About
Hello everyone!
Welcome to Doctor Teacher Mommy! I hope you will find lots of resources to make you think, reflect, and try something new with your little ones!
I’m Amanda, and I love all things related to tiny people!
After years of brainstorming ideas, researching, blogging, reading, and connecting with other experts, I want to share all of this information with parents and educators everywhere!
There’s so much I want to share with you. Check out more about me and connect on LinkedIn!
Doctor:
When I completed my B.S. and M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, I knew I was just starting to understand this fundamental stage of development. Over the years, I’ve continued reading everything from parenting books to textbooks to scientific articles, but I still felt something was missing.
Recently, I completed my Ph.D. in Infant and Early Childhood Development specializing in Mental Health and Developmental Differences. Throughout this incredible process, I found what was missing in my search for more information. My doctoral program specifically focused on the intricate role families, systems, and relationships are all interrelated as part of a child’s development. No child develops outside of their dependent relationships with the world around them and the people in it.
My research focused on my biggest passions: how musical interactions affect a mother’s mental health and the developing attachment relationship with her child. Now, I want to share everything I learned with all of you!
Teacher:
For years, I’ve worked with infants, toddlers, 3’s, 4’s, and mixed-aged groups of young children in many different settings. From a Title 1, Headstart inner-city classroom to a research laboratory school on a university campus, I’ve experienced various teaching situations.
Aside from the formal classroom, my experiences include being a Zumbini® instructor, Zumbini® Master Trainer, prenatal/postnatal fitness instructor, dance and gymnastics instructor, and in many other professions, directly working with young children and their families. Being a curriculum writer also allowed me to explore another side of the early childhood profession.
While working as a reflective educational coach, I began to truly hone in my love of working with those who have the most significant impact on children. Now, as an MSDE Approved Trainer (CKI-161867), I look forward to continuing working with educators and other early childhood professionals who support families in the most important ways by providing COK hours!
Mommy:
What’s the most humbling way to realize how little you know? Become a parent!
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to become a parent to one of the world’s most creative, funny, loving, and best people. Watching his personality come to life day after day has been a nonstop ball of fun!
One of the reasons I felt so lucky in the early stages of motherhood was for all of the wise women I had in my life. They shared resources, stories, ideas, and comfort in knowing we were all figuring it out together. They showed me that through the many different decisions we made as parents, all stemming from our unique composition of lived experiences from various cultural backgrounds, we all had the same goal of giving our little ones the best possible start in life.
I hope you will love and learn from all of the information on this site and all of time together.
And stay in touch; I want to hear from you!
Reach out with what you are wondering, wish you had a resource, or anything else.
Chances are, if you’re thinking it, another parent is thinking it, too, and I want to help!
Amanda
aka “Doc Holliday”
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