Aimee & Katie Consulting

A heavy load. :)

This is one of the most amazing places I have ever been to! I lived in St. Louis right before I moved to California and when I found the City Museum I fell in love. I have yet to find anything else like it.- Katie :)

City Museum, St Louis, MO Visit CityMuseum.org for more info.

Here are some photos of fun plans the kids created from material we put out and material they found :)

This piece of art was created the week following the shooting in Santa Barbara and it made me stop and reflect- Katie :) ...more love please

Here are a few photos of us :)

There are so many little moments with children that make a huge impression on us.

Really excited about this book. I heard an interview about it on NPR and immediately went to the store to buy it!

Can working parents in America—or anywhere—ever find true leisure time?

According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is “that place in which we realize our humanity.” If that’s true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our brains, our partners, our culture, and our bosses making it impossible for us to experience anything but “contaminated time”?
Schulte first asked this question in a 2010 feature for The Washington Post Magazine: “How did researchers compile this statistic that said we were rolling in leisure—over four hours a day? Did any of us feel that we actually had downtime? Was there anything useful in their research—anything we could do?”
Overwhelmed is a map of the stresses that have ripped our leisure to shreds, and a look at how to put the pieces back together. Schulte speaks to neuroscientists, sociologists, and hundreds of working parents to tease out the factors contributing to our collective sense of being overwhelmed, seeking insights, answers, and inspiration. She investigates progressive offices trying to invent a new kind of workplace; she travels across Europe to get a sense of how other countries accommodate working parents; she finds younger couples who claim to have figured out an ideal division of chores, childcare, and meaningful paid work. Overwhelmed is the story of what she found out.

Aimee and Katie come from different backgrounds in education and found one another working in the same community as preschool teachers and nannies. They have teamed up to start a consulting business after noticing a real need for some extra support around childcare and schooling in the community.

They have worked extensively in play based and constructivist settings and are well versed in NVC. Bringing all of that experience together, they have molded together a philosophy based on what they have seen and felt. Together they have over 20 years of experience working with children. This has provided them the chance to work with a wide variety of families helping with a range of needs.

They are excited to offer support to families as they experience this journey of parenthood and all that it brings. What they hope to bring to this community is facilitation and perspective in issues that can be stressful at times.....and to bring a little bit more joy and fun in!