YouTuber mom opens preschool for children to develop variety of skills in ‘great learning environment’

RIGBY – Kaleigh Carnahan is simply a parent-advice YouTuber, erstwhile kindergarten teacher, mother of 4 and now laminitis of Purposeful Play School successful Rigby.

Carnahan hosts a family YouTube transmission called CarnahanFam pinch tips for raising children, but that’s not each she does to thief kids flourish.

When she taught kindergarten, Carnahan noticed galore students starting schoolhouse without definite life skills. She noticed they lacked captious reasoning skills, societal skills and astir importantly, nan assurance to ain themselves arsenic learners. Since kindergarteners do not people create these skills connected their own, Carnahan wants to capable nan gap.

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“Everything successful nan Purposeful Play School is group up to thief children create holistically and create skills crossed each of nan developmental domains, socially, emotionally, academically,” Carnahan said.

To make nan preschool a reality, Carnahan remodeled her basement to clasp nan class.

“I cognize I could do it pinch nan basics of my home,” Carnahan said. “But pinch nan correct structure, I knew I could really facilitate a awesome learning situation for my ain children, and past to beryllium capable to invited successful different children successful our organization to beryllium capable to build connected that experience.”

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Carnahan has a bachelor’s grade successful early puerility and typical education. She wanted to find a program that aligned pinch her knowing of champion practices successful early puerility education. When she couldn’t find one, she decided to make it herself.

Carnahan will trade her program passim nan first twelvemonth of Purposeful Play School. As she completes each unit, she will make it disposable digitally for parents astir nan world.

“I want to make holistic, well-rounded, value early puerility acquisition experiences accessible to each families,” Carnahan said.

She intends to foster maturation done play-based learning. She says kids will time off her preschool good prepared for kindergarten, but that’s a byproduct, not nan focus.

“Children are wholly unique, and truthful so should their learning acquisition be,” Carnahan said.

Throughout nan schoolhouse year, children will spell done units focusing connected answering a large question. For example, nan first portion is astir families. One of nan large questions will be, “What makes a family special?” Carnahan past guides children done large questions pinch playful activities, for illustration discussing a family location while playing pinch blocks.

The Purposeful Play School twelvemonth starts Monday. Its hours are Monday done Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon, pinch part-time options for 2 days a week. Every different Friday, kids tin spell connected an optional section travel aliases showcase for parents.

For much accusation astir nan Purposeful Play School, visit its website.