Roots & Wings Community Preschool

Roots and Wings Community Preschool is dedicated to providing an exceptional early childhood education experience for children. With a low 7:1 child to teacher ratio, our school supports active and inquiring children. Our curriculum is unique as we focus on the individual child's story, strengths, and interests, becoming fellow researchers in their natural curiosity. Learning is an emotional and relevant experience, and our teachers ensure the environment promotes cognitive development, experimentation, and growth. Our large and small spaces, interesting materials, and reflective teachers all support our philosophy of deepening children's understanding of the world and themselves.

Mission, Approach and Philosophy

Our Mission At Roots and Wings Community Preschool, our mission is to create a nurturing learning environment that fosters relationships and collaboration between families, children, teachers, and the community. We empower young learners through meaningful play and work, while valuing the contributions of families and weaving research and theory into everyday practice. We embrace diversity and provide equitable access to quality early childhood education, ensuring strong foundations for learning in the early years. Our Approach Inquiry Based/Whole Child Approach to Education and Learning The approach to education and learning that focuses on the whole child recognizes the importance of child development and the process of learning. It prioritizes exploration and discovery rather than memorization and recall. It considers the significance of language acquisition, social-emotional development, gender differences in learning, and the innate drive of young children to learn. In this way, current science and developmental specialists emphasize the importance of childhood as a vital time period for building foundational knowledge. Young children are greatly influenced by family and family culture Children must be actively (using their whole body) to explore. The benefits of active exploration are discovering relationships and connections between people, places, things, and events, learning how to search for answers, and learning how to communicate their discoveries. Self-initiative, motivation, and creativity in thought develop through active exploration. Action/experience comes before language.