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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...

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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...

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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...

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Improving our Outdoor Space

One of the most sensory rich environments available to us is nature. It has the ability to lift our mood, encourage our physical movement, and invite exploration. These benefits are valuable for all of us, but especially for our children. The outdoors naturally brings...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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12 Easy ways to get Outdoors with your Child

This year, make it a priority to get outdoors with your child. Spending time outdoors fosters a type of fulfillment and joy that cannot be experienced through many of today's overstimulating pastimes for children. Being in nature creates a love and appreciation for...

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Welcome friends, teachers and families! This blog is where we’ll share updates of our school, peeks into happy moments from our classrooms, as well as posts that dive into childhood education philosophies (especially Montessori and Reggio ones!) and ideas for keeping our young ones smiling and learning.

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