I've earned most of my teaching experience through babysitting and child care. I was a babysitter for over ten years and have looked after children of various ages, closely engaged with parents concerning children's schedules, learning, and well-being, and encountered different learning types and ways of seeing the world. I earned my masters in teaching through Sarah Lawrence College and a MFA through Southern New Hampshire University. While working on the two degrees, I discovered my love for writing fun lesson plans, especially for the children I tutored. I love to show off how fun and real learning can be, and remove limits that are often placed on learning in schools.
Whenever I can, I incorporate games into my lessons. I found that children (and most adults!) can genuinely learn concepts through playing games. They're fun, engaging, and help the learner to remember the lesson longer than straight-forward lessons.
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While attending Sarah Lawrence, I worked in the on-campus preschool and K/1st grade classrooms as a student helper, assisting the head and assistant teacher with lessons, lesson planning, monitoring and interacting with children, and documenting the day. I then student taught in Mamaroneck, NY and Manhattan in a 1st grade classroom, then a 3rd/4th grade room. I mainly worked alongside the teachers and helped with the day-to-day work load and lesson planning, but I had the unique opportunity to grow very close to the students. They trusted me to hear their fears, see their insecurities, and support them through difficult times. I learned to incorporate social-emotional awareness into my daily interactions with them and the lesson plans I wrote and taught.
Many of my lessons I developed with children I cared for or tutored. I give them the credit for my work, and I'm so thankful for their insight and amazing ideas!
English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Math, Basic Operations, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Word Problems, Writing