The Adults Who Make it Happen

Our teachers are highly experienced in guiding through early exploration. They strive to give each child the time they need to explore, learn and discover the beauty in this world.

  • Let your baby experience a nursery with teachers who make it feel like home.

Rebecca T. Hawkins

Rebecca T Hawkins is a long time Teacher versed in the many languages of children. As the Director of Wild Garden, Becca creates an atmosphere of utmost comfort and quality. Each day she gives her gift of music and love of literature to the children. Rebecca is a charismatic and kind caregiver. Her love of literature grows in the hearts of the children more and more each story time. Rebecca also brings a lust for cooking into the daycare by creating lovely bake goods regularly with the children. The children follow Rebecca’s lead with a morally just compass, it is so nice to watch their relationship encourage such engaged and empowered growth.


Hello, This is Alyssa. She has been teaching for the past eighteen years.  Alyssa love working with children and helping out families.  During her free time she enjoys taking hikes, walking, running and biking.  Alyssa finds peace in nature and relaxation in outdoors.  Her favorite wild animal is an owl. She says she finds them fascinating and cute.  Alyssa also enjoys lots of other animals like-dogs, cats, fish and birds. In her down time Alyssa has been known to dabble in knitting and sewing.   Alyssa am looking forward to growing and learning from the community and people at Wild Garden of Childhood.

Olivia Dextraze

Olivia is a young and talented Teacher Assistant whom is pursuing her undergrad education while working at Wild Garden. Her calm and kind tone carries over into her classroom. Olivia has  3+ years of experience as an infant and toddler teacher and nanny . She is committed to creating and supporting a safe and loving environment.  Olivia is passionate about working with children and promoting children’s physical, mental and emotional development.  

Candice Chouinard

Candice is the owner of WGC ( formally Little Schoolhouse) has worked with children of ages and all backgrounds. She has created and implemented some very exceptional programs with some very exceptional children. Candice finds potential in absolutely everyone. She revels in hand-on, long term, messy projects that kids think are just for fun but, are more educational than anything. She professionally manages and supervises with a fair and team oriented fashion- though she’s tough at times, she’s a softy. Candice is highly qualified in visual and performing arts, outdoor recreation, health and fitness, and environmental awareness and program development and implementation. She quickly forges meaningful relationships with children and has a strong tendency towards yielding exceptionally heightened breakthroughs and goal orientated impacts. She is full of life and energy and will tire your child out every day.

Jace Rascal Smith



Jace ‘Rascal’  Smith is a visiting certified art educator with a Masters of Art Education, Massachusetts College of Arts and Design, Boston Massachusetts, who brings a vast array of visual art curriculum  to the children. Rascal has won over every child whom has ever set hands on a brush during a class. Rascal continues to build the arts curriculum at Wild Garden with brilliant and bold projects engaging the children in the arts like they have never done before.

 The Little Roots 

Once a month we welcome the amazing Maggie Shar to sing with us. She brings her love of music, laughter and movement to the children. Parents are welcome to join us the on the first Friday of each month. Check Little Roots out!

Volunteers and More


We visit with the “Grandmas and Grandpas for an intergenerational playdate. We love this time and consider it an integral part of our program.
Photo by Roger Brown on Pexels.com

WildMed : Our amazing CPR/ First Aid trainers

More Teacher Pictures

Find some fun videos from our teachers on You Tube.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpas : A link to a Gazette article