Preschool of the Arts

Preschool of the Arts Preschool of the Arts offers a vibrant learning community committed to creativity and exploration. Our curriculum is influenced by the Reggio philosophy.

Founded in 1971 and incorporated since 1975, we currently serve children 18 months through pre-kindergarten and offer summer programs through age 7. Our highly qualified faculty average over 13 years of teaching experience and includes music and art specialists. We maintain a safe and beautiful environment that celebrates play and our children's interests. Our accredited program allows for long-term relationships, documents each child's development, and encourages parent involvement.

It's the first day of the 2026-27 school year! We are so lucky to be working and learning alongside these educators. Hap...
09/08/2026

It's the first day of the 2026-27 school year! We are so lucky to be working and learning alongside these educators. Happy First Day of School!

This fall, our school-wide intention is "rekindling imagination". As we prepare for the new school year, and take some t...
09/04/2026

This fall, our school-wide intention is "rekindling imagination". As we prepare for the new school year, and take some time to reset our classrooms, we met as a staff to talk about the importance of imagination, and how we can restore our own imaginations.

We did some collaborative drawings, choosing objects that represent our imaginations - disco balls, drawing mannequins, flowers, owls, pinwheels, boats

08/26/2026

Wheels Day is one of our favorite summer traditions. We close the parking lot, and everyone is invited to bring their favorite wheels - bikes, scooters, skateboards, office chairs - anything goes!

Did you know PSA has swag available to purchase through Zazzle? Alumni t-shirts, children and adult shirts and sweatshir...
08/24/2026

Did you know PSA has swag available to purchase through Zazzle? Alumni t-shirts, children and adult shirts and sweatshirts, travel mugs, and even a teddy bear.

Shop our swag store - https://www.zazzle.com/store/preschoolofthearts

08/21/2026

Continuing our work rethinking our trash, with the Art and Music Specialists we re-used discarded items to make instruments. We set up an "instrument workshop" with centers dedicated to different types of music-making - strumming, drumming, and shaking.

First Hannah showed the children examples of the instruments, then the children migrated between the drumming, strumming, and shaking tables, finally they chose one instrument to bring back to the rug and play in a "concert" led by Hannah on guitar.

"When you put all of these inside, it can make loud sounds. Do you wanna hear what my instrument sounds like? Do you?"
"I have two drums, they are big ones!"
"I love the way that sounds!"

08/19/2026

We love Wednesdays, because we love saying hi to William, our waste collector! He is the best. He always greets us with a wave, a smile, and of course a couple honks of the big garbage truck!

08/14/2026

Today was our annual Freedom Fest - a celebration of Pride Month, the Fourth of July, and Juneteenth. We danced, played with bubbles, hit our director Penny with sponges, and had a big old party. Happy Freedom Fest!

Inspired by our recent work using plastic "waste" materials to create art, children had the opportunity to make loose pa...
08/12/2026

Inspired by our recent work using plastic "waste" materials to create art, children had the opportunity to make loose parts self-portraits. Which one do you identify with today?

"What could this be? Maybe hair? Or a mouth?"
"I have a traffic cone nose!"
"This is my nose. A train track that can be my...mouth!"

This summer, PSA has been lucky to host Dane County Department of Waste + Renewables Trash Lab and the artist . Together...
08/10/2026

This summer, PSA has been lucky to host Dane County Department of Waste + Renewables Trash Lab and the artist . Together, these visits have made us rethink our relationship with "waste", focus our creative work on the potentiality of objects that might otherwise be thrown out and end up in a landfill.

Hilary Christensen is an artist who works almost exclusively with items that she terms "junk". Hilary visited PSA to talk about her process and work with the children art pieces inspired by her art. Hilary graciously allowed PSA to exhibit a few pieces of her art before her upcoming exhibit at the Overture Center opening in September.

"Trash Lab is so fun!!! And you know what? We're helping the earth and making art at the same time!"

"I can't believe that someone was going to throw these away! This is all great stuff! These things seem pretty much great to me. I don't even know why they would throw it away!"

The Cloud Room kids are staying cool with these sunglasses self portraits. Which one do you identify with today?
07/28/2026

The Cloud Room kids are staying cool with these sunglasses self portraits. Which one do you identify with today?




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11 Science Court
Madison, WI
53711

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 5:30pm

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