Daycare watertown ny: The TreeHouse Child Care Center :: Watertown New York

The TreeHouse Child Care Center :: Watertown New York

Where Daycare Feels Like Home

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Our Mission

To provide a loving, developmentally appropriate environment that will encourage children to grow emotionally, cognitively, culturally, and physically while building strong relationships and promoting individualism and respect. The Treehouse strives to keep consistency in the lives of children by maintaining open communication between staff and families, and to value the family unit by integrating the child’s care at the center with care received at home. Building strong relationships is of utmost importance at The Treehouse: relationships between the child and teacher, between the child and the child’s peers, and between staff and parents. Strong relationships are the foundation that allows a child to grow and develop, and the key to making daycare feel like home. Learn More

“I absolutely LOVED sending my newborn to the treehouse! I received so many updates on her while I was working. Her teachers loved and cared for her so much, and they answered all my questions. They were extremely accommodating with our Baby Led Weaning journey as well. We miss it and the staff so so much! 100% highly recommend”

— Sarah

“The Treehouse is a wonderful place for not only the children who attend, but the staff. It is a caring and friendly environment with a family-forward atmosphere.”

— Savannah

“If you’re looking for a Daycare/Preschool for your kids, I HIGHLY recommend the The Treehouse Child Care Center ! The waiting list is 100% worth the wait. [My child] is THRIVING and they are SO GOOD with her. Their curriculum is phenomenal and their staff is even better. I could honestly cry with how pleased I am with them!”

— Celeste

Meet the Staff

Our staff are carefully selected using a hiring process that includes an application, resume request, interview, working interview, and reference checks. Once hired, all staff go through a work physical, rigorous state and federal background checks, fingerprinting, and 15 hours of training before even entering a classroom.

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Our Pricing

Pricing is based on current market rates, as well as the cost of care for each age group of children.

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Classrooms

Each classroom is organized in a developmentally appropriate way that offers children their best chance at having a successful experience within our center. Furnishings, toys, and visual displays are all intentionally selected to promote the growth of children within the age range the classroom is serving.

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Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 6:30am to 5:30pm

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Meet the Staff — The TreeHouse Child Care Center :: Watertown New York

Administration/Leadership:

Mandy Burt – Business Owner

Mandy has a BS in interdisciplinary studies: human development/education, is pursuing an MBA in Human Resource Management, and started The Treehouse out of a desire to support and encourage parents during their child rearing journey. She is an army veteran and the mother of six young children.

Gabbie Baker – Director

Gabbie is a mother of two energetic boys. She has her Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education and is pursuing a NYS teaching credential. Gabbie has worked in childcare for 13 years and started at the Treehouse in August of 2017.

Candy Shaw – HR Manager

Candy Shaw has been a part of the Treehouse family since May of 2015, when the full time center first opened its doors. She ran her own in-home daycare for 8 years prior to her employment with us, and she received her Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential in June of 2016. She puts so much love and positivity into everything she does! For seven years she lead in the infant room, and she is now in charge of training, onboarding, and ensuring our staff are successful at their jobs. Candy is a mother of 3 children, and has 2 grandchildren.

Autumn Weaver – Program Coordinator

Autumn has been with us since 2018, and has grown from an assistant teacher, to a lead teacher, to now part of our administration team ensuring quality within our classrooms. Autumn is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. She is has been married for 2 years and is currently expecting her first child.

Seeds Infants:

Jenna Hughes – Lead Teacher

Jenna has been at The Treehouse since April of 2022. She is the Seeds Infant Lead Teacher and she absolutely loves her job. She has an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education.

Terrah Widrick – Assistant Teacher

Arylz Adamor Jimenez – Assistant Teacher

Arylz is a military wife, who is originally from Puerto Rico! Her primary language is Spanish, she speaks a little Italian and she is learning more English each and every day! Arlyz has an Associates degree in Arts and History and was studying to be a K-3rd grade teacher. Arylz is a joy to have in our infant room!

Roots Infants:

Aleah LaFlamme – Lead Teacher

Aleah has worked in childcare for 6 years. She is the mother of one little girl. Aleah has attended college and has completed early childhood courses. She strives to continue her education in early childhood development and build her family over the next few years.

Logan Bailey – Assistant Teacher

April Harding – Assistant Teacher

April grew up in Southern California, but have lived all over including overseas being a military spouse for almost 16 years now. She is a mother to 3 girls; two teens and a 7 year old. She has worked on and off in childcare in between being a stay at home mom. She plans to work towards getting her CDA before her husband retires from the Army in a few years.

