Philosophy
We created Rose Enrichment as a place where children can feel at home. Our days hold space for curiosity, movement, creativity, practical skills, quiet reflection, and the universal values that help us live with kindness and courage.
"A child is in her natural setting amidst the flowers and songbirds. Only thus may she fully express the hidden wealth of her individual endowment. True education can never be crammed and pumped from without; rather it must aid in bringing spontaneously to the surface the infinite hoards of wisdom within."— Rabindranath Tagore
I — Soul
We gather around the timeless values shared across wisdom traditions: kindness, courage, gratitude, compassion, and the knowing that every child arrives already whole.
We begin and end our days with stillness, affirmations, gratitude, and stories of kind and courageous souls from many traditions. We practice qualities such as compassion, truthfulness, fearlessness, and peace—not as a lesson to memorize, but as a way to express our incredible soul nature!
II — Embodiment
We learn with our whole selves—kneading dough, weaving wool, stretching, moving, and meeting the world through our hands and senses.
We learn through engaging experiences and activities—weaving in creativity and following each child's natural interests, with our enrichment guides learning alongside each child and gently guiding as needed. We enjoy hands-on creative arts, singing, painting, dancing, kinetic sandcastles, fort making, yoga, and meditation. Through each activity, we explore and grow closer to the wonder within and all around!
III — Planet
We remember that children belong to the natural world. Here, the earth is beneath our feet, the seasons guide our days, and wonder is waiting in every seed, feather, puddle, and breeze.
We tend the garden, follow the seasons, forage, and prepare food from what grows. By loving the earth through everyday care, children begin to feel that caring for it is simply part of who they are.
IV — Intellect
Young minds are bright, imaginative, and hungry for meaning. We make room for questions, stories, experiments, and the kind of discovery that lets wonder lead the way.
Our enrichment experiences grow through purposeful play, stories, questions, and hands-on discovery. We meet each child where her curiosity lives and help her follow it with joy.
Our roots
We see children come alive through relationship, rhythm, movement, nature, and their own bright curiosity. We draw from Waldorf and Montessori traditions, nature immersion, and the spiritual wisdom that reminds us of our innate goodness and strengthening soul qualities.
We sing, share a moment of stillness, and say thank you before we eat. We tell stories of Yogananda, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, St. Francis, Mirabai and others as lives of kind, brave, joyful people. There is no catechism and no pressure—families of every faith and no faith are warmly welcome. We are always happy to share what our morning circle feels like before your family decides.
"It isn't academic education alone that makes people happy. It is ‘how-to-live’ education — how to develop a harmonious, moral life, stronger will power, and spiritual understanding — that will bring happiness.”— Paramahansa Yogananda