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Thriving in Variable Conditions, and Increasing our Capacity to Cope


The principle of increasing our tolerance windows doesn’t just relate to uncomfortable weather! It also encompasses our capacity to notice, name, and validate (without judgment!) our feelings and emotions, including all of our Big Feelings. All emotions are teachers, and 

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Boundaries, limits, and children’s challenging behavior within whole-person relationships


As parents and educators, we’ve been reflecting lately on parenting challenges we face in dealing with our children’s challenging behavior in a respectful and effective way that remains aligned with our values of supporting each child’s optimal whole-person development in 

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Community-Based Innovation to Reimagine Early Childhood Education in Action


In October 2022, Treehouse Learning was awarded a $45K competitive CIRCLE Grant to pursue and implement innovative solutions to make early childhood education more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable.  In partnership with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, Early Milestones is 

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Private Equity in Corporate Daycare Franchises, Versus Holistic, Community-based Early Childhood Education Experiences to Support Whole-Person Thriving


What Does a Thriving Community Look Like? Treehouse Learning exists to help humans thrive and co-create the kind of world we wish for our descendants to inherit. We are actively and deeply invested in shaping the future. No one on 

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Finding Clarity Through Movements: Brain Buttons


Every morning at Treehouse Learning, we gather at Big Circle and begin our day with an intentional song of welcome centered around our values of a community anchored in inclusion, belonging, and the invitation to be part of something larger 

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The Culture of Costumes on Creative Learning Experiences


Here we are in the glorious week of parenting between Halloween and Daylight Savings. The time change is certainly a double whammy on top of a week full of extra stimulation, extra sugar, and extra activities- all of which probably 

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Integration: Relationship-Based Interactions Shape Brain Development


Children enter the world with not-yet-developed brains! In fact, research shows that our prefrontal cortex isn’t fully developed until we’re approaching 25-30 years old (something car-rental companies have known for ages!) The ability of growing humans to regulate our nervous 

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Preschool vs. Kindergarten; and, You’re Never Going to Make Your Child’s Hair Grow Any Faster!


Imagine being outside, mid-day, on a stiflingly hot and sunny late July day in Colorado. Now imagine spending the same time outside in the same hot weather, but this time you’re wearing snow boots, a down-puffer jacket, mittens, and a 

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Creative Arts in Quality Early Childhood Education: Vulnerability, Intelligence, Resilience, and Whole-Person Learning and Development


What does a young child’s painting project have to do with helping humans thrive and creating the kind of world we want to see? Everything! All possible and impossible things begin first with imagination. We believe our world needs creative 

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Spatial Awarenss, Objects in Space, and Gendered-Play


Playful learning and intentional, play-based learning experiences are the foundational cornerstones for whole-person development and supporting humans to thrive. Our role as adults in the lives of young children is to empower them to build the skills, knowledge, experience, and 

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