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Creases Don’t Disappear
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...
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Feb 32 min read
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Is your child really behind?
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...
ROA team
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Assessing Risk
As parents, we are constantly cautioning children to "Be careful!" Naturally, we want them to be and stay safe but do they really heed...
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Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Seeds of Potential
Some see education is an institutional process, where young people are processed with assembly-line methods to produce productive...
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Nov 24, 20241 min read
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Why do we call them Learners?
“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...
ROA team
Nov 9, 20242 min read
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Guardrails
The basic architecture of the brain is constructed through an ongoing process that begins before birth and continues into adulthood....
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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The Power of Transformation
When one of our founding Learners first started at the tender age of four, she really struggled with communication. It had really...
ROA team
Jun 8, 20242 min read
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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...
ROA team
May 12, 20242 min read
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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...
ROA team
Apr 5, 20241 min read
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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...
ROA team
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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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...
ROA team
Feb 24, 20242 min read
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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...
ROA team
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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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...
ROA team
Jan 23, 20241 min read
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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...
ROA team
Jan 9, 20241 min read
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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...
ROA team
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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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...
ROA team
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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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...
ROA team
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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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...
ROA team
Oct 8, 20232 min read
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