As a young girl I found
the mystery of letter sounds making words just fascinating. When I was 9 I taught my 4 year old sister to
read just so I could watch the process closely and marvel at her proficiency. From there I set my goals on studying Early
Childhood Education in my undergraduate and graduate work with a second major
of Literacy in graduate school. All
along the way I have kept in mind a quote I read about how, from birth, all
humans have the goal of communicating with their loved ones. What a wonderful goal-so challenging for
some, so rewarding for most!
In my work- a career of 40+
years of educating generations of preschool children or educating their
teachers and parents, I have never once ceased to marvel as I watched children
master language. My work started in 1970
when I started a nursery school in my home with my two young toddler sons in
tow and continued until I retired in 2013 after a career of teaching children
in early education centers, working in administration in early ed programs for
25 years, with teaching adults effective strategies for teaching young children
for many of those years and ending my career where I started- teaching toddlers
for several years before retiring. I
have learned so much along the way and am eager to share! If you have any questions about early education, feel free to email me at earlybirdmimi@gmail.com. I look forward to being part of this blog community.
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