My name is Madiha Siddiqui and I am an Early Childhood Educator. I have been teaching young children (preschool to fourth grade) for more than a decade at various private schools in-person and virtually for over a year. I started my teaching career as a preschool teacher at a small homeschooling coop when my son started preschool in the Bay Area. My experience there inspired me to professionally grow and I went back to school to earn my Associate of Science Degree in Early Childhood and Education. I am currently about to finish my Bachelor's Degree in Human Development with a concentration in Adolescence. I specialize in developing curricula for preschool age children, tutor and mentor children in their elementary and adolescent years, as well as provide parent coaching services. My Philosophy: I value a play-based learning environment with an emergent curriculum so children can be mentored in engaging ways. Driven primarily through an experiential learning process using developmentally appropriate practices, my philosophy emerges from a firm belief in nurturing the whole child where activities are designed to facilitate growth in six main developmental domains. These include self-development in areas of spirituality, social-emotional intelligence, creativity, cognitive, language, and physical development. I love to meet new people and am happy to learn about different cultures. I further strive for an inclusive, anti-bias, and welcome-all approach in everything I do. Most importantly, I encourage parents to let children 'get messy' as they explore and join in on all the fun! What I plan to ‘facilitate’: This is not a regular ‘teaching students’ online class model. This is where I want my students/parents to take charge of the learning in a hands-on manner and be the ...