About Us
You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen
Designing the curriculum of a preschool is very important and should be done by professionals keeping all the useful features in mind. Our program is balanced, holistic, and complete and includes all activities that contribute to the development of the child’s abilities.
Best Programs
Programs are designed to create a solid base for your child at Preschool in Calgary. We ensure them a strong foundation as they begin their student life.
Safe Environment
Learn and Play Preschool Academy provides the safest environment where they do not feel constrained. They are free to move around and discover themselves.
Our Talented Educators
Besa Cekaj
Early Childhood Educator
My name is Besa Cekaj, and I am an early learning educator at one of the best Preschool in NW Calgary, i.e Learn and Play Preschool Academy. I graduated from Bow Valley College (2020) with a diploma in Early Learning and Child Care Development.
I have also earned the Alberta Child Care Staff Certificate, Level 3- Advanced Qualification, in accordance with Child Care Licensing Regulation (Certificate Number: 1128309, 2020).
My focus as an educator is to help our children develop through play-based learning experiences where each activity implemented to the children will be based on their interests that will help in developing healthy life-lasting skills.
Rosangela De Vincenzo
Owner/ Director
Rosangela De Vincenzo is an early childhood educator whose first placement at Ready Set Go Preschool in 2003 included a focus on implementing new strategies for children with behavioural and sensory issues.
Rosangela earned a diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta (2004) and went on to study community rehabilitation and disability studies at the University of Calgary (2004-2005).
She also earned a Early Childhood Educator Certificate, Level 3 – Advanced Qualification, in accordance with Alberta Regulation #180/2000 (Certificate No: 226789, 2006).
Rosangela dedicated more than a decade of her career to helping two family businesses. She also experienced the joy of becoming a mom and more recently, initiated a transition to return to her first passion as an early childhood educator.
In January 2018, she successfully completed the Child Care Licensing eLearning Program provided by Alberta Human Services. Rosangela has up-to-date certification in standard first aid, Level C CPR/AED as issued by Alberta Council.
Rosangela is very excited to open Learn & Play Preschool Academy in NW Calgary in March 2018. She looks forward to doing her part to inspire young children to develop early math and literacy skills and healthy habits through experiential learning, movement and play.
Giving Value To Uniqueness In All Children
What Makes Us Unique ??
We balance our focus on early math and literacy with FUN activities—like child yoga so they move, slow down, balance play and rest, and feel joyful, and like kid-friendly dance fitness routines such as child Zumba and group dancing. While many classes have an average of one teacher for every 12 children, our classroom sizes are scaled down to one teacher for every eight children—a smaller ratio that enriches interactions, awareness, and experiences.
Learning Through Skills
Play-centric activities are designed to encourage spontaneous, active, and fun interactions.
It is developmentally appropriate and geared to a young child’s attention span. Through Yoga, we teach your children how to move, slow down, balance play and rest, and feel joyful.
Children who get an early start on writing, are better prepared to learn and succeed in school. Handwriting Without Tears is a program that provides developmentally appropriate instructional methods for all learning styles
Music helps children develop rhythmic and melodic intelligence and enhances social, emotional skills and physical skills.
Here children are taught counting numbers, counting objects, and shapes, and classifying them. These concepts are taught in the most fun way like playing with an abacus, building with blocks, or doing art and craft.
Children here are surrounded by groups of teachers and other children, which encourages confident and appropriate interaction
