Karen S.

Soon after graduating in 1989 with a degree in Political Science from LeMoyne Owen College, I decided to pursue my childhood dream of becoming a teacher by earning a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Memphis. I taught 18 years in Kindergarten and First Grade before retiring; later, while working in the nursery at YMCA Childcare Centers, I taught 12 weeks as a Head Start Lead Teacher. I love teaching early literacy skills of letter names, sounds, building words, rhyming, high…