diff --git a/include/Tree/tree.hpp b/include/Tree/tree.hpp
index 16171b2..e373f44 100644
--- a/include/Tree/tree.hpp
+++ b/include/Tree/tree.hpp
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ namespace Tree
     void addChildren(Iter begin, Iter end) { std::copy( begin, end, std::back_inserter( children ) );}
 
 
+    /**
+    * @brief prepends a container of nodes to the list of children
+    *
+    * @param begin - iterator to the beginning of the container of objects of type std::shared_ptr<Tree::BaseNode>
+    * @param end   - iterator to the end of the container of objects of type std::shared_ptr<Tree::BaseNode>
+    */
+    template <typename Iter>
+    void prependChildren(Iter begin, Iter end) { std::copy( begin, end, std::front_inserter( children ) );}
+
     /**
     * @brief finds the next node in the tree of a given type
     *