Volunteer now! Contact james@tinytrees.org Good Afternoon James! Thank you so much for reaching out to me, I really appreciate it. I had a wonderful time in the classroom this past Friday. Tess and Julie were inviting and receptive of my presence and really made me feel welcomed in...
A big thank you to filmmaker Andrew Quinn and the Marine Ventures Foundation for crafting this beautiful video. [embed]https://vimeo.com/220038709[/embed]...
By Bridget Ferriss, PhD Mother of a Tiny Trees student My son has a collection of golf balls. He brings these balls home from his outdoor preschool, having retrieved them from nearby bushes. The scientist parent in myself was hoping to find pockets full of leaves, insects,...
Expertise.com analyzed 138 preschools in the Seattle area. Here's what they found: Tiny Trees Preschool ranks in the top 20 preschools in Seattle. That's a big accomplishment for a school that opened only a year before and a testament to the passionate, capable, and highly trained educators here at...
By Kimberly Adamson, Tiny Trees Parent Last year around January I remember feeling the pressure to find a good preschool fit for my child. Yikes! There was a lot to think about. Where would my daughter feel safe and valued? What sort of environment would best...
Bill Allows For Full-Day Outdoor Preschools May 4, 2017 Olympia, WA—Washington just became the first state in the country to license outdoor preschools. Governor Jay Inslee signed into law SB 5357, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island), to create a pilot that will develop and evaluate...
Tiny Trees opened six outdoor preschools during the wettest winter since record keeping began in 1890. Here’s what we learned: 1) Dress like an Alaskan Fisherman. We tried many different rain suits this year and our favorite was Grundens – designed for use by fishermen in the...
GiveBIG is back! On May 10, 2017 Tiny Trees is joining more than one thousand nonprofits in raising money to help make Seattle & King County a stronger, more vibrant community for all. Your gift to Tiny Trees on May 10th will give a child a bright...
WE’RE GROWING! Tiny Trees is opening 4 new schools in the fall of 2017. In preparation we have promoted 4 current teachers. That means we're hiring 12 teachers plus 3 AmeriCorps teaching residents. The deadline for the 1st round of hiring is May 26. The deadline for the 2nd...
With the help of a courageous board of directors, a capable CEO, and a talented team of educators, we’ve built the organization needed to bring affordable, high quality, and culturally responsive preschool to scale at parks across Seattle and the Puget Sound. What we need now...