Preschool All Stars

If you want to set up your home preschool in just 2 weeks, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Jennifer Hicks has 6 kids and has switched careers over and over again to find something that would be worth the gas money, commute, and daycare costs. After finding Joy, starting a preschool sounded like the answer to her problems. She decided on a start date for 6 months out to give herself pl...

If you want to teach your own children in your online preschool, listen to today's Preschool All Stars story: Rebekah Collins resigned from her job teaching preschool once COVID happened. After she had a baby, she couldn't fathom going back to teaching, so she stayed home with her children and even was able to teach her own preschool-aged daughter, too! Listen in to discover how you can teach your...

If you love your daycare families but hate the long hours, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Alethea Koury is the kind of person who is always working 3 jobs, with little to no down time. But her most recent endeavor, a home daycare, has left her feeling like she just can’t go on like this any more! Thankfully, with the help of Joy and the Preschool All Stars, Alethea is well on the way...

If you want to get all your questions answered about online preschool, listen in, because today I'm answering your top 30 questions about online preschool! Please rate and review us at Apple Podcasts . (We hope we’ve earned your 5 stars!) GET MY FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR PRESCHOOL JOURNEY: ❤️ Get my FREE “Start Your Preschool” book (+ $7.95 s&h) ❤️ Start my FREE “7 Students in 7 Days” Challenge” ❤️...

If you're running into roadblocks starting your preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Quinn Cooper is a preschool principal who just turned in her resignation to open her own preschool center! She was tired of seeing her teachers struggle, and she wanted to create a space where teachers could focus on teaching instead of testing. After running into roadblock after roadblock, Quin...

If you want to ONLY do pre-recorded online classes, listen to today's Preschool All Stars story: Jelly Malenga shares with us her best tips and tricks to teaching online preschool. Listen in to discover how you can create preschool videos on-demand, too! Enroll in Jelly's preschool today:  http://learnwithjelly.com Please rate and review us at Apple Podcasts . (We hope we’ve earned your 5 stars!)...

Got kids and don't want to send them to daycare? Listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Teniesha Nelms had recently worked 5 different childcare jobs and none of them worked out because of her own childcare situation. She had already done the in-home daycare route and knew she just couldn’t go back to that life. But she just didn’t know if it was possible to teach kids without worrying about...

If you want to keep your online preschoolers engaged, listen to today's Preschool All Stars story: Monique Moreno shares with us her best tips and tricks to teaching online preschool. Listen in to discover how you can keep your online preschoolers engaged, too! Enroll in Monique's preschool today:  https://tothemoonpreschoolonline.com Please rate and review us at Apple Podcasts . (We hope we’ve ea...

If you need income FAST, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Joy Gibson has her Master's degree in ECE and has been teaching for the past 16 years. She ended up being laid off during the pandemic, and she saw it as a blessing. She was burned out and this was just the push she needed to start her own preschool. In just two weeks, Joy’s online preschool was up and running, and she finally f...

If you want to start a virtual private school, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Beth Koenig was just starting up her online sign language preschool when we last spoke to her. She was also figuring out how to add homeschool enrichment classes for all ages and wanted to offer disability services in her program, as well. Now, just a year and a half later, she is in the process of opening...

If you want to learn the pros and cons of a non-profit preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Jacquelyn Mudd was a preschool teacher until she was approached to take over the non-profit preschool she worked at. Once she took over, she realized she needed some help digging the business out of the hole they were in. But she was a teacher and didn’t know much about marketing. She was...

If you want to create a center that has the vibe of a home preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Marcie Cholewinski has been a public school preschool teacher for 18 years. She always loved her job, but this past year she really saw things starting to change for the worse. She returned to school thinking she could make it work, but 2 weeks into the school year, she knew she could...

If you want to create an online Reggio Emilia preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Stephanie Hengelbrok has spent years teaching Montessori and Reggio Emilia, and wasn’t so sure how those philosophies would translate to a virtual classroom setting when they had to go online in 2020. To her surprise, she absolutely loved teaching online and wanted to continue, even when her schoo...

If you want to turn online preschool into your retirement plan, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: April Olson has had her own local preschool for years now. But as she gets older, she has been thinking more about her retirement plan. She loves teaching preschool, but knew that she couldn’t continue her current situation into retirement. She needed something with less hours and less work...

If you want to create a social/emotional-based preschool program, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Last time we spoke with Cherice Ellison, she had just started her online preschool program, but had dreams of opening a local preschool. Today, Cherice has almost filled her first class in her in-home preschool! Cherice explains the importance of social/emotional learning in a preschool c...

If you want to create a child/parent nature preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Victoria Hackett has lots of experience in teaching others how to teach Early Childhood Education. She taught ECE college courses, and created a website to help others teach outdoor classes, but she hadn’t created her own outdoor preschool program, until she met Joy, of course! Listen in to discover...

If you want to create a preschool with your friends and family, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Shatoya Gibson was working on starting her own massage therapy business when the pandemic hit. That derailed her plans and she ended up getting a work-from-home job. But her plans were to homeschool her own kids, and that wasn’t possible with her new position. One day, she came across an ad...

If you want to grow your business while growing your family, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Last we spoke to Kiersten Gillman, she was just starting her local preschool after starting over from a bad marriage. She was doing well with enrollment, and just trying to figure out her new life as a business owner and single mom. Now she is remarried with a new baby on the way, expanding he...

If you want to create an international online preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Angel Sarmiento is a homeschool mom living in Malaysia. Slowly but surely, parents started coming to her asking if they could join in on her homeschooling. It got to the point where she was teaching multiple ages and long days and she was just exhausted. Once the pandemic hit, it gave her a much n...

If you want to build a preschool on your property, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Samico Chilton was just starting up her online preschool when we last spoke to her. She was still working her day job as a kindergarten teacher and trying to overcome the negativity from the people around her who didn’t believe she could make her dream of being a preschool owner into a reality. Now, jus...

If you want to learn how to fill your local preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Last time we spoke with Cordelia Karn, she had just opened up her online preschool and had plans to open her local preschool in the near future. Today, Cordelia speaks to us about how she made the switch from online preschool to local preschool... and how she filled up her classes! Listen in to disc...

If you want to charge premium prices for your preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Shana Weldon has worked in elementary education for over 20 years, but after the pandemic hit, she felt like this could be the opportunity she had been waiting for to change her life trajectory. She set out to open a local preschool, but was hit with roadblock after roadblock. After changing cours...

If you want to sign up more students in your preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Lina Munoz spent 20 years as a principal for elementary, middle and high school. When the pandemic hit, she decided to step away from that and open her own program. She got 9 students all on her own, but she wanted to offer more to her preschool families. She decided she would expand her existing p...

If you want to put your homeschooling skills to good use (and make a great income too!), listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Christy Mitchell spent the last 18 years homeschooling her 4 kids. When the last one left for college, she started teaching ESL online to kids in China. Her 4 a.m. class times were not ideal, and when the company cut their teacher’s pay by 40%, Christy decided she n...

If you want to push past your fears and finally create a successful preschool, listen to today’s Preschool All Stars story: Rebekah Collins was a Head Start teacher for the past 5 years. When the pandemic hit, she found herself in a sticky situation. How could she be there to help her four children (who were now learning from home) if she had to teach her students on a strict district schedule? Sh...