All Team Members

Tia Rendine, Creator and Founder has a long history as a teacher, literacy coach and mom. As a mom of two she defines the pursuit and opening of this learning center as the blending of traditional and modern to create experiential and emergent learning for kids aged 3-10 years old. Her personal story is both relatable and brave, and this next step is the realization of her going from teacher to mother, literacy coach to caregiver for her beloved father, and now, creator…

Christina has over 15 years of experience in a wide array of early childhood education settings, in the US, Costa Rica, Guatemala and India. Her experiences include working in alternative preschools, summer camps, public schools, homeschooling, forest education and dance.  She loves all things inspired by nature and feels like nature offers something special for kids, and that’s why her philosophy and experience as an early childhood educator is heavily inspired by the principles of Waldorf and Forest Education, as well as Reggio-…

  Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in Early Childhood education. With enthusiasm and her self-described ‘passion in following the lead of the child, guiding them in their education with age-appropriate experiences, beautiful materials, and academic support’, she blends her personal hobbies of fine arts, fiber arts, jewelry making, foraging, traveling and butterfly rearing to share with the kids.  She believes strongly in the idea of ’planting the seed’ with kids and watching them learn that there’s a bigger world out there. …