Project Work Enrichment is occurring in the Oak Room! As projects evolve, the students' inquiries go deeper and become more complex. This month we planted outside our pea plants that we grew from seeds. We also planted more strawberries, lavender, lettuce, bell...
Cultivating Meaningful Experience through Sensory Play
Sensory play is one of the most essential part of a child's day and is something that is integrated into every experience. Whether at school, at home, or in any other environment, children are soaking up the world around them through their senses. A very young child,...
Project CARE is Underway!
Project CARE is underway! The concept of Care has been one of increasing importance in the Oak classroom over the last couple of months. As the Oak classroom shared in a previous reflection, this project emerged from the children’s observation of individuality after...
Guiding Children in Love, Respect, and Care
Valentine’s Day is approaching soon, and everywhere we will soon observe hearts and candies and Cupids galore! At Wild Roots, we instead would love to emphasize the core emotions associated with this holiday, such as love and care for one another. As they grow, young...
What is Healthy Play??
Play is a word that is used frequently in the early education world and many preschools and homes will focus on play being the center of their young children’s day. However, the term “play” is broad and playful times can take various forms for different people and...
Infants engage in Movement
It seems our entire room is on the move in one form or another. A large part of how toddlers learn about their environment is through moving their bodies, moving furniture and moving objects (throwing, pushing, and pulling). We have seen this happen repeatedly with...
Toddler Food Prep Activities
Wild Roots Loves Toddler Food Prep Activities! The month of January has been very exciting for our Rosemary children! This month in the Rosemary Classroom the children have been very interested in our food prep materials. We have taken this opportunity as a...
Winter Wildlife Play
Winter Wildlife Play has been invigorating in the Atelier this January! The children have noticed the outside weather had become much cooler and was impacting their daily routines by the new need for jackets, coats, rain boots, and umbrellas. Because of this...
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