Outdoor preschool is coming to a park near you! Today Seattle Parks and Recreation has given us permission to begin enrolling families for six preschools starting in September of this year. Recognizing how many families are excited to give their child a great education and a...
A great education starts with great teachers. Here at Tiny Trees, our team will will help over 176 students at 6 schools develop the academic, social and emotional skills for a lifetime of success all while giving them the nature rich childhood they deserve: one full...
Here at Tiny Trees we are committed to making a high quality education affordable for families. We not only offer a low tuition but we also provide financial assistance for families who need it. We believe in equity in education where all children receive the...
Upon enrollment and during the course of a child’s time in our program, we ask for personal information that we use and/or are required to collect for the City of Seattle, Seattle Parks and Recreation and state licensing requirements. However, all information relating to children and families...
When the board and I first crafted this job description we thought "No one has done this job before. What will we need to compromise on in order to find the best candidate?" Well, we were wrong, there is someone and her name is Erin...
By Teddy McGlynn-Wright Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Teddy. And I’m twice the parent I was when Andrew sat in my living room hearing me complain about the cost and craziness of preschool. Twice the parent I was when I signed on to...
In November 211 people joined Teddy, myself and 9 board members at the Museum of Flight to help make Tiny Trees Preschool, and the dream of affordable, nature rich preschool a reality. Together we raised $48,600 to help us build the organization and the team...
In the words of Spinal Tap “This board goes up to eleven”… or, err… 12 actually… but you get my drift: 2016 is a big year for Tiny Trees and we need an extra boost to help get us to opening day. That is why...
By Andrew A. Jay In early December I joined senior parks leadership and operations staff and our partners from the Associated Recreation Council (ARC)* to explore potential Tiny Trees Preschool locations (for those of you wondering when we are going to announce, our next step is...
By Jocelyn Hilo-Boddy, Preschool teacher. [Editor’s note: High Scope is the research based, play centric and child led curriculum that Tiny Trees is using at all of our preschools.] High Scope is the ultimate form of emergent curriculum. This type of curriculum is focused around the interest...