June 2025 Nationwide Instructor of the Month

The Instructor of the Month award is our approach of celebrating educators who dwell out our core values—compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty, and self-discipline—each day. We’re excited to announce that our 2025 June Nationwide Instructor of the Month is Ms. Kelsi from Little Sunshine’s Playhouse of Claremont.

The management group at Claremont had such type phrases to share about Ms. Kelsi, saying: “We’re elated to have a good time Ms. Kelsi as our Instructor of the Month! Kelsi is a long-standing, devoted trainer who makes day by day magical! She goes above and past to create unbelievable curriculum for her kiddos that permits them to discover, create, and study via play! Her households adore and belief in her, and her youngsters can not wait to enter her classroom within the morning. Kelsi has created an unbelievable stepping stone to Kindergarten and prepares our Pre-Okay kiddos for the years forward. We’re so fortunate to have a tremendous trainer like Ms. Kelsi who really dedicates her time and coronary heart to her college students!”

A few of her coworkers needed to share type phrases as properly:

• “Ms. Kelsi has completely AMAZING curriculum that embodies Reggio Emilia and is such an awesome instance for our group! She creates magic inside her classes and it’s such a pleasure to observe!”
• “Ms. Kelsi is at all times prepared to assist and lead wherever she is required!”
• “Neverland is at all times a pleasure to be in and her kiddos really love being in her class and having her as a trainer.”

What age group do you train? 

Pre-Okay

What’s the title of your classroom?

Neverland

What do you like most in regards to the age group you train?

I completely love experiencing the creativity and creativeness my college students carry every day. Daily looks like a brand new journey— whether or not we’re opening a play restaurant, constructing free half rocket ships, bringing dinosaurs again to life, or dancing like no person’s watching. I additionally cherish the real conversations we share. They’re at all times keen to inform their tales and are simply as excited to listen to mine. It’s a pleasure to observe them develop into completely happy, assured people, and I really feel fortunate to be a part of that journey.

What’s your favourite curriculum venture you’ve ever accomplished in your classroom?

“Dig Into Paleontology” stands out as considered one of my favourite curriculum models. Throughout this theme, I reworked our classroom right into a mini dinosaur historical past museum. The scholars liked utilizing magnifying glasses to look at duplicate fossils up shut, and I even created dinosaur skeletons out of cardboard tubes for them to discover. It was such a enjoyable, hands-on expertise, and the thrill on their faces was priceless. Watching them totally immerse themselves within the position of little paleontologists made the entire unit unforgettable.

What do you take pleasure in most about working at Little Sunshine’s Playhouse?

My favourite a part of working at LSP is the lifelong bonds and significant relationships it fosters. Throughout my time right here, I’ve had the privilege of forming lasting friendships with my co-teachers and constructing robust connections with many households. It means a lot to me that these households not solely belief me with their youngsters every day, but additionally really care about me and exit of their strategy to supply assist. That sense of group is one thing really particular, and it’s what makes LSP really feel like dwelling.

What made you need to turn out to be an early childhood educator?

What I really like most about educating is the enjoyment and goal it brings to every day. I get to look after and information younger minds, serving to them develop not solely academically however emotionally and socially too. Even the smallest moments, a excessive 5, a curious query, or a proud smile, really feel extremely significant. I additionally love that I’m at all times studying proper alongside them. Children have a approach of reminding us to see the world with marvel, and their pleasure over the only issues is completely contagious.

Who and/or what conjures up you and why?

I’m impressed by my management group. They’re among the most compassionate and devoted folks I do know. Their love for the youngsters shines via day by day—whether or not it’s within the small, significant conversations they’ve or within the pleasure on the youngsters’s faces once they cease by the classroom to say good day. Past their look after the children, they persistently uplift and assist me, providing encouragement and steering that make an actual distinction. Their presence and positivity are a continuing supply of motivation.

What do you take pleasure in doing outdoors of labor?

In my downtime, you’ll often discover me studying, figuring out, lounging by the pool, or deep right into a board recreation.

Inform us one particular truth about your self that nobody would anticipate.

Sports activities had been an enormous a part of my childhood. I used to be always attempting one thing new and ended up taking part in eight totally different ones through the years.

We’d additionally like to increase congratulations to all of this month’s nominees listed beneath. Thanks on your continued ardour and dedication—you’re all a significant a part of our Little Sunshine’s household!

Nevaeh M. – Arvada

Mercaydes J. – Briargate

Ayana H. – Broomfield

Sammi L. – Cardinal

Rylie F. – Chestnut

Kelsi M. – Claremont

Jessica E. – Colorado Springs

Maya M. – Creve Coeur

Deepa D.S. – Cumming

Shelby C. – Dominion

Jaiden B. – Elkhorn North

Luby Q.A. – Elkhorn South

Levonne – Erie

Delilah F. – 4 Factors

Campbell B. – Franklin

Cruz E. – Gilbert Higley

Savannah O. – Gilbert Val Vista

Caitlynn M. – Granite Bay

Alisa M. – Hendersonville

Ella I. – Lake St. Louis

Katie M. – Lakeway

Paige V. – Leawood

Ryleigh M. – Littleton

Jasmine – Mt. Juliet

Christina N. – O’Fallon

Erin S. – Overland Park

Alyssa T. – Ozark

River G. – Parker

Jamie W. – Rogers

Sarah T. – Roswell

Twinkle R. – Schaumburg

Yasmine S. – Scottsdale

Brittany G. – Southlake

Stephanie S. – Stone Oak

Kimberly – The Woodlands

Mia R. – College Metropolis

Lorena M. – Willowbrook