Sharon has been training teachers for over 19 years throughout the United States on a variety of early childhood topics. Her training is based on her unique perspective from 28 years as an early-childhood teacher. Her practical ideas, down-to-earth approaches and her enthusiastic presentation style will energize and delight you. You will be able to implement many of her ideas in your classroom right away. Sharon is a transplanted Mississippian living in San Antonio, Texas with her husband, George. She has three adult children: Brad, Meg, and John.
Sharon is a frequent keynote and featured speaker at national and state early-childhood conferences. She has taught summer courses at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington for four years. Sharon has written several magazine articles as well as teacher resource books. She co-authored two cover stories, one on art and one on science, for Scholastic's Early Childhood Today magazine. She also co-authored an article published in the SECA journal, Dimensions, and an article on block play in Early Childhood News.
Her books include: Squish, Sort, Paint and Build, Everyday Discoveries, Block Play, Sanity Savers for Early Childhood Teachers (published by Gryphon House), Math in Minutes, Idea Bags, Idea Bags for the Kitchen (published by Frank Schaffer/School Specialties); Portfolio and Its Use, 2nd Ed: A Roadmap for Assessment (published by the Southern Early Childhood Association), and two activity books Watermelon Pie and Other Slices and Jingle in my Pocket Book (published by Grasshopper Press). Sharon has recorded three interactive CDs: Watermelon Pie and Other Tunes, 1999, Jingle in my Pocket, 2002; and, Tying Shoes and Other Musical Feets, 2004. Interactive songs and activities help make the “hard stuff” easy for young children to learn.
Squish, Sort, Paint, and Build and Everyday Discoveries have received coveted "highly recommended" reviews from the Parent Council, Ltd.; Idea Bags and Block Play have received Directors' Choice Awards from Early Childhood News.
