Little Minds Big Futures, 355 des Hivernants Blvd, Winnipeg, MB (2026)

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06/03/2026

I view education differently because I’ve experienced it through many different learning environments. 🍃

From Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Forest School, public education, private education, homeschooling, tutoring, and mindful movement education, every experience taught me something new about how children learn best. 🌱

One of the biggest things I learned is this:
There is no “one size fits all” approach to education. ✏️
Some children need movement 🏃‍♀️
Some need structure 📚
Some need nature 🌲
Some need creativity 🎨
Some need explicit instruction and direct teaching ✍️
Some need emotional safety before academic growth can happen 💛

The more environments I worked in, the more I realized that great education starts by understanding the child in front of you. 👀

That perspective completely changed the educator I became. 🍃

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06/02/2026

Watching learning come to life 🌱✨

Students are engaging in hands-on science as they explore the flower life cycle through our “Flower Life Cycle Activities” resource from my TPT store.
This activity invites young learners to understand how plants grow in a meaningful, visual, and interactive way. Through guided exploration, students are building early science understanding while also strengthening literacy skills through discussion, sequencing, and vocabulary development.

Learning experiences include:
🌼 Exploring the life cycle of a flower
🌼 Identifying the parts of a plant
🌼 Learning what plants need to grow
🌼 Connecting science concepts through visuals and printables

This resource includes:
• Flower Life Cycle Posters + Student Mini Book
• Parts of a Flower visuals
• What Plants Need to Grow posters
• No prep, print and go worksheets

Perfect for:
🌱 Kindergarten to Grade 2
🌱 Spring science units
🌱 Plant and life cycle learning
🌱 Classroom or homeschool support
Simple, engaging, and designed to support early learners through hands-on, meaningful learning experiences.

Find this resource in my TPT store linked in my bio 🌼

06/02/2026

Feeling rich in life is getting to watch a child do something today that they couldn’t do yesterday ✨

There is something so powerful about witnessing those small breakthroughs. A first word, a new skill, a moment of confidence, or that spark when something finally clicks 💛

Progress in learning is not always loud. It is often quiet, steady, and then suddenly it shows up in a way that changes everything 🌱

This is the beauty of teaching and supporting children as they grow. Every small step matters, because for a child, it is a big step toward confidence and independence 📚

These are the moments that stay with you. The ones where you realize growth is happening right in front of your eyes, one small win at a time 💫

Follow for more literacy support, learning tips, and simple ways to help children grow in confidence and skills 📖

06/01/2026

✨ Monday Mindset ✨

Confidence is not
“knowing you’ll never fail.”
Confidence is trusting yourself enough to try anyway. 🤍

Real confidence is built in the moments where things feel uncertain.
It’s reading the book even when the words are hard.
Starting the business before you feel ready.
Trying again after failure.

Raising children while still learning yourself.
Growth mindset teaches us that mistakes are not the end of the story… they are part of the learning process. 🌱

Teach your children to believe in progress over perfection.
Teach them that courage is showing up even when something feels difficult.
You are more capable than you think. ✨

Save this for a reminder on the hard days and share it with someone who needs encouragement today 🤍
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05/28/2026

Children with ADHD are estimated to hear thousands more negative and corrective messages than their peers by age 12.

“Focus.”
“Sit still.”
“Why can’t you just try harder?”

Over time, those words shape how a child sees themselves.

But many ADHD children are also incredibly creative, innovative, curious, and capable when they are taught in ways that actually support how their brain learns.

As an educator, I have worked with so many children who were labelled as “lazy” or “not smart” before receiving the right support, explicit instruction, structure, and encouragement.

A struggling child is not a broken child.

Sometimes the child receiving the most correction is the child needing the most understanding. 🤍

If you are parenting or teaching a child with ADHD, your words matter more than you think. The goal is not to shame children into learning. The goal is to help them feel safe, capable, and confident enough to grow.

