Artful Teaching. Joyful Learning.® 

The all-in-one program to simply and skillfully teach your Early Learner {grade 1 or under} through ART and PLAY.

✔ Open. Gather. Go.
✔ Get organized with a clear plan.
✔ Grow your teacher confidence.
✔ Teach with your child's natural interests

What do ‘Artful Teaching’ and ‘Joyful Learning’ actually mean? 

Artful Teaching is..

♥︎ Inspiring your young children to love learning.

♥︎ Teaching with calm confidence because you are attuned to your child’s unique needs, and prepared with the right tools

♥︎ Incorporating beauty, art, and learning into your everyday activities

♥︎ Calm, relaxed, natural: knowing where your child is academically and adjusting your teaching as needed

♥︎ Finally achieving "homeschool harmony" - knowing how to deal with learning meltdowns and toddlers who want to be in the middle of the action 

♥︎ Feeling organized and feel “on top of it” with a plan to cultivate your child's curiosity, while also making sure the fundamentals are covered.

Joyful Learning is...

♥︎ Following our interests and curiosities in a playful way.

♥︎ Sparking joy and wonder in the everyday.

♥︎ Kids are engaged and can’t wait “to do school everyday. Beautiful, blissful days!

♥︎ Your child feeling safe because their curiosity is honored, respected and encouraged.

♥︎ Your child is excited to share their thoughts and “learnings” with you because they know they matter.

♥︎ A calm - yet fun - learning environment where your child thrives

♥︎ Your child is proud, confident and motivated to learn.

You want to give your child the experiences that will turn into a life-long love of learning. 

So what’s stopping you? 

A heavily hands-on yet still-fits-into-your-life plan to intentionally teach your child feels like something that you’ve yet to master.

I hear this from parents a lot.

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

Be your child’s favorite teacher - and become very, very good at it.

You need a plan to teach your kids.

The problem is traditional curriculum - workbooks and worksheets - don't inspire you or your kids. 

But following your kid's lead feels too unstructured, and you worry you'll miss important academics.

We believe that children learn best through play, not by sitting at a desk for 5 hours a day. We understand what it feels like to worry that your kids will fall behind, or that you aren't enough, which is why we have helped hundreds of parents and teachers teach with competence, ease, and creativity, so their kids fall in love with learning.

Finding the right curriculum for your family isn’t easy.

Wherever you look, you find the same three things… 

✍  A pencil and paper curriculum that only serves to recreate the butt-in-chair, nose-in-book, for a solid 6, 7, or 8-hours a day classroom experience.

🍪  Cookie cutter curriculum - sometimes based on religions or modalities that you don’t align with, that just aren’t personalized to your family’s beliefs, needs, or goals.

🧱 A giant wall of curriculum between you and your child, between your child and their own interests, between your child and the world around them - with no room for inspiration or play.

Art and play may be the first, but children have “a hundred languages” {or more!} and you don’t want to miss any of them.

There are many, many ways that children build knowledge and share their understanding of the world. Learning is an active process of taking in new information and experiences, and then integrating that new knowledge as they communicate their thoughts, feelings and ideas.  

Dance, music, sketching, sculpture, singing, building, painting, beads and wire are just a few of the Hundred Languages children use to make knowledge their own.

Hey, Mama!

If you’re a parent who believes in a gentle and playful approach to learning, but also need a plan to teach your Kindergartener or First Grader to read, write and do math...

You're in the RIGHT place.

Forget debating the public vs. private school experience. 

Your child deserves a school that’s personalized for them 

- and you’re just the parent for the job.

Your time and energy are precious resources and hands-on learning can seem like it’s a lot of work. 

Maybe even more than you’re sure you can take on. 

That is precisely why Artful Teaching. Joyful Learning.® does all of the heavy lifting for you, reducing your cognitive load and leaving you with time and energy. The time and energy to join in on the playful learning, the joyful art of teaching, and maybe even some beautiful expression yourself.

The ATLJ Curriculum, Implementation Program, and Ongoing Support offers a whole new take on comprehensive.

If you're overwhelmed with worry and doubt about how to homeschool your child, what tone you want to set, or whether you can give them what they need….

I GET IT.

I actually created this program just for you. Designed especially to rid you of that overwhelm and doubt. 

Your desire to feel confident and capable as a home educator is valid, especially as you start this journey.

Your decision to homeschool may be exciting and liberating but at the same time a bit overwhelming and daunting.

Taking on teaching your child because it can be a weighty proposition.

You value play as the work of the child. 

We want to preserve the wonder of childhood. 

And while it's true that young children don't need a program or curriculum, there's nothing wrong with you wanting one. 

You want to raise smart, successful, creative, and well-rounded kids.

You want them to love learning.

That doesn’t just happen by accident.

You need a plan. Let me be your guide.

