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About Us
Welcome to WINGS!
WINGS Curriculum is a comprehensive learning system designed to guide early educators in effectively organizing and implementing developmentally and culturally appropriate practices based on the interests, needs and skill levels of children from infancy through age 5.
WINGS is an acronym for:
Wonder Interests Needs Goals Skills
The WINGS
Curriculum Philosophy
While motivational speakers, coaches, and mentors often reference “The Story of the Bumblebee” to encourage adults to do what seems to be the impossible, WINGS places the story at its core to constantly remind early childhood educators that EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN. It’s the job of the teachers to mix the right ingredients to encourage learning to happen. Ergo, teachers help children to take flight.
The Story of the Bumblebee
It was “known” for many years that the bumblebee couldn’t fly. It had been mathematically “proven” by scientists that its wings were too small and its body was too large. According to the laws of physics and aerodynamics, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly.
One problem emerged refuting this scientific proof — the bumblebee was indisputably flying! Fortunately, no one had told the bumblebee that it was doing the impossible; therefore, it just kept on flying! Years later, around the mid 1970s, scientists announced that they had proven that the bumblebee could fly after all.
Thank goodness we didn’t tell the bumblebee. Had it known that it was impossible for it to fly, it might have never tried. If it had never tried, the experts would have been proven right!
Our Leader
Dr. Bisa Batten Lewis, affectionately known as Dr. Bisa, is Founder and Managing Partner of WINGS Curriculum. She is a published author of education and parenting articles, college textbooks, children’s books and music. Working as an educator and administrator for over 25 years from preschools and Head Start to Teacher Education at the university level, Dr. Bisa is a diversely experienced education authority and renowned public speaker.
Dr. Bisa earned Doctor of Education and Master of Education degrees in Adult Education at the University of Georgia and Master of Education and Bachelor of Science degrees in Early Childhood Education at Albany State University.
Professing as a life goal to advocate for children, she is actively committed to upgrading the quality of education settings around the world. Dr. Bisa’s mantra is: “Die empty; the cemetery has no use for your potential.”
