Nurturing Our Roots

Specialties

Nurturing Our Roots is a home away from home for the young child. It is a haven where each individual child can blossom at their own pace. Each day is guided with great care and love, by teacher Torii, to inspire enthusiasm, learning and social growth. Please see the website information section on our teacher for more information. Our Class Teacher, Torii Rom, is an experienced and fully certified Waldorf teacher. In addition to her warm mother spirit, Torii brings with her a strong background in biodynamic and organic farming as well as an incredible love for children and nature.

Our young students are nurtured in a warm, beautiful and loving home-​like environment in a mixed age class of children age 3 to first grade ready. Nurturing Our Roots Preschool program runs daily from 8:30 to 12:30pm. The children feel protected and are secure in the rhythm of predictable activities and loving interactions with teacher. The older children become «big brother’s and sister’s,» to the youngest in class, and all the children are having the opportunity to learn very needed qualities such as waiting for gratification/​patience, feelings of personal confidence/​pride and learning how to really listen and be present with others in a respectful way.

We recognize that at this developmental stage, children learn through imitation and play and so teachers model reverence, respect and care in their interactions with the children and in the work of the class…