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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.

Children making art together

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.

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

Maya Patel

Ben Carter

Ben Carter

Lena Ortiz

Lena Ortiz

Sam Nakamura

Sam Nakamura