Done-for-You Day Plans 

Say goodbye to end-of-day freakouts forever. {At least about this.}  Take all the guesswork out of planning your days and enjoy life on Easy St. & Intentional Instruction Blvd with everything mapped out for you - including suggested poems and songs, books, supplies and lessons.

Monthly Themes 

The Artful Teaching. Joyful Learning® curriculum is laid out beautifully in monthly themes and integrated lessons that bring in learning across all subjects: Literacy, math, sciences, sensory, as well as STEM, cooking, entrepreneurship, and money management

At-a-Glance Supply Lists 

We make it easy to put the “gather” in your new “Open, Gather, ‘N’ Go” curriculum. These supply lists are at your fingertips and {bonus!} are easy on the wallet too - with most of the supplies being found at The Dollar Tree.

Book Lists 

Every one of your lessons is paired with a beautiful picture book recommendation designed to spark your child’s imagination and ignite their art & action-packed learning. This handy book list makes it easy to reserve at your local library, or purchase online

Joysheets™ 

These aren’t your sister-in-law’s worksheets. These are worksheets made fun - and paired with each lesson! These specially- made, joy-filled, paper-based activities aren’t just delightful, they reinforce everything your delightful ones are learning. 

Teacher Toolkit, Poems and Printables! 

All the resources at your fingertips to make teaching easy and streamlined. Assessments and checklists at the ready so you can be sure you're on track. Printable poems, songs and fingerplays accompany lessons, and include your own private YouTube library  to engage and delight your little ones, so they can get active and build their phonemic awareness!

Module 1

Personalize Your Success

Where done-for-you meets personalization. 

Planning and preparation are the first steps towards getting your family set up for success. Design your dream-fit homeschool day with a schedule and routines that work for your family. 

► Daily anchors and rhythms to simplify learning in math, reading and writing

► Learn the easy method teach multiple kids {even toddlers!}

► Simple routines to foster independence in your kids so your days go smoothly

► Set up a system to balance chores, routines, housework 

Module 2

Identify and Implement

Tap into your child’s strengths and your inner teacher.

It’s time to identify what your child is great at and learn to build on that - like a pro - so that you’re keeping your child engaged.

► Identify your child's learning style to so they'll be better engaged for longer periods

► The best teaching strategies for young children {that won't squash learning}

► How to keep reluctant learners motivated - even when they refuse

Module 3

Teach Your Child to Read and Write

The simple, playful system to teach literacy in the Early Years.

Highlights: 

► Easy, research-backed method to quickly boost reading success

► Workbook and groan-free writing strategies 

► Proven system to teach neat handwriting {without tears!}

Module 4

Budding Math Learners

The fear-free method for easy numeracy teaching.

Cue the math moans. Actually, don’t! Develop a love of math in your child in a moan-and-groan-free environment - for both of you.

► How to teach math in a hands-on way vs. endless worksheets

► The importance of the: 

concrete → representational → abstract approach

► Games and daily rhythms to make math learning FUN!

Module 5

Assessment without Testing

Measure Once, Track Always

Measure your child’s progress and track their growth. How? Together, of course. 

► A simple process to help ensure that your child is on track

► Easy assessment techniques to help you teach more effectively

► The Idea Book: A creative way to document and share learning

Module 6

Wonder Learning

Harness their curiosities and follow their lead. 

Get the best of both worlds - child -led learning and intentional teaching.

► Go "off the grid:" learn how to follow your child's interests and to create intentional learning experiences

► Discover the InspirEd Method to design your own curriculum, tailored uniquely to your child

The Choice is Yours…

You can pass on Artful Teaching. Joyful Learning.® and keep feeling… 

☹  Overwhelmed. You continue to piece together Pinterest ideas, worksheets and books, shopping gathering up supplies. 

☹ Anxious. Deep down you're worried they're not getting what they need, that you're missing important details. 

☹  Frazzled. You're scrambling last minute for supplies, books and ideas; never sure which direction you're headed, or whether you're doing it right. 

☹ Burnt Out. All this searching and piecing together has you wondering why you even signed up for this gig in the first place? You can't possibly keep this up for the next 12 years!

Or…

You can buy Artful Teaching. Joyful Learning.® now and start feeling… 

☻ Relieved. You've finally got your dream curriculum. No more searching, googling or second-guessing. Breathe.

☻ Confident. You have the tools, the material, the know-how to give your child exactly what he needs. No worries about missing anything.


☻ On-Top-Of-It. It's all there, laid out for you. No more scrambling for ideas or last-minute supplies.

☻ Inspired. Up-level your homeschooling with creativity and fun.

The guidance you need to be the parent and teacher that your child needs.

Get ready for the best parent-teacher conferences ever.

Get the training and support you need to do your best at your new dream job - from Day 1.