Roots & wings learning community

Welcome! 
The mission of the Roots & Wings Learning Community is to offer supplemental, educational programming to home-schooled children, in order to nurture a deep connection to self & others through transformative arts integration, social responsibility and nature-rich activities. 

Below is an example of what the program schedule will look like next year (please note it is subject to slight changes):

TIME	5-7 BUDS (M-TH)	8-10 SPROUTS (M-TH)
9:30 - 10 am	Social Emotional Learning	Social Emotional Learning
10 - 11 am	Movement or Literacy Exploration	Farm & Garden
11 am - 12 pm	Fine Art or Handcrafting	Movement or Literacy Exploration
12 - 1 pm	LUNCH / FREE PLAY	LUNCH / FREE PLAY
1 - 2 pm	Farm & Garden	Fine Art or Handcrafting
2 - 3 pm	Passion Projects	Passion Projects
3 - 3:30 pm	Free Choice Explorations	Free Choice Exploration

Meet the Teachers

Information about class sections: 

• Farm and Garden: this section will include time spent planting, harvesting and caring for the youth garden as well as animal husbandry. One of the goals of our program is to incorporate animal and garden care into every child's experience.
• Literacy Exploration: building literacy is in important part of our educational journey. This section will be offered on T and W and will combine story time, group writing, play creation, poetry, word games, with time spent in the literacy garden. Children will plan and plant themed root pouches to highlight themes/characters/genres of children's literature that they choose as a group.  
• Art and Handcrafting: we celebrate art in all of its forms, and we are so grateful to be able to offer meaningful art projects every day to the children in our programs. Children will be exposed to various art mediums, techniques and difficulty levels. They will explore fine arts (art using various tools and mediums) and handcrafting (useful art made with the hands) throughout their time in our program. 
• Movement: this section will be offered on M and TH and will provide the children with an opportunity to move their bodies, ground their energy and express themselves in new and healthy ways. We feel strongly that movement is an important communication asset and that it offers endless benefits to connect mind, body and spirit. 
• Passion Projects: this mixed age group section will allow the kids to work on various themed projects appropriate to the semester's learning goals and will give them a chance to work with and meet kids in other age groups.
• Free Choice Explorations: this mixed age group section will offer children some independent control over their learning experience. They will be able to choose where they want to be for a portion of the afternoon doing various activities like: jump rope, yoga, Spanish, book clubs/story time, stem challenges, extra art/crafting projects, music, nature explorations and more.