Built for School.
Ready for Life.

We build the focus, coordination, and life skills your child needs to succeed —at school and beyond.

Skills that play and tutoring alone can’t build.

Rooted & Rising is an occupational therapy-led, evidence-based program that helps children build the foundational skills traditional tutoring often misses.

Through movement, regulation, and action-based learning, children strengthen focus, coordination, confidence, and independence.

By ages 2–5, these early developmental skills are critical for school readiness—yet many children enter kindergarten without the tools needed to thrive.

We follow a development sequence—Regulate → Integrate — Strengthen — Empower— to build skils in the right order.

The RISE Method

The proven developmental sequence that builds skills step by step.

Regulate

Calms the body and prepare for learning.

Integrate

Build coordination, movement and body awareness.

Strengthen

Builds attention, motor planning, and fine motor control for school readiness.

Empower

Apply skills to everyday routines with confidence.

Rooted in science. Guided by purpose. Built for real life. 🤎

What Makes Rooted Kids Different

OT Informed Approach

Built by occupational therapists with expertise in child development, regulation, motor skills, and school readiness.

Movement-Based Learning

Children learn through movement, play, sensory experiences, and purposeful action—not worksheets alone.

Small Group Support

Small group sizes allow children to receive individualized guidance while building confidence and social participation.

Skills We Support

Focus & Attention

Sustained attention, listening and participation.

Emotional Regulation

Managing emotions, frustration and transitions.

Fine Motor Skills

Hard Strength, grasp and early handwriting.

Coordination

Balance, body awareness and movement control.

Independence

Routines, self-help, skills and daily tasks.

Social Participation

Confidence, cooperation and group skills.

Problem Solving

Flexibility, thinking skills and task completion.

School Readiness

Building foundational skills from classroom success.

Program Details

Everything you need to know about our program and sessions.

Ages

2-5 Years

Program Length

8 weeks

Sessions

2 sessions
per week

Sessions Length

60 minutes

Group Size

6 children
per group

Location

Irvington,
New York

Join Our First Session

Rooted & Rising helps children build foundational skills for confidence, independence and school readiness through moment-based learning and small-group support.

Spots are limited to ensure indivdualized attention and a supportive environment.

94 North Broadway,
Irvington NY 10533

See Growth in Real Time

The RISE Readiness Profile™

A Standard Scroing System

That tracks progress across developmental domains.

Helps us individualize support

And set meaningful goals.

Gives families clear

Measureable insight into their child's growth.

Used throughout the program

To guide instructions and celebrate progress.

Date that informs, Insights that empower. Results that matter.