Kindergarten-lessons.com
About me...
I started kindergarten-lessons.com with the intention of helping teachers make their classrooms a place of exploration, problem solving and creative thought processes.
My mother and grandmother were teachers and I have been an educator for over twenty years. As a child, I helped my mum cut out shapes, put up bulletin boards, and in those days, watch in fascination as she made gelatin in cookie sheets and slowly reproduced identical worksheets one paper at a time for her students!
I have an appreciation for art and an enthusiasm for creative design and enjoy creating pictures for children. My mother was a student of the Famous Artist's home study course and I would watch in fascination as she completed her weekly lessons. 
I have a Bachelor of Education from the University of Victoria and have completed Web and Print Design certification courses. I have taught young children for 20 years, art to students in grades K - 12 and adult education drawing courses.
I have now stepped back from teaching full time to tutoring, coordinating international students, creating web sites and illustrating for others. For more information visit my other web site, www.benthamdesign.com.
I have always loved interacting with young children. I appreciate the way they learn, their inquiring minds and the questions they ask. I enjoy their wonder of life, their ability to live in the present, and their spontaneous and fresh artwork.
The Science Center was the favorite place in the classroom. The students would head there first thing each day, excitedly check out how their bean plants were growing, add an object to the current display, or examine the latest container of baby spiders, pond water, or other interesting creatures. And of course, they would pull me 
over to observe that day's wonderful discovery too.
Hopefully the tips at kindergarten-lessons.com will help you create a joyful, enriched learning environment for your students.
Please contact me with any suggestions or questions.
Best regards,
Patricia
