Are You Shining

Hello,

Welcome to my profile.

I am a Tinkergarten leader, which is an outdoor, playbased program for 2-8 year olds and involves a variety of fun, creative activities. I also used to lead a children's empowerment fitness program (3-5yo), where I harnessed my enthusiastic and active side. I worked at multiple camps with elementary-aged kids where I had to guide them and hold them accountable. Finally, I have a 3yo son with whom we do all kinds of activities including lots of movement and art.

In addition, I am a former high school English teacher; I used to be an Assistant Math teacher at a middle school; I partially, but successfully, homeschooled my stepson when he was in middle school; I have been teaching in private for a few years now and have worked with all levels and variety of subjects. I have tutored kindergarten students, with whom we mostly worked on reading and older students with whom we learned Social Studies and other subjects.

My parenting/educational philosophy is that of gentle and respectful parenting, which looks like being extremely kind and patient, encouraging and attentive. It involves acknowledging the child's feelings, needs, wants, and guiding them through difficult situations, instead of being punitive and imposing "my vs their" will. I'm also very interested in unschooling, which just strengthens the focus on and encouragement of the child's interests and preferences in the moment. With that, I have become very flexible and adaptable to the present moment.

I like to think of myself as being a friendly and flexible person who relates well to students and who strives to make the learning enjoyable. I adapt to your and the students' needs and preferences and use graphic organizers and real life analogies to hone their understanding and guide them to independence.

My schedule and approach are very flexible and I can also tutor online.