Roots & Wings Blog

We Forget, You Know
We forget, you know. Forget to appreciate. We get complacent, move through our days as if everyone lived and learned as we do, in such surroundings as ours. We get mired in occasional challenges and lose sight of the big

How Gifts Can Enhance or Limit Your Child’s Imagination: Role-Playing vs Make-Believe
It is important to the well-being of our children for us to understand the difference between fantasy, imagination and creativity. Our confusion of these abilities can be detrimental to their progress: Fantasy: a retreat from the real world through

What Makes a Hero?
This month, most of us have had an opportunity to talk about war heroes, and honor them for the sacrifices they made, so that we could have a free and peaceful country to live in. Along the same line of

Empowering Our Children as Creators
When children, however young, are included in the family decision making process, they begin to see themselves as active rather than passive members of the family. They begin to problem-solve and think beyond just their own immediate needs. As this

Feeling Safe
As the new school year begins, it warms our hearts to observe our new little ones gradually relaxing in their new environment, as they feel safe and loved. Actually I observe a tangible difference in comfort levels between many

Graduation June 2022
Graduation 2022 What a busy and interesting year! We as a faculty team have been saying that we cannot believe we are at end of the school year already. And what a year it has been, full of many great