By Andrew Jay, CEO Childhood is hungry work. Here at Tiny Trees Preschool kids will be moving and active all day and in all-weather which can work up quite an appetite. That is why we are excited to work with FareStart to make sure every child...
By Andrew A. Jay, CEO Six months ago I met with Dr. Pooja Tandon at Children’s Hospital to hear her thoughts on outdoor preschools and how to best give children a healthy, active childhood. A researcher on child development she has an interest on how outdoor...
By McKenzie Zajonc, MS, CN, LMHCA You are a great parent. You care for your children dearly. So you have a lot of questions about their nutrition. You wonder whether they are getting enough protein, calcium, and healthy fats. Sometimes you worry if you are allowing...
Here at Tiny Trees Preschool we help little minds grown big ideas. A high quality preschool education and a joyful childhood is one of the best investments in a young person you can make. Tomorrow during Give BIG you have the opportunity to double your investment, helping...
[caption id="attachment_17200" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo courtesy the Chippewa Nature Center in Michigan[/caption] Every child deserves a great education and a vibrant, nature rich childhood. On Tuesday, May 5th you can help make Tiny Trees Preschool a reality and bring affordable preschool to a city park near you....
For years I have been hearing about the death of old media (and with it fact based journalism – replaced by opinionators & truthiness). Newspapers like the Seattle PI have gone online or closed down and even the Seattle Times is thinner every year (recently...
[caption id="attachment_17191" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Summer Preschool at the Kalamazoo Nature Center in Michigan[/caption] “How Seattle deals with school in the summer is insane.” This memorable quote from a lunch meeting I had with a parent recently strikes at the core of how we do preschool in...
By Teddy McGlynn-Wright I’m not ready to wade into all the princess debates coming out in the wake of the newly updated Cinderella movie (Parentmap and the Stranger, and lots of others have already done that), but I have been thinking a lot about gender in...
We are adding two additional spots to our founding board of directors and need your help identifying great candidates. Applicants should have a passion for education, innovation and giving every child an equal chance to succeed. They should be excited about the Tiny Trees Preschool...
Do you want to hear more on how Tiny Trees Preschools work? More on how we teach social skills, math or art? Or how we do naptime in the outdoors? Then check out our new Frequently Asked Questions page (FAQs). As we dig deeper into...