Olympic Sculpture Park Alicia Guinn Alicia Guinn is the lead teacher at Olympic Sculpture Park. She has ten years of preschool teaching experience and is currently completing her state certification in Early Childhood Education. She is also a certified Roots of Empathy instructor, and she holds a...
Jefferson Park Emily & Angela Angela Feng Angela is the assistant teacher at Jefferson Park, and has been a nature enthusiast since she was a young lass. She spent her childhood catching water striders by the creek and running around in the (suburban) forest until dark. She graduated...
Carkeek Park Erin & Tess, East Ryan & Melissa, West Jessica & Zinta, Central Tessara Couch Tess is the assistant teacher at Carkeek East and a native of the Pacific Northwest, growing up in Bellingham, Washington. She is a graduate from Huxley Environmental College at Western Washington University with experience as...
Hannah Frenkel, MPH from the University of Washington compared injury & illness rates at indoor & outdoor preschools. The result: children learning & playing outdoors is just as safe as learning and playing inside. Despite the cold weather, and increased risk taking by children that...
Camp Long, West Seattle Jessie & Kalin, Camp Long South Diana & Anne, Camp Long North Jessie Leafmeeker Jessie, lead teacher at Camp Long south is extremely excited to be a part of the Tiny Trees team. With an early childhood degree from Boston University and an avid outdoor...
Rachel with KIRO News Radio visited Tiny Trees at the SAM Olympic Sculpture Park. She interviewed students, parents, and teachers. Listen to the radio story here (4 mins) (And a big thank you to all of our allies at the Seattle Art Museum) More details about our school at...
A child's view of Cougar Mountain Wildland Park Photography by Eli Brownell, King County Parks Dressed in my rain suit, and with a backpack full of goodies, I am ready for the day. I say goodbye to my mom and sister and I am off to play. Here's a glimpse of...
Each month, Tiny Trees staff gather for professional development training. The timely and responsive topics are driven by feedback from teachers, students and parents. On Monday, October 2nd, Tiny Trees staff spent the morning at Camp Long, receiving training on cold weather preparedness, fire building, cooking...
With rain and winter approaching, there will will be new changes for our parents, children and teachers to adapt to. Not to worry, the trail blazers of 2016-17 have tips and tricks up their sleeve after surviving 44 inches of rain and below average temperatures...
Monday brought celestial majesty to Tiny Trees. Here's a few ways we celebrated the awesomeness of the eclipse: Children built cereal box eclipse viewers. Which they wore on their head so they could see the eclipse up close. One family brought a welding mask. Fitted with a filter for...