Big ideas start in small places
Rainbow Treehouse started in 2014 with one backyard treehouse, two teachers, and a wild idea — that childhood should be curious, slow, and full of mud.
Built by parents who wanted more for their kids
We founded Rainbow Treehouse after searching for a kindergarten that honored how our kids actually learn — through play, nature, and real relationships.
Today, three rooms, twelve teachers, and a half-acre of garden later, our little treehouse has grown — but the feeling is still the same: warm, unhurried, alive with laughter.
Families served
Teachers : classrooms
Four roots. One growing treehouse.
Everything we do grows from these four commitments — to the child, the family, the earth, and the day.
Follow the child
Our curriculum emerges from what our kids are curious about this week — not from a worksheet printed last year.
Outside is a classroom
Rain, mud, snow, sun — we spend at least three hours a day outdoors. Weather is just a wardrobe problem.
Kindness as core skill
We teach emotional literacy, conflict repair, and genuine empathy — the most practical skills for a whole life.
Families on the team
Open-door mornings, parent story time, family potlucks. You’re not an audience — you’re part of the village.
A dozen years of tiny moments
2014 · A treehouse is built
Two teacher-parents build a literal treehouse. Six kids show up. The rest is history.
2017 · First big expansion
We move into our Sunnydale home and open the Sprouts room for toddlers.
2019 · Forest school launches
Kids spend one full day a week in the nearby woods. It changes everything.
2022 · Veggie garden + kitchen
Farm-to-table, kindergarten edition. Kids grow, cook, and eat together.
2026 · You?
We’re enrolling our 300th family this year. Maybe yours is next.
The grown-ups at the treehouse
Twelve teachers. Combined, they hold over 85 years of early-childhood experience and a rotating collection of finger paints.
Maya Patel
Lead · Sprouts
Ben Carter
Lead · Saplings
Lena Ortiz
Lead · Explorers
Sam Nakamura
Forest guideChildhood is not a rehearsal. It’s the real thing, and it goes by fast. At Rainbow Treehouse we slow it down — and fill it with wonder.
— Maya & Ben, co-founders
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