Stories

My grandmother ran a preschool for forty years

She had no training, no curriculum and nobody to ask. She ran a preschool in the Blue Ridge Mountains for forty years and lived on it. Everything in this company exists because of her.

How our first school started, at a birthday party

Eight children, three teachers, a playground we built ourselves, and a house we were already renting. How the school this company came out of actually began.

The moment I understood what was actually missing

A network of micro schools took our curriculum and it worked. What it took to get it into their teachers is the reason this company exists.

A daycare with a forest attached

Ten children, ordinary daycare hours, and a mountain behind the building. What it taught us about what parents actually choose.