio at the Preschool level and a 1-12 teacher to student ratio at Kindergarten. We also have a before and after school program for children up to age 8.
The children in our schools are happy to be there and are always discovering new things about the world around them. They have music every day, frequently with a music specialist. Art projects are done several times during the day and we are just instituting a creative movement/dance program once a week taught by a professional dance educator. In addition to the arts, there is a strong emphasis on quality children's literature and discovery (the math and science of the preschool years.) We present three musical concerts (we like to call them Informances rather than Performances) a year where the children share with their families some of the things they have been learning in the performing arts in addition to having some of their visual art on display.
We present Family Nights around certain themes several times a year. There is a literacy night where parents are able to hear from experts in the field of early literacy about methods they can use to increase their children's interest and skill in pre-reading. Later in the school year we have a Family Music Night where families join together to make music and participate in movement activities. We also have an art night where families are able to create their own work of art with their child.
All the activities presented at PSA are ones which are stimulating the child's creativity and independent thinking skills that will stand them in good sted throughout their journey through life. We like to think of ourselves as surrogate parents, working in your place when you aren't able to be with your child.