Linda has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Kindergarten. After graduating from college, she worked at a child care center for several months before being hired as a kindergarten/first grade combination class teacher. She taught one year in California before coming back to MN to get married to Mark. She substitute taught in several elementary schools before being hired as a toddler teacher at a child care center. After working at the child care center for 2 years as both a toddler and infant teacher, she opened her in-home licensed family child care in July of 1993. Children have always been her passion. In the spring of 2013 Linda starting working part time as a Parent Aware Coach for Child Care Aware of MN. In this role, Linda mentored and coached for other child care providers to help them improve and enhance their child care programs to insure that "best practice" is being used so that all children are being prepared for kindergarten. Linda retired from being a Parent Aware Coach in December of 2021.
Mark has been a part of the family child care since it opened in 1993. He started out as a substitute and has evolved into a partner and co-licensor in caring for and teaching the children. He has always enjoyed working with children. He continues to grow his professional development by taking the Parent Aware training requirements that are above and beyond the required 16 hours of licensing trainings. Some of these that he has completed include Child Development, Authentic Observation, The Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress, Strengthening Families, and Assessment: Gathering and Using Information. In addition to caring for children, Mark is a self-employed carpenter.
We have four children and five grandchildren.
Pictured below is our family: Max, Tilly, Henry, Sophie, Grant, Mark, Linda, Quinn, Ellie, Mae, Annie, Brady, Harlan, Warren, and Lola.
Mark has been a part of the family child care since it opened in 1993. He started out as a substitute and has evolved into a partner and co-licensor in caring for and teaching the children. He has always enjoyed working with children. He continues to grow his professional development by taking the Parent Aware training requirements that are above and beyond the required 16 hours of licensing trainings. Some of these that he has completed include Child Development, Authentic Observation, The Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress, Strengthening Families, and Assessment: Gathering and Using Information. In addition to caring for children, Mark is a self-employed carpenter.
We have four children and five grandchildren.
Pictured below is our family: Max, Tilly, Henry, Sophie, Grant, Mark, Linda, Quinn, Ellie, Mae, Annie, Brady, Harlan, Warren, and Lola.
