During tours of prospective preschool parents, after seeing our rich indoor and outdoor classrooms or observing children immersed in hands-on learning experiences, we are often asked the question, “Are you an academic-based preschool, or are you a play-based preschool?” This question often suggests a misunderstanding or mistaken belief that somehow academic learning and play-based learning are mutually exclusive or in conflict, and often misconceptions about developmentally appropriate academic expectations for preschool-age children, as well as misunderstandings about how play-based learning experiences are not only developmentally appropriate and best practice in early education but also backed by research!
Treehouse Learning doesn’t just excel in quality Early Childhood Education! We are also a leader in sustainability recognized with the highest award in the state through the Colorado Green Business Network Tucked into an acre-size enclave southeast of Baseline and …
Comprehensive Sustainability Report Available Here Did you know Treehouse Learning is a member of of both the Louisville and Colorado Green Business programs? As early childhood educators, we seek to build sustainable and resilient communities and world. In fact, Maria …
To paint a true picture of Treehouse Learning’s play-based, relationship-centered, community-focused River Kindergarten experience, come check out our annual Treehouse Learning River Kindergarten’s Spring Performance!! Get your passport ready for an artistic and musical extravaganza performed by a talented group …
Kindergarten at Treehouse Learning Treehouse Learning first opened our full-day Kindergarten program in 2010 after the expansion of our building two years prior, when Colorado only offered half-day kindergarten options. The classroom and Kindergarten program was named “River,” which is …
On Peace, Gratitude, and Childhood At Big Circle, our daily community singing ritual, we’ve recently incorporated a Peace song, and this feels particularly relevant and important at this moment in the world. We want to take the opportunity to invite …
What’s Growing This Week? This week at Big Circle we’ve focused on the foods that have been grown near or around us. (The vegetable-related puns we weave into our Big Circle Singing experience just can’t be beet…. From my head …
Wear Your Imagination! The week of October 30-November 3rd is our annual Treehouse Learning Dress up Week, something we coin, “Wear Your Imagination!” Let’s get creative and wear interesting, creative, and thoughtful things all week long! (But always things that …
We wanted to offer a few definitions to explore some relevant overlaps between Hispanic Heritage and Indigenous People’s Day (which each include systems of European colonization). We started with these definitions to explore concepts of identity and culture with the …
This week, we received a great question from one of our parent feedback surveys that we thought would make an excellent blog post. The question was: How does Treehouse Learning teach socially or culturally divisive subjects? First, we don’t actually …