SCIENCE - Kendra has a passion for the power of playful and creative learning modalities. She is one who finds joy in both the study and practical support of human development, especially with children and families. Alongside her BA in Child Development, she has over 15 years experience working with children ages birth to 12 years old in the United States and internationally, in private, public, church, and college settings. She has worked afterschool programs, as a children’s program specialist, a mentor preschool teacher, and has spent recent years facilitating and co-collaborating within a Nature and Art community. As one who has seen the multifaceted benefits of small educational communities, she is excited to give and grow along side Pippin Grove community. Kendra and husband Bryan are a homeschooling family with four beautiful children, a corgi and a handful of backyard chickens.

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ART - Katie was born in Chico and spent most of her childhood growing up as a homeschooled farm kid on her parent's pumpkin patch in Durham.  She has always loved art and began art lessons at an early age, focusing primarily on watercolor.  Katie has spent the last decade or so homeschooling her three kids, and working as a family photographer and music teacher.  She is so excited to be exploring and creating art with her classes as they learn about ancient art throughout the school year.

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GAMES - Jana is a mama of five, including a college student, two high schoolers, and twin middle schoolers. She has been homeschooling in some form for the past 15 years. Since receiving her teaching credential from Chico State, she has gathered 25 years of experience as a Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher in both public and private schools in California, Panama, Colombia, and back again. After experiencing life in Latin America for 17 years and learning Spanish the hard way, she founded Spanglish Schoolhouse to help bilingual homeschool families teach their children with less stress and more joy. Jana believes in creating a learning environment where children feel encouraged and inspired. Her teaching approach blends playful, hands-on activities with a focus on family traditions and cultural enrichment, which makes working with the Pippin Grove community a perfect fit! 

HANDICRAFTS - I graduated from Chico State in 2000.  My husband received his PhD in Education in 2004.  When our first son was born in 2004 I fell in love with being a mom and it turned my world right side up as I began my adventure as a stay-at-home mom. A couple of states later and adding two more boys we settled in Chico near my husband's family farm in 2008. I began homeschooling my oldest when he was in kinder with the intention of it being temporary. As I told my husband, "Let's try it and if I screw up no one will ever know by the time he's in college". However, I fell in love a second time with what homeschooling had to offer my sons and our family. I have lead and taught a couple of local homeschool co-ops since 2013 to present where I can live out some of my favorite things: bringing people together, creating, teaching and having an adventure.  I love to learn new things, and I love giving kids an experience and taking them on an adventure right in their own backyard.