A few sessions ago, we launched on the effect of words have by using a clean, uncreased single sheet of paper and started folding and...

I’ve heard children described not quite at grade level compared to peers. The "compared to peers" concern is such a soul-crusher for real...

As parents, we are constantly cautioning children to "Be careful!" Naturally, we want them to be and stay safe but do they really heed...

Some see education is an institutional process, where young people are processed with assembly-line methods to produce productive...

“You’re such a good student.” We hear it at parent-teacher conferences. See it in glowing report cards. In the proud smiles of teachers...

The basic architecture of the brain is constructed through an ongoing process that begins before birth and continues into adulthood....

When one of our founding Learners first started at the tender age of four, she really struggled with communication. It had really...

“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...

Some say that a garden just grows from seeds. Based on the recent gardening quest, we think it grows from trying, failing and trying...

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...

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...

Every learning journey at ROA has a higher purpose. As with any calling, excellence is the aim and the ultimate desire. During our...

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...

"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...

Excerpt from an interview with astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson.“I’m often asked by parents what advice I can give them to help get...

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...

At ROA, everyone is learning and growing all the time  – adults included. This is because we are fueled by Growth Mindset. How people...

"Rewards and punishments are ... the worst enemies of the natural development of the child. The jockey gives sugar to his horse before...

"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...

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...