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Growing Artists in the WoodsOur four, five and six year old Fine Arts program is a specialized enrichment program to introduce children to the exciting world of Music, Drama, Movement, Art and more. Your child will experience a Kodaly based music program using the voice as the principle instrument. The teachers will invite the children's response to music through movement, props and the visual arts. Children will experience many art mediums with open-ended activities that will encourage discovery, exploration, experimentation, creativity and originality. Through drama, the teachers will facilitate and guide the children as they arrange and re-arrange ideas, ask questions, explore possibilities and make decisions. Fine Arts Program - Tues/Thurs afternoons from 12:45 - 3:00 pm $100.00 per month
This class has a maximum of 16 students, with 2 qualified teachers. Children must be 4 years old by December 31 of the current school year.PLEASE NOTE Woodvale Playschool is a registered non-profit program of the Woodvale Community League. As such we require parents to obtain a community league membership in their community for the upcoming school year. Our School is a Parent Cooperative school, without roster or cleaning days and has one scheduled Bingo. Parents must provide a $50.00 cheque to help cover cleaning costs and a cheque for $200.00 that will be returned to them after they have worked their scheduled Bingo. $45 non-refundable registration fee. For more information, call the Cindy at 780-474-5885 or e-mail registrar@woodvaleplayschool.org. What can children learn through fine arts?Through drama, they learn:
Through the visual arts, children learn:
Through music and movement children learn:
Fine Arts and Your Child's DevelopmentPhysical DevelopmentChildren will have opportunities to develop fine and gross motor skills, coordination and spatial awareness.Social/Emotional DevelopmentChildren will learn: self-awareness and expression through working together towards a common artistic goal; acceptance and belonging through group endeavours; and how to participate in ways as unique as each one of them.Cognitive DevelopmentChildren will be encouraged to think creatively and divergently, respecting the ideas of others - that it is OK to be different and have different ideas. Through open-ended questions and an atmosphere of acceptance, higher levels of thinking, reasoning and problem-solving will be prompted by the teachers.Creative DevelopmentThinking "outside the box" as we ponder "what if" questions, expressing themselves through movement and music, visual and tactile art, and drama, children's innate creativity will be valued.Language DevelopmentThrough poetry, story-telling, and listening and songs, children will develop their awareness of the rhyme, metre, and cadence of spoken language. Their vocabulary and language sounds will be enhanced through stories, songs, dramatization of familiar stories and stories of their own creation.MusicThe children will experience a Kodaly-based music program. Using the voice as the principal instrument, children will introduced to pitch, melody and solfege hand symbols. They will learn to recognize and duplicate beat and rhythm with their bodies and with percussion instruments. The teachers will invite the children's response to art music through movement, props and the visual arts.DramaDrama is a form of expression providing children a creative outlet. They interpret and create stories through language, emotion and imagination. The teachers will facilitate and guide the children as they develop their ideas.MovementMusic is all around us every day, whether it be rhythmic tap of a woodpecker. the melody of the doorbell or the chaotic sound of traffic. Stories and music evoke thoughts and feelings in children which they often translate into movement.Visual ArtArt is an open-ended activity that encourages discovery, exploration, experimentation, creativity and originality. Through their drawings, paintings and sculpting, children reveal what they know about their world, their thoughts and emotions and the rich world of their imaginations. We will integrate some of the art experiences with the drama and music components of the program.FunChildren are playful by nature. We will endeavour to provide a safe, accepting and exciting environment where each child will grow and blossom. Their laughter will fill our days.NOTES: Classes run from September to June inclusive. There is a registration fee of $100, $50 of this goes towards September fees. There is also a deposit cheque of $200.00 - once parents have completed 1 Bingo, their cheques will be returned to them. A non-refundable cleaning fee of $50.00 is also required. For more information, call the Shahneen at 780-628-5607 or e-mail registrar@woodvaleplayschool.org. |
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