Herbs and Your Little One Children are special creatures, with sensitive, highly receptive, developing bodies. They are open-hearted, forgiving, and filled with energy. The light of our lives. They are human, and like us, sometimes they get sick. When this happens,...
Toddlers Explore Caterpillars & Life Cycle
Toddlers Explore Caterpillars The month of May has been such an exciting month for all the children in Rosemary. We added a new addition to our classroom: baby caterpillars! To further this exploration, we read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", and the children have...
Academics in Kindergarten?
At Wild Roots, our approach to early childhood development and early learning is one that encompasses the whole child collectively: body, mind, and spirit. We treat this approach with compassion and care for each individual in our program. We desire for the children...
Preschool Costume Design at Wild Roots
Preschool costume design is taking place in the Atelier, in preparation for Spring Music Program! There are so many ways that children can express themselves artistically! Some creative subjects the children explore at Wild Roots are drama, learning a musical...
The Importance of Architecture for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddler and Preschool age children are in constant, active states of making sense of the world around them, formulating ideas about the way that different pieces of their world fit together based on their experiences. They are also very sensory oriented, and the...
Holding Space for the Emotional Child
All young children have their moments of complete distress over what may seem trivial to their caretaker or parent. We’ve all been there as parents of toddlers and preschoolers right? Whether it be a tantrum over the wrong color bow in your daughter’s hair or your...
Preschool Community Rocks Project
Project CARE continues with a Preschool Community Rocks Project! As many of you know by now, our primary classroom has been deeply involved in a long term project to explore what CARE means: to themselves, their peers and family, and around the world. The children...
Preschool Zen Garden
One of the most recent projects that the children have been working on is the zen garden. The project began by planting, sweeping, and decorating the space. Then we had a gathering outside to brainstorm which quiet activities they would like to bring out. Some wanted...
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