Hi, my name is Christine! Welcome to my brand new web site, Childhood Tutor!
I grew up in a family of seven children in a small town. We were the neighborhood "community center". All the kids came to play at our house because we had all the necessary toys and equipment to entertain everyone. Like the baseball/football field way out in the back yard. Or the swimming pool FULL of suds! Or the tent with two bunk cots! And then there was the basketball court on the driveway. The best of all was the pulley that ran along the side yard which created a "parking lot" of onlookers as they drove by. Then there was an endless supply of board games and toys downstairs in the basement playroom for the rainy days as well. Mom always had ideas for us when we had exhausted all other options (which was rare) which ran the gamut from Killy-I-Over (a ball and tag game), to climbing to the top of the maple tree in the front yard and swaying in the thinnest branches, to watching movies at the "Rooftop Drive-in" on the roof of our garage with a TV in the upstairs window across the way. Mom always made us popcorn for those nights we spent up on the roof!
Childhood WAS fun! It didn't take me long to realize what I wanted to do with my life...
I have been an Early Childhood Teacher since 1976 in many day cares and preschools in my area. I currently work as the Teacher/Director of a small Parent Co-op program on a local college campus.( Campus Playschool at RPI) We enroll many International as well as local children. I've been in this "playschool" since 2001 and I have NO intention of ever leaving it! It is a perfect match for my interests and skills!
I also play piano/organ in two local churches. The first is the church where I was born and raised and been a member for 53 years. I have been singing in the choir there since 1960 when I was 5 years old, and playing piano for the service there since 1986. (Church choir ) The second church I recently became part of through our shared pastor who ministers to both congregations each week. It's a nice little church in which I have met several very nice people, including my husbands' cousin!
In the weeks and months to follow, I hope to share a little of what I have learned along the way.
Come, follow me. . .
I grew up in a family of seven children in a small town. We were the neighborhood "community center". All the kids came to play at our house because we had all the necessary toys and equipment to entertain everyone. Like the baseball/football field way out in the back yard. Or the swimming pool FULL of suds! Or the tent with two bunk cots! And then there was the basketball court on the driveway. The best of all was the pulley that ran along the side yard which created a "parking lot" of onlookers as they drove by. Then there was an endless supply of board games and toys downstairs in the basement playroom for the rainy days as well. Mom always had ideas for us when we had exhausted all other options (which was rare) which ran the gamut from Killy-I-Over (a ball and tag game), to climbing to the top of the maple tree in the front yard and swaying in the thinnest branches, to watching movies at the "Rooftop Drive-in" on the roof of our garage with a TV in the upstairs window across the way. Mom always made us popcorn for those nights we spent up on the roof!
Childhood WAS fun! It didn't take me long to realize what I wanted to do with my life...
I have been an Early Childhood Teacher since 1976 in many day cares and preschools in my area. I currently work as the Teacher/Director of a small Parent Co-op program on a local college campus.( Campus Playschool at RPI) We enroll many International as well as local children. I've been in this "playschool" since 2001 and I have NO intention of ever leaving it! It is a perfect match for my interests and skills!
I also play piano/organ in two local churches. The first is the church where I was born and raised and been a member for 53 years. I have been singing in the choir there since 1960 when I was 5 years old, and playing piano for the service there since 1986. (Church choir ) The second church I recently became part of through our shared pastor who ministers to both congregations each week. It's a nice little church in which I have met several very nice people, including my husbands' cousin!
In the weeks and months to follow, I hope to share a little of what I have learned along the way.
Come, follow me. . .
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