Welcome to Tree House School
Where Children Grow & Dreams Take Root
Childcare License #304312862
Meet the owners
Joe & Taryn Reynolds
TARYN is a licensed and credentialed School Psychologist with child-care experience since 1994 and professional experience in the field of education beginning in 2002.
She began her career in education when working as a Behavior Specialist at a day-treatment school for children with social and behavioral needs. It was during her time as a Behavior Specialist that she decided to pursue her master's degree and work toward becoming a School Psychologist.
Taryn has worked in public schools, private schools, and with non-profit organizations in this capacity since 2009. Specific areas of interest include learning disabilities, ADHD, behavioral coaching, collaborating with parents to build home-programs, academic remediation, and educational assessments to determine individual strengths and needs.
Taryn holds a Master's (M.A.) and Education Specialist degree (Ed.S.) from Chapman University. She earned her Bachelor's (B.A.) from the University of CA, Irvine.
JOE is an Education Specialist and currently teaches Junior High at a non-profit school for children with developmental disabilities. Joe is passionate about teaching students with unique learning needs and
finding a way to connect with each and every student in a meaningful way.
Joe earned his Bachelor's degree (B.S.) and teaching credential from Northern Illinois University. He has multiple teaching authorizations including Early Childhood, Elementary, Junior High/High School, Special Education, and Adult Transition. Essentially, he is fully credentialed to teach all students from birth to age 22, in any subject area.
With his teaching expertise and specialized training in the area of early childhood development, Joe has been an immense help and support in building the quality program that Tree House School has to offer.
In addition to his passion for teaching, Joe is an avid surfer and outdoorsman. He has served as head coach for high school athletic teams and hopes to coach his children's sports teams when they are older. Joe often
spends his weekends working on various home improvement and construction projects. He is very excited to begin building a toddler-friendly tree house, deck, and play area for the daycare.
PAISLEY: Joe and Taryn are very proud of their caring and compass-ionate 3-year-old daughter, Paisley. She loves to help the younger children and does a great job teaching and following the rules.
Paisley has a passion for art and books and enjoys learning new things everyday. She also loves to cook and enjoys spending her weekends helping daddy outside!
BODHI: Joe and Taryn are proud to introduce the newest addition to the Reynolds crew. Bodhi was born in April 2016 and is learning new skills everyday! He is a happy, chatty, giggly little man.
Bodhi's favorite person is his big sister, Paisley. She can always seem
How we got our start
We are a family-operated and home-based childcare and preschool program, founded by a husband and wife educator-team. In 2015, we embarked upon this endeavor to open a daycare when we moved cities and had difficulty finding a quality, clean, and nutritious daycare for our daughter who was 15 months at the time. We also found that many of the homes and centers we visited had far too many children for our child to receive the individual attention and care that we wished for. Since we couldn't find the right fit for our family, we set out to create that perfect program. We are so excited to have our doors open and to serve other families in our community!
Our teaching philosophy
Our little program is small, nurturing, and in support of all types of learning - social, physical play, and academics are a top priority! More specifically, we are designed to enhance each child's strengths and interests, develop language skills (both verbal and non-verbal), increase your little one's capacity for patience and tolerance, and create a love for learning among our little scholars.
Throughout the day, children have the opportunity to engage in various learning experiences via our preschool curriculum, arts and sciences activities, music and movement, dramatic and imaginative play, story time, sensory play, as well as active and engaging outdoor playtime. We do accept infants and have developmental toys, books, and activities available for them as well! When appropriate, we allow our youngest scholars to participate in academics alongside the preschoolers to the extent possible.
One of our top priorities is to prepare your child for future success once he or she is ready to transition to a kindergarten classroom. In our time in the field of education, we have learned that knowing the prerequisite academic skills (like ABC's and 123's) just isn't enough to "make it" in those first few years of school. In fact, most kindergarten teachers notice very quickly those children who just don't seem to "fit" with the rest of the class - particularly those who have difficulty sitting during circle time, sharing, waiting their turn, following directions, and engaging meaningfully with other children. For this reason, we focus our teaching not just on academic readiness, but behavior, social skills, and active engagement/ participation as well.
Please see our Services page to learn more about our program offerings and highlights. We look forward to helping your child grow!
Future plans for growth
The vision for our school (in the next 3-5 years) is to expand into a larger facility where we can offer after-school supports in the areas of Social Skills, Speech-Language, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Counseling, Educational Consultation, Advocacy, and Academic Remediation. These services will be in addition to our current childcare and preschool services, and while continuing to maintain a low student-to-staff ratio. Tree House will be an all-inclusive educational and therapeutic center, where parents can seek support for any type of need they may have for their child. For now, we are a small home-daycare with lots of love and support to help your child learn and grow! Thank you for your interest and we hope to hear from you soon.
Staff Bios
Tree House School is currently seeking a full-time or part-time assistant. Important qualities include energy, passion, and a positive attitude.
Please contact us to inquire about the position or set up an interview.
to make him happy, no matter the circumstance. We are so blessed to have Bodhi in our lives, and can't wait to watch him grow!
GIDGET: Joe and Taryn adopted Gidget from a shelter in Illinois when she was 5 months old (ask about her story, its pretty amazing). Gidget is 7 years old now, and while she is slowing down a bit, she still loves
playing and being active. She enjoys taking drives in the truck and going on skateboard rides with daddy. Gidget was very easy (and fun) to train - she is extremely obedient and lives to please!