The Preschool Professor
Unveiled

Yep, that's really me - no laughing at my picture! I only added it so you could put a face behind the words. I want you to feel like reading this website is a sit-down conversation and a bit more personal than reading a typical site. The person you see above is truly the author of all the content here!

My name is Lindy and I am a happily married, proud mother of two very active preschool children (5 & 4 now). I graduated from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. After obtaining my teaching certificate, I was hired at a local school to teach in the early childhood education classrooms.

I loved my job; the most rewarding part was watching my young students blossom into readers the year that they spent with me. While I was teaching, I began working on my Master's Degree in Language Arts/Reading.

Several years later, I found out I was pregnant. After an uneventful pregnancy, my daughter ended up being born 2 months prematurely. After agonizing for weeks, my husband and I decided that I would resign my teaching position to stay home to care for our fragile little girl.

Nine months later I discovered I was pregnant with our son. During that pregnancy, I developed complications and was ordered on strict bedrest for 2 months. In spite of the bedrest, he was still 2 months premature.

This reaffirmed my decision to stay home with my children (who, by the way, are healthy and rambunctious now!). I knew there was no way I could leave my children in daycare!

When my daughter turned 3 and my son was 2, I started thinking about what I was going to do for preschool for them. Should I send them to the local public school, a private preschool, or teach them at home?

I had two major concerns about sending them to an outside preschool: neither of the kids were potty-trained and the cost of tuition. I didn't want to force either of them to be potty-trained until they were ready, but the preschools wouldn't accept them unless they were.

Also, our budget was extremely tight as we were living on one income and we simply couldn't afford the tuition. In the back of my mind I also wondered if the teachers there could teach the kids as well as I could – no one knew their personalities and needs better than I did! (And if you really press me, I'll tell you that I just wasn't ready to let them out of my sight yet!)

It was at that time I decided to design my own preschool out of our home. It took me a few months to prepare, but in the end, it has turned out to be the best decision for our family. I get to be with them all day, but I also know that they are learning from their first and best teacher – me!

My goal in telling you all this is so that you can understand where I come from. I know when I visit a website, I like to see who the author is so I know if what they are saying is credible.

Education is a passion for me and it is my goal to turn that passion into helping others become the best teacher and/or parent they can be. Whether you are a classroom teacher, a parent wanting to learn more about their own little preschooler, or are thinking about/already homeschooling, I am here to help.

I hope you enjoy your visit to The Preschool Professor and feel free to leave me comments so I can make this site even better!

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank several of my friends for their insights, contributions, and help on this site. Your work does not go unappreciated!

Connie Scheel, M.Ed.
Michelle Nielsen
Janet Vroegop

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