By Enjoying Music
“We tend to think that the realm of music is the privileged area of some happy few. Experience has taught us, however, that if offered...
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Apr 281 min
Gardening
Some say that a garden just grows from seeds. Based on the recent gardening quest, we think it grows from trying, failing and trying...
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Apr 51 min
The First Nine Minutes
Mixing up a batch of homemade vegan marshmallow fluff is an exercise in patience. For the first nine minutes of the ten minutes it takes...
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Mar 301 min
Mastery
Part of our studio culture is when doing something, we give it our all, do our best, make it excellent. Why do we focus on mastery and...
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Mar 171 min
Striving for Excellence
Every learning journey at ROA has a higher purpose. As with any calling, excellence is the aim and the ultimate desire. During our...
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ROA team
Feb 242 min
Planting a Garden
Our Learners will be planting a new garden in a few weeks. They had a gardening quest a few months ago and very few of the seeds they...
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Feb 81 min
Anybody can be a Guide
"Don't be a sage on the stage, be a guide on the side." Though the truth is, we've realized that children have guided us in so many more...
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Jan 231 min
Get Out of Their Way
Excerpt from an interview with astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson.“I’m often asked by parents what advice I can give them to help get...
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Jan 91 min
Being Educated
If I had been asked, years ago, what being educated means I would have said being able to recite facts by heart, ones that have been...
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ROA team
Dec 7, 20232 min
Growth Mindset Praise
At ROA, everyone is learning and growing all the time – adults included. This is because we are fueled by Growth Mindset. How people...
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ROA team
Nov 30, 20234 min
Praise, Rewards and Punishments
"Rewards and punishments are ... the worst enemies of the natural development of the child. The jockey gives sugar to his horse before...
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Nov 23, 20231 min
Letting Go
"The leaves are dying," said Tiny Dragon. "Don't be sad," said Big Panda. "Autumn is nature's way of showing us how beautiful letting go...
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ROA team
Oct 8, 20232 min
Alive with Life
We send our children to school as six-year-olds in order to prepare them for life as 18-year-olds and beyond. What we rarely consider is...
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Oct 1, 20231 min
Play to Strengths
When the primary objective for children is to fit into being a good student and to get good grades, we have no choice but to teach to...
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Sep 5, 20231 min
Interconnectedness
A special tradition we have every beginning of the school year is a handprint ceremony where each new person who joins our community...
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ROA team
Aug 9, 20232 min
Learning Connections
The longer I've worked with young children, the more I've come to understand that there is very little we can "teach" people. We can...
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ROA team
Jul 28, 20232 min
Try, Fail, Repeat…
Our goal is to make the process of mastery a deeply ingrained habit in our children’s life. If we make learning mostly about excellence...
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ROA team
Jul 22, 20232 min
Respect for Children
“A person is a person no matter how small,” the iconic line from Dr.Seuss's Horton Hears a Who, is much beloved by people who value...
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ROA team
Jun 19, 20232 min
A Reason for Learning
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu. I've read and heard this...
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ROA team
May 25, 20233 min
The Most Meaningful Way to Succeed
We often talk about being Givers, Takers, and Matchers with our Learners. They are very much aware of the nuances- their tendencies as...
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