Mrs. Taylor began her career in early childhood education working in a multiage childcare facility with babies as young as six weeks old and children as old as 13. It was during her three years there that she realized the power and benefit of the older children helping to model for the younger ones. Her path to immersing herself in the Montessori Method began when she joined Kinder Haus Montessori in 2016. Her first position in the school was in the Preschool room at Main Campus where she was eventually promoted to be the Preschool Lead teacher. She worked in that classroom for four years refining her knowledge by completing her Birth to Three year old Montessori Certification (August of 2017) from North American Montessori Center. In 2020 she took over as the Primary Lead Teacher with a focus on Math, Sensorial, Cultural Arts and Science. She then completed her three to six year old Montessori Certification through North American Montessori Center. She is extremely creative, friendly, and her positive energy contagiously spreads throughout every Kinder Haus classroom she has set foot in. When the opportunity arose to take over as the Director of the Nido School, Taylor was a perfect fit. She is also the Lead teacher of the Toddler classroom because, let's face it, her talents would be wasted sitting in a chair all day. When not at Kinder Haus, Taylor spends time with her husband Zach and her Children Zachary and Emery.
Meet the Team - Nido Campus
"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child." -Maria Montessori
Taylor Wilson
Nido Director / Toddler Lead Teacher
Jodi "JoJo" Hartfield
Infant Lead Teacher
Ms. Jojo's teaching philosophy is that children need to have fun in order to stay interested in learning so that they love coming to school. It is her goal to help the children learn life skills to reach their own personal goals as well as their developmental markers. Ms. Jojo graduated in June of 2020 with her associate degree in Early Childhood Education along with her CDA. She also completed her Montessori certification 0-3 in July of 2020. Ms. Jojo has been a teacher and caretaker for children for the last 8 years and has been with Kinder Haus since June of 2020. In her spare time she plays the piano, is active in her church and enjoys spending time with her husband Josh and their children.
Tammie Baughman
Infant Teacher
Tammie Baughman has years of experience being around babies. She was a nanny for three families before working with the babies at the Nido School. Mrs Tammie worked at Kinder Haus for three years prior to joining the Nido School. She enjoyed the family friendly atmosphere and home-like environment of Kinder Haus. When she heard that the Nido School was opening she couldn't stay away! "I love seeing the babies reach new milestones!"
Carlie Rivere
Infant Teacher
Carlie started working at Kinder Haus Nido School in 2023. Prior to that she worked at a physical therapist and at chiropractic offices. She was raised in Covington and has always spent her time outdoors around all kinds of animals. She's currently working towards her nursing degree. "I love working in childcare because watching our little friends reach all of their milestones is so rewarding. I love watching the little ones grow and learn."
Kassady (KK) Sanders
Toddler Teacher
Kassady started teaching at Kinder Haus during summer camp 2019. She was a pivotal member of the Kinder Haus staff during our re-opening during the pandemic by helping to organize our drop off carline before going to her own studies for high school every morning. She just graduated and plans to attend college in the fall in Houston, TX. Her focus in college will be in education with hopes of becoming an elementary school teacher. “I love helping and working with young children, it always brightens my day.”
She has always loved to dance and was on her school's dance team. In her spare time, she loves to hang out with her family and friends.!
Cat Trainer
Nido Aftercare Teacher
Cat Joined Kinder Haus in 2022. She and her partner moved to Slidell from California in July of 2022 and are familiarizing themselves with this beautiful area of Louisiana. She enjoys playing basketball, listening to new music and writing songs, playing with her puppy dog Charli, and watching sports. One of her passions is gardening and she has been enjoying sharing her love for everything green with the students! She looks forward to meeting all of the lovely families at kinderhaus and continuing to grow with our friends the Montessori way!
Grace Wilson
Nido Aftercare Teacher
Grace Wilson is currently a senior in high school at Fountainbleau high graduating in 2024. She plans to further her education at southeastern Louisiana university in hopes to be a pediatric nurse. Grace babysat for about 3 years before she started working at Kinder Haus Nido. She loves working with kids and watching them improve on their skills as they grow older! Some of her hobbies include hanging out with her friends and family!
Marissa Dufrene
Nido Aftercare Teacher
Marissa is a senior at Fountainebleau High School. After high school she plans on attending Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond pursuing a degree in nursing and hopes to be a nurse practitioner. Her interests are working out, shopping, and
spending time with friends and family.
Ellie Torman
Nido Aftercare Teacher
Ellie began working at Kinder Haus Nido in 2023. She has taken CPR and EMR and
certified in both. Also, during last school year, has been involved in in helping children with
special needs. Love the outdoors especially traveling, where she has been to 20 states and one
other country. When she was 13, she began going with her aunt and their therapy dog to multiple
hospitals and nursing homes to brighten their day up. With the organization call “Love on a
Leash.” Plans on attending college either at Ull or LSU to go into sonography. On the other hand
loves to see the children begin to learn how to express themselves and have an exploring mind to
help them have their own creative minds. Future goal is to always lend a helping hand when
possible an helping with the future learning minds. Along with traveling to all 50 states.
Olivia Lunn
Nido Aftercare Teacher
Olivia is a hard working member of the aftercare team in the Infant room. In addition to spending afternoons at the Nido School she also works for the Army National Guard, a Kids bounce house and she nannies for 2 little ones. She is going to Delgado charity school of Nursing to be a RN and plans on being a travel nurse after a few years of experience in a hospital setting. Eventually she plans on specializing in a field and working her way up to becoming a Nurse practitioner.
Brianna Loyd
Nido Floating Teacher
Brianna was born and raised in Abita Springs and still resides there as she and her husband raise her 2 beautiful children; Rylan and Brooks, in the same house she was raised in! They live a very country/outdoors life! They enjoy growing our own veggies and raising pigs. For fun they hunt and fish all year round. She graduated in 2017, with a BA in psychology from Southeastern.
Brianna began her love for Early Childhood Education when she began helping in her family's in-home daycare at an early age. "Kids make my heart happy! I feel all my stress melt away as I hold them! I love to put a smile on their little faces, as they put a smile on mine."