The Hearts Behind
The Reading Tree
A school is only as warm as the people within it. At The Reading Tree, our teachers are not simply educators — they are the living soul of the school.
A Team That Flows
as One
Teachers as Living Curriculum
Our teachers bring not just knowledge, but presence — a quality of warmth, intentionality, and deep attentiveness that the child absorbs through imitation. What the teacher does, how she moves, how she speaks, how she cares — all of this becomes the invisible curriculum that shapes the child from within.
Planning, Reflecting, Renewing
At The Reading Tree, teaching is not a solitary act. Our educators work as a living ensemble — breathing a shared rhythm, holding a common vision, and renewing their intention together each week.
Their meetings are not merely administrative — they are moments of reflection, where children are spoken of with care, where insights are exchanged and the inner life of the school is tended. This quiet coherence — invisible yet deeply felt — flows naturally into every classroom, and the children, sensitive as they are, receive it.
Warmth as a Professional Practice
Every teacher at The Reading Tree is chosen not only for their training and skill, but for the quality of warmth they bring. We believe that a child's first experience of the world outside home must be held in genuine care. Our teachers greet each child by name, know each child's temperament, and tend to the social and emotional life of the group with the same care they bring to songs, stories, and craft.
Growing Alongside the Children
Our educators are lifelong learners. They attend workshops, pursue studies in Waldorf early childhood education, and reflect deeply on their practice. A teacher who continues to grow brings vitality and freshness to the classroom — and the children, who are exquisitely sensitive to the inner life of the adults around them, thrive in that aliveness. At The Reading Tree, we grow — together.
Sapna Chouhan
Educational Psychologist · Educator · TrainerSapna Chouhan carries more than twenty-five years of lived experience in education and counselling — not as a collection of credentials, but as a deeply cultivated inner path. As the founder and head of The Reading Tree, she holds a vision that is both tender and unflinching: that the child must always stand at the centre of learning, and that the teacher is the cornerstone upon which meaningful education rests.
Drawing from Anthroposophical principles, Sapna approaches child development not as a sequence of milestones to be met, but as an unfolding of the whole human being — body, soul, and spirit. Her work is rooted in the conviction that when we truly honour the full humanity of each child, learning becomes not an achievement, but a natural blossoming.
Passionate about the inner life of the teacher, Sapna has distilled three decades of experience into a comprehensive teacher enrichment programme grounded in the philosophy of the Renewal of Education. She holds that true pedagogical mastery does not come from accumulated knowledge alone, but from cultivating an actively receptive spirit — one that continuously renews itself through self-education and courageous inner work. Before a teacher can genuinely transform education, she must first undertake her own renewal.
Through personal consultations, professional development workshops, and teaching programmes, Sapna accompanies teachers, parents, and childcare professionals in this journey of self-becoming. Her deepest dedication is to illuminate the sacred nature of the teacher's work and its profound, lasting influence on the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of every child in her care.
"The true teachers and educators are not those who have learned pedagogy as the science of dealing with children, but those in whom pedagogy has awakened through understanding the human being."— Rudolf Steiner