Seeds Toddlers:

Morgan Ranieri – Lead Teacher

Morgan has been working in childcare for 6 years. She is currently pursuing her associates degree in early childhood education. Morgan dreams of continuing her education to become a 2nd grade teacher.

Elizabeth Dingman – Assistant Teacher

Elizabeth has been with The Treehouse since February 2022. She is currently the Assistant Toddler Teacher in the Seeds Toddler room. She absolutely loves it here and she hopes to be here for as long possible.

Hannah Lawrence – Assistant Teacher

Hannah has been with The Treehouse since June of 2022. She is currently the Assistant Teacher in the 4pk classroom. She was a former Pop Warner Tiny Mites coach and she loves being a part of young lives, especially giving them new educational things to carry with them in life!

Roots Toddlers:

Kacie Burdin – Lead Teacher

Kacie has been with The Treehouse since January of 2022. She is currently the Assistant Toddler Teacher in the Thrive room. She is from Cazenovia and moved to Watertown last October. She is also a licensed cosmetologist of 5 years. She loves to golf and hunt as well as kayaking. She has always had a passion for kids!

Rylee Dombach – Assistant Teacher

Rylee is an aunt to 16 wonderful nieces and nephews and a sister to 9 brothers and sisters, and hopes to start her own family someday! This is her first time working in a childcare facility. She hopes to go back to college and further her career in the childcare field hoping to own a daycare herself someday.

Misty Hess – Assistant Teacher

Thrive:

Rachel Peterson – Lead Teacher

Rachel is a mother of 2 amazing little kids! She is a military wife originally from Northern California. She has a B.A. in English Literature and French and a M.E.D. in Instructional Practice. Her primary background is teaching middle school English, but she wanted to have more time with her children, which is why she will be teaching the 4PK class this year. She is so excited to be here, and also ready to teach your children new things!

Kirsten Streeter – Assistant Teacher

Kirsten graduated from Alexandria central school in 2018. She has worked in childcare for 5 years and was also a stay at home mom for the last 1 1/2 years but watched children in her own home. She has 2 amazing little kids as well as a step daughter. She loves to watch hockey but growing up she played softball and soccer.

Elizabeth Wilby – Assistant Teacher

Sprouts:

Jesenia Johnson – Lead Teacher

Samantha Ranieri – Assistant Teacher

Samantha grew up in Redfield NY and has been working in childcare for 4 years. When she is not working she likes to spend time with her family, boyfriend, and rabbit! Sam has a passion for working with children and is eager to learn and grow from the children, as well as having the children learn and grow from her presence in the classroom!

Dawn Rennhack – Assistant Teacher

Dawn has been working with children for 24 years. She has 5 children of her own and has lived all over the country. Dawn has worked at the Treehouse since July 2019.

Flourish:

Stephanie Goutremout – Lead Teacher

Stephanie has been working with children for almost 10 years now. She has her Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and hopes to pursue her Bachelor’s in the next few years. She has two handsome boys of her own that she raises by herself. Stephanie has been with the Treehouse since September of 2021.

Katelynn Troquille – Assistant Teacher

Katelynn is currently stationed at Fort Drum with her husband Jacob and two fur babies, Delta and Case. She is originally from East Texas and love love love the Florida beaches. She also is in school to become a labor and delivery nurse! Katelynn enjoys hunting with her husband and playing with her dogs. Her all time favorite sport is softball, she used to play travel ball from the age of 8 all the way up to senior year. She graduated high school in 2021 with her associates degree in science. Delta is her Australian Shepard best friend and Case is her black lab old man. Katelynn’s favorite restaurant food is Mexican, you can find her anywhere that has good chips and salsa!

Emily Tatosian – Assistant Teacher

Emily is a mother of an amazing, sweet, energetic little boy! Emily has been with The Treehouse since July of 2022, and she has brought so many ideas to the team! She has a B. A. in Family Science and Human Development, and she loves working with kids! It is her first year here in upstate NY, she moved here from New Jersey. She is super excited to be here working at The Treehouse!

Food Service:

Darby Rennhack – Food Service Manager

Bethany Main

Beth has worked in the early childhood education field for 16 years. She has been married for 32 years and has 3 wonderful children and is a local of northern New York. Beth has been working at the Treehouse since September of 2019, and has been helping Darby prepare delicious meals in the kitchen!

Cortney Salisbury- Corey- Kitchen Assistant and Float

Cortney’s first job is being a mom of 4 wonderful and busy children. Canyon 2 Woods 3 Maddox 14 and Haven 12.  She is a certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor and she did that for 2.5 years for male adolescents along with equine specialist certified with EAGALA.