Beth Prawdzik

Philosophy

On Her Profession

Children grow academically, socially, physically and emotionally within a warm, caring well balanced and planned environment. Children are taught reading, writing, social studies, science and math through a wide range of teaching styles. They learn using all of their senses. Children should feel comfortable asking questions, trying new activities and learning about each other. I encourage language skills, allow for individual differences, foster social skills and integrate the language arts program with phonics and whole language. My yearlong themes are incorporated into ESP, Spanish and music.

On Kingsbury

Kingsbury is more than a career to me. It is a warm and cozy home where we all look forward to coming to work everyday. It is a place to come to laugh and share thoughts and ideas with fellow colleagues. It is a place where my own two children attend. They come not only to learn, but they come to feel safe, to explore nature, to go sledding, to play sports and to feel comfortable sharing and talking with peers and teachers.

On Kingsbury Kids

The children who attend Kingsbury are as unique and special as each different snowflake that falls to the ground. The children who come into my classroom bring a desire to soak up new information, discover themselves and each other and as one child said, “We come to have fun!”

Bio

I began teaching in 1987 and joined Kingsbury's faculty in 1998.