Roots Learning Center (Easthampton site) is an early childhood center offering infant, toddler, preschool and pre-kindergarten care and education. The Easthampton location is one of several Roots Learning Center sites and is staffed by teachers and site leadership who serve the Easthampton program.
This Easthampton early childhood site provides care and early education for children across the infant through pre-kindergarten range. The center describes its curriculum as developmentally appropriate and focused on supporting children’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth.
The program uses theme-based, hands-on units to support language, early literacy and pre-writing skills, math, science, motor development and social skills. Activities are intended to be developmentally appropriate and to let children learn at their own pace while encouraging sharing, turn-taking and cooperative play.
Most classroom teachers are stated to hold certification from the Department of Early Education and Care, and all staff are trained in First Aid and CPR. The site lists dedicated classroom staff and site leadership assigned to the Easthampton location.
The site provides classroom environments described as safe and nurturing and emphasizes primary caregiving relationships for infants to promote consistency in feeding, napping and family communication. The center posts a shared calendar of scheduled closings and professional development days.
The infant program emphasizes planned experiences to support rapid cognitive, emotional and physical growth. Each infant is assigned a primary caregiver for consistency in feeding, napping and parent communication, and the posted ratio for the infant room is one teacher to three infants; transitions to the toddler room occur between about 12 and 15 months and are done gradually with teacher and parent collaboration.
The pre-kindergarten program focuses on preparing children for kindergarten through theme-based curriculum that incorporates language, pre-reading and pre-writing, math, science, motor skill development and social growth in developmentally appropriate activities.
Preschool classrooms use theme-based units and hands-on activities to develop language, early literacy and writing readiness, math, science, motor skills and social development while allowing children to learn at their own pace.
The toddler program provides a consistent routine of exploration and hands-on learning to support growing independence and milestone skills; the stated ratio is two teachers to nine children and transitions to preschool begin around 2 years, 9 months with gradual introduction to the new classroom.
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