Education & Support for Families with Young Children, Boosting Resilience & Fun
Raising Rooted Kids announces spring registration is open for its new Positive Discipline Education series for parents, a Farm Fun event and a new offering of its well-reviewed parent-child Empowered Playgroup, all starting in May. The Positive Discipline Education six-week series begins May 19 and offers parents/caregivers strategies for improving child behavior, increasing resilience and building a supportive community. Farm Fun is a one-day event on May 20 which includes u-pick vegetables and an entertaining-educational preschool circle. Finally, back by popular demand, Raising Rooted Kids’ Empowered Playgroup is a ten-week class beginning May 24 for preschoolers ages two-six and their parents/caregivers.
“Raising Rooted Kids was founded on the notion that to best serve our youngest people, we must also serve their first teachers: the parents and caregivers,” said Founder Rhea Grogan. “Empowered Playgroups and Positive Discipline Education reimagine support for families in early parenting with an emphasis on raising resilience, lowering stress and improving relationships.”
As a licensed elementary school teacher with a specialization in early education, a curriculum designer and yoga instructor, Grogan uses the foundations of Jane Nelson’s Positive Discipline to provide caregivers a practical approach to developing kind and firm boundaries, positive skill building and the belief that when children feel better, they do better. Raising Rooted Kids Positive Discipline Education provides sensible tools to help parents enjoy the glorious and messy job of raising kids.
Local parent Helen Cloots shared her experience with Raising Rooted Kids Empowered Playgroups, “My son was almost two when we started participating in Raising Rooted Kids preschool groups. It was such a great way for him to learn social skills, be exposed to enriching outdoor activities and gain so much language — with me by his side. I appreciated the adult space Rhea created to share our parenting struggles and joys. I am still connected to the other families who participated with us and made lifelong connections. My little guy turned three this year, and we’re so appreciative of the teachings, connections and joy of Empowered Playgroups. We will always have wonderful memories of our time with Rhea and the other families and recommend everyone join.”
Raising Rooted Kids Positive Discipline Education
Session 1: 6-week Class, Thursdays @10am, begins May 19
- Learn how to act on the belief that when children feel better, they do better
- Approach discipline (the word means “to learn”) with kindness AND firmness
- Focus on the skills we want kids to gain, not just the behaviors we want to stop
- Drastically improve your relationship with your kids and therefore your sanity!
Location: The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave., Bend (also available via Zoom)
Instructor: Raising Rooted Kids Founder Rhea Grogan
Dates: Thursdays, May 19-June 23
Time: 10am-12pm
Childcare: limited spots available
Investment: $229
Register: raisingrootedkids.com/register-in-bend/p/positive-discipline-parent-education
Farm Fun!
Friday, May 20 @10am
The likelihood of trying new food exponentially increases when kids pick and/or prepare it and when they see other kids eating it too! This Farm Fun event will encourage preschoolers to fall in love with “green stuff.” Raising Rooted Kids will host a preschool circle, u-pick greenhouse visit and a snack time circle with all the vegetables we’ve picked.
Location: Shakti Horticulture Farm in north Bend
Instructor: Raising Rooted Kids Founder Rhea Grogan
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 10am-12pm
Investment: $40 (includes preschool activity and all you can-pick veggies)
Register: raisingrootedkids.com/events/p/farm-fun
Empowered Playgroup for Parents + Preschoolers
Ten-week Series, Tuesdays @9:30am, begins May 24
For preschoolers and their caregiver/parent, Empowered Playgroups inspire learning and building community. Raising Rooted Kids education sessions support dialogue in child development practices around four concepts:
NATURED KIDS — free play in nature, getting dirty, following children’s lead on explorations, developing reverence and curiosity for the natural world
NURTURED KIDS — consistent + positive discipline techniques to nurture this important stage of emotional and behavioral development, caregiver attunement and presence
NOURISHED KIDS — mental health practices and simple foods to nourish developing minds and bodies, empowering adventurous eaters and mindful habits
Location: Outdoor spaces in Bend
Instructor: Raising Rooted Kids Founder Rhea Grogan
Dates: Tuesdays, May 24-July 26
Time: 9:30-11:30am
Investment: $300
Register: raisingrootedkids.com/register-in-bend/p/tuesday-empowered-playgroup
About Raising Rooted Kids
We are reimagining support for young kids by also serving their adults. We emphasize lowering stress, increasing resilience and improving relationships between caregiver and child. We host Empowered Playgroups that hold spaces for families to be outside, expand learning opportunities for kids and strengthen community bonds through intentional discussion around the kid-raising adventure. We also teach Positive Discipline Education in support of positive relationships and behavior for kids and their adults.
Raising Rooted Kids offers a free subscription to its weekly Little Things newsletter where Founder Rhea Grogan explores the paradox of parenting, the struggle and joy and how to juggle both child nurturing and self-care. Her reflections, backed by education certifications and forged by parenting three children ages four-eight, offer parents support, solidarity and a sense of humor. Subscribe at raisingrootedkids.com/littlethings
About Rhea Grogan
Rhea is a licensed elementary educator with a specialization in early education, curriculum designer, group facilitator and yoga instructor. Her most advanced learning comes from her relationships with her husband and three rooted kids.
