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Root to Ray is created by a small team of early childhood educators who believe deeply in the power of relationships, play, and developmentally appropriate practice. Our work is grounded in decades of research and real classroom experience, shaped by what truly supports children and the adults who care for them. Every resource we create is intentional, practical, and designed to support emotionally safe, meaningful learning environments.
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Toddlers Brain Builders – Kindness & Love | Caring Connections Week 3
🧡 DESCRIPTIONSupport your toddlers as they strengthen thinking skills through kindness-centered play in Brain Builders – Week 3, part of the Caring Connections monthly theme. This play-based toddler resource focuses on early cognitive development through hands-on activities that blend problem-solving with social-emotional learning. Toddlers explore shape sorting, complete friendship-themed puzzles, and participate in a mailbox matching game that connects real-world experiences with imaginative
PreK
For All Subjects, Numbers, Social Emotional Learning
Brain Builders – Toddlers My Feelings | Week 1 SEL Math & Play
🧡 DESCRIPTIONSupport toddlers as they begin to understand emotions through play-based brain development activities designed to build early math, thinking, and social-emotional skills. This Brain Builders – Week 1: My Feelings resource is part of the Root to Ray Caring Connections curriculum and uses simple manipulatives, movement, and visual supports to help toddlers count, sort, compare, and represent emotions in meaningful ways. Activities are intentionally designed to strengthen early cognit
PreK
General Science, Numbers, Social Emotional Learning
Infants Brain Builders – Pets at Home | Amazing Animals Week 1
🧡 DESCRIPTIONSupport your infants as they build early thinking skills through nurturing, pet-themed exploration in Brain Builders – Week 1, part of the Amazing Animals & Pet Adventures monthly theme. This play-based infant cognitive resource introduces foundational concepts like caring routines, sorting, and size comparison through familiar pets and comforting materials. Activities invite infants to practice gentle pet care, explore how objects belong together, and notice differences between bi
PreK
For All Subjects, Numbers, Social Emotional Learning
Preschool Brain Builders – Kindness & Love | Caring Connections Week 3
🧡 DESCRIPTIONSupport your preschoolers as they build early math and thinking skills through Brain Builders – Week 3, part of the Caring Connections monthly theme. This play-based cognitive resource blends math, problem-solving, and social-emotional learning through engaging, kindness-centered activities. Children explore graphing, counting, sorting, and fair sharing while reflecting on positive social behaviors like helping, caring, and using kind words. By connecting abstract math concepts to
PreK
For All Subjects, Numbers, Social Emotional Learning
Infants Brain Builders – Kindness & Love | Caring Connections Week 3
🧡 DESCRIPTIONSupport your infants as they explore problem-solving, curiosity, and kindness through Brain Builders – Week 3, part of the Caring Connections monthly theme. This play-based infant cognitive resource introduces early thinking skills through hands-on exploration with blocks, puzzles, and meaningful objects. Activities such as stacking love-themed blocks, fitting puzzle pieces together, and exploring a kindness basket encourage infants to experiment, persist, and make sense of their w
PreK
For All Subjects, Numbers, Social Emotional Learning
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Root to Ray is created by a small team of early childhood educators who believe deeply in the power of relationships, play, and developmentally appropriate practice. Our work is grounded in decades of research and real classroom experience, shaped by what truly supports children and the adults who care for them. Every resource we create is intentional, practical, and designed to support emotionally safe, meaningful learning environments.
Teaching style
Our teaching style is relationship-centered, play-based, and grounded in child development research. We prioritize emotional safety, attuned adult-child interactions, and environments that invite curiosity, creativity, and meaningful learning. Teaching within Root to Ray means guiding rather than directing, supporting growth through connection, observation, and developmentally appropriate practice.
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