Welcome to Little Owl Academy! My name is Melissa. I started Little Owl Academy in 2014 as an in home preschool. I quickly realized that there were not a lot of really great preschool resources readily available. It led me to begin creating preschool resources for myself, and it led to where Little Owl Academy is today-creating preschool products for at home use or in the classroom.
I create preschool resources, speech therapy helps, occupational therapy ideas, gross motor skill development and so much more, and run it all through my store on teacherspayteachers.com
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Little-Owl-Academy
Our why:
After deciding that teaching preschool in my home would be on hold for a time, I really began creating more for my son. We found out at the end of 2014 that my oldest son has a rare metabolic disease. It is called beta keto-thiolase deficiency. If you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry, you’ll probably never hear of it again. It’s extremely rare, but completely treatable. His biggest concern is that he shouldn’t go too long without eating. Because we didn’t find out about this disease until he was almost 2 years old, it set his little body’s development back.
He struggles with gross motor skills, balance, and is delayed in speech. As a Mom, this was a whole new world to me. I quickly realized I was in over my head and had to dig in and get creating to help me so that I could help him.
After hundreds of hours of therapy and hundreds of hours of preschool, I have realized that I have to do even more to help him at home. It is my privilege to help him, and my two other sons succeed. I create to help do just that. I also create to help other Mom’s do the same for their children. Preschool can be done at home or in the classroom.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Curriculum-September-May-3150204
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Year-Long-Toddler-Curriculum-MEGA-Bundle-3747914
Going Forward
After thousands of hours of research, practicing, studying, and learning, I am excited to share here with you what I have learned. Preschool at home should be fun! Preschool at home should be exciting! But, preschool at home shouldn’t take hours of preparation to begin. Follow along as I share tips, tricks, resources, and ideas to get you going without hours of preparation behind it.