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05/27/2026

What’s new in our store 📚✨

We’ve just added new literacy and learning resources designed for teachers, parents, homeschool families, and tutors who want simple, effective, research based tools that support real reading and spelling growth 📖✏️

These resources are built using structured literacy approaches including Science of Reading and Orton Gillingham strategies, making them easy to use at home or in the classroom without extra prep 🧠💡

If you are a parent supporting your child’s reading journey or an educator looking for ready to use intervention tools, you will find new materials designed to build confidence and skills step by step 🌱📘

Signing up on Teachers Pay Teachers is completely free, and new customers receive 10% off their first purchase 🎉💻

TPT link is in the bio to browse the new resources and get started today 🚀

05/26/2026

November 2025 ➡️ May 2026 📚🥹

When we first started working together, his writing consisted of early phonetic attempts, short CVC words, and simple sound mapping. He was still learning how to connect sounds to letters, build sentences, and trust himself as a writer.
Now, just months later, he is independently writing full sentences, applying spelling patterns we’ve learned together, stretching out unfamiliar words, and using phonics knowledge to write what he hears.

I am so proud of the effort, persistence, and hard work this child has put into his literacy journey. 🤍

This is what happens when a child is given the right teaching approach, explicit instruction, and someone who refuses to give up on them.

Summer is one of the most important times to continue building literacy skills. Consistent practice and structured support can make a huge difference in reading, spelling, writing, and overall confidence heading into the next school year.

If you want to support your child’s literacy growth this summer, send me a DM to learn more about summer literacy sessions ☀️📚

05/25/2026

✨ Monday Mindset ✨

The version of you that succeeds
is simply the version of you that didn’t quit. ✨

Keep going.
Your future self is watching. 🤍

Success is not about being perfect. It’s about showing up again after the hard days, the setbacks, the self doubt, and the moments where giving up feels easier.
This is what we want children to learn too:
resilience, perseverance, confidence, and the belief that growth takes time. 🌱
Whether you’re building a business, homeschooling, supporting your child through learning challenges, or chasing a dream that feels far away right now… keep going.
Small steps still move you forward.

Save this for the days you need the reminder ✨
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05/22/2026

Just because you’re a good teacher does not mean the system you’re in is built to support the kind of impact you want to make 🤍

I loved teaching 👩‍🏫
I cared deeply about how children learn 📚 I wanted kids to truly feel seen, supported, and taught in ways that actually worked for them.

But I was also teaching in classrooms with 35 kindergarten students 👧👦
No support staff.
No extra hands.
No realistic way for one person to meet every child’s needs the way they deserved.

So like many passionate teachers, I worked harder 💪
Stayed later 🌙
Carried more than I should have because I cared too much not to.

And eventually I realized something important:
You can be highly skilled, deeply caring, and still be working inside a system that was never designed to support real change.

That realization changes you 👀

Because eventually the question stops being:
“How do I survive this classroom?”

And becomes:
“Where can my skills create the biggest impact?” 🌱

For me, that meant building something outside the traditional system. Something more aligned with how I believe children should be taught and supported 🤍

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05/22/2026

Just because you are a good teacher does not mean the system you are in is built to support the kind of impact you want to make. 🤍

👩‍🏫I cared deeply about how children learn 📚 I wanted real change. Not surface level fixes. Not just getting through the day. I wanted kids to actually be seen, supported, and taught in ways that made sense for them.

But I was also in a system that was not designed for that kind of ambition.

A kindergarten classroom with 35 children 👧👦 No support staff. No extra hands. No real backup when things got overwhelming or when kids needed more than one or two adults could realistically give.

And when I tried to push for more support, more structure, more understanding of what was actually happening in the classroom, it often felt like I was hitting a wall 🚧

Admin who were stretched too thin or not willing to look closely at what classrooms actually look like day to day.

Systems that talk about student success but do not always give teachers the conditions needed to create it.

So you start doing what most ambitious teachers do.
You work harder 💪 You stay later 🌙 You problem solve everything yourself because you care too much to let it fall apart.

And on the outside, it still looks like you are “coping.”
But inside, you start to feel the disconnect.
Because the truth is, you cannot create meaningful, lasting change in a system that is not set up to support it, no matter how good you are at your job.

And at some point, I had to sit with that honestly.

I was not lacking skill. I was not lacking effort. I was not lacking care.

I was working inside limits that were never designed with real classroom realities in mind.

And that realization changes you.
Because once you see it clearly, you cannot unsee it 👀

You start asking different questions.
Not “How do I survive this classroom?”
But “Where can my skills actually create the kind of impact I know is possible?” 🌱

And for me, that opened the door to building something outside of the traditional system. Something more aligned with how I believe children should be taught and supported.

If this resonates, follow along 🤍 I share literacy, learning, and real world teaching strategies for supporting kids in ways that actually work in practice 📚

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