2015 Teacher Awards Recipients
The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation
Proudly Announces the 2015 Recipients of the
Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's TYLENOL® National Child Care Teacher Awards
First Name |
Last Name |
Center Name |
City |
St |
Award-Winning Project |
Anne | Alexander | Wee Care Family Childcare | DeForest | WI | Let's Play in the Mud: Making a Mud Kitchen |
*Brent | Anders | Salford Mennonite Child Care Center | Harleysville | PA | Do You Wanna Have a Puppet Show? |
*Kimberly | Bohrer | The Learning Station Early Education Center | Boise | ID | Natural Flowing River |
*Sarah | Bonifer | The Children's Learning Center at Goodwill of Southern Indiana | Clarksville | IN | Using Nature to Nurture |
Tonya | Casey | Apple Tree Learning Center | Urbandale | IA | Exciting At-Home Adventures |
Crystal | Celender | Tender Care Learning Center | Pittsburgh | PA | Get Moving in the First Year |
Shanda | Cox | First Baptist Children's Center | Winston Salem | NC | Exploration Stations |
Holly | Dalo | Tender Care Learning Center | Pittsburgh | PA | Patterns, Counting & Sorting, Oh My! |
Tracy | Ehlert | Babies 2 Kids Learning Center | Cedar Rapids | IA | All About Our Community-Service Learning Projects |
Susan | Evans | Memphis Jewish Commnity Center | Germantown | TN | Gardens Grow |
*Jennifer | Furniss | Phila Freedom Valley YMCA Child Development Center at Spring Valley | Royersford | PA | Exploring the Five Senses through STEM |
Angie | Gering-Ludwig | Apple Tree Children's Center | Ankeny | IA | Lending Library Backpacks |
*Tammy | Hardin | Minot Air Force Base Child Development Center | Minot AFB | ND | ABC Music & Me-Move & Groove |
Yvette | Harvey | Northridge Children's Center at Calif State Univ | Northridge | CA | STEM for Two's: Building a Path to the Future |
Christine | Henderson | Kid Biz East Maiden | Washington | PA | Pre-K Gets Saucy |
Katie | Herbert | County North Children's Center, Inc. | Liverpool | NY | Outdoor Classroom |
Cristina | Hernandez | Baby Gator Developmental Research Center at Newell Drive | Gainesville | FL | Look at Them Go! |
Ashley | House | The Learning Community | Wayne | IN | Multi-Cultural Prop Box Enhancement |
Julie | Hume | Kind Hearts Day Care | Princeton | MN | Defining a Space for Activities |
Aspyn | Landis | Corning Children's Center | Corning | NY | Fossil Excavation Site |
Annie | Larkins | Cneter for Children & Families | San Marcos | CA | Technology in Preschool 2 |
Nicole | Masias | Samuel Paley Early Learning Center | Philadelphia | PA | Bringing Nature Indoors |
*Natasha | McKenzie | Stony Brook Child Care Services, Inc. | Stony Brook | NY | Tasting Friendship Soup |
Nichole | McLeer | Parent Infant Center | Philadelphia | PA | Full STEM Ahead: Weaving Together the Languages of Science, Art & Math |
*Catherine | Mikalic | Green Byrne Child Care Center | Philadelphia | PA | Indoor Toddler Nature Connection |
Rachelle | Millien | Westminster Mayfair Presbyterian Church Child Care Center | Philadelphia | PA | Social Emotional Engagement Center |
Angela | Misner | Easter Seals Midwest | Pleasant Valley | MO | IBIC Conscious Discipline Implementation Project |
Carrie | Monfre | Gunderson Child Care Center | La Crosse | WI | Outdoor Music Enhancement |
Patricia | Nance | Kinderberry Hill child Development Center | Plymouth | MN | STEAM into Learning |
Teresa | Olin | Calif State University: San Bernardino Infant and Toddler Lab School | San Bernardino | CA | Water Tables for Infant Toddler Lab School |
Diane | Palko | Tender Care Learning Center | Pittsburgh | PA | Gross Motor Play |
Natasha | Palmer-Lehman | Northland Early Education Center | Kansas City | MO | Mobile Garden |
Rachael | Peterson | Sandcastle Child Care | St. Paul | MN | Light Table |
Cynthia | Raven | Luke's Treehouse Child Care & Preschool | Columbia | MO | Outdoor Science Center |
Shirley | Reynolds | Shirley's Fun Time Learning Home | Mobile | AL | Gardening for a Healthy Life |
Wanda | Reynolds | Barksdale AFB Child Develpmnet Center - East | Barksdale AFB | LA | Enhancing Children with Special Needs Through Music |
Debby | Rice | Woods Hollow Children's Center | Madison | WI | Bringing the Indoors Out |
Sarah | Rose | The Rose Garden | Garner | NC | The Inside-Out Project |
Yelena | Rud | Kinderberry Hill Child Development Center | Minneapolis | MN | My Five Senses-Learning About Winter |
*Jenny | Sexton | Bright Beginnings Christian Center II | Goldsboro | NC | Skill Builders in a Box |
Kimberly | Smith | The Harmony School | Princeton | NJ | Happy Notes |
*Stephanie | Smith | Child Development Center-Therapeutic Child Care | Des Moines | IA | The Sensory Smart Project |
Rachel | Stewart | Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County | Ann Arbor | MI | Occupational Therapy for All |
Tabitha | Temple | Warwick Child Care Center | Pottstown | PA | Peacock's Greenhouse |
*Amanda | Treadaway | Shepherd's Way Day School | Colfax | NC | Learning Through Play |
Amanda | Turner | Apple Tree Children's Center | Middletown | CT | Growing Our Five Senses |
Kara | Ventriglio | Apple Tree Children's Center | Hamden | CT | Books & Cooks |
Susan | Wapniarski | Wilmette Child Development Center | Wilmette | IL | Project Based Engineering |
Christy | Ward | Calvary Child Care Center | Golden Valley | MN | Sensory Solutions |
Christina | Zedreck | Tender Care Learning Center | Pittsburgh | PA | Creative Crusing Corner |
*The top ten scorers of the Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's TYLENOL® National Child Care Teacher Awards are eligible to apply for the Helene Marks Award and to be named the National Child Care Teacher of the Year.
The winner of the Helene Marks Award will be announced on February 27, 2015.