Learn With Less® Facilitators

These interviews feature educators and therapists using their existing skills to support families in their communities using the Learn With Less® infant/toddler development curriculum

"I just want to be able to talk to parents in a way where they feel like they’re understood and they’re being talked to at a matched level. I’m not at this authoritative hierarchy level. And so that was what I think the Learn With Less® training program really helped me to do."

>> Listen to Lindsay Teitelbaum <<

"You know, your program is really needed... The simplicity is really beautiful... It is very much respectful and it serves the facilitators the same way it does the families."

Sandie Schwehr, Early Childhood Montessori Educator, Licensed Learn With Less® Facilitator

"Being able to be a part of the community with Learn With Less® has filled my soul and my heart in ways that I wasn’t expecting. The program has given me the confidence to utilize the skills I already had, to feel confident enough to take my experiences, my education, and what I’ve done, and put that out to a wider lens of people."

>> Listen to Miranda Zoumbaris <<

"There’s such a benefit in bringing families together, but [before I joined the Learn With Less® Program] I felt disorganized, not knowing how to make my vision into a 'program.' I could lead a class, but having something that was cohesive, that flowed week to week... was missing. The Learn With Less® program has been enormously validating and helpful."

>> Listen to Rebecca Hernandez <<

"Parents need encouragement that they have everything they need to succeed and help their baby. Learn With Less® really spoke to me that way."

"Time is money and money is time. Rather than spending extra time to create a program on my own, why not explore another option that is already established, that already has the system going, that has added benefits to it, and that resonates with me and my values."

>> Listen to Melanie Delacruz, Ronesha Roberson, Allie Glazer, & Carly Dorfman <<

"When I decided to be a speech-language pathologist… I had this dream: I had a vision of, one day, I’m going to have my own private practice. And one day, I’m going to be leading family enrichment classes. That’s what I want to be doing with my time. Where I am today is living the dream I had for myself ... but the reality of that dream is, it’s actually better.”

>> Listen to Carly Dorfman <<

"In the Learn With Less® class, the caregiver is learning, hand in hand, with their child. They're growing together, being present in the process: not just in what they're learning, but also building the connection. You get to help parents learn how to name how their child is learning, and to affirm it. To give them the motivation to continue doing more of that!"

>> Listen to Sara Moreno <<

"With this program, in my community, I can be a resource to help parents start to have a place that they can go to find answers - or at least find support. Parents who've participated in my classes said they felt more empowered and more confident, that their play changed - and what they (and their child) got OUT of their play changed. They could also see more things for their children to do during the day."

>> Listen to Rachel Kammeyer <<

"I love that the Learn With Less® Program gave me the roadmap to be able to put this into place, because with my busy schedule, the idea has been there... but it's stayed at that phase. Learn With Less® gave me the opportunity to bring a dream to life. I can shape how I'd like to see it in my community, as well as being able to add an additional service to my private practice.”

>> Listen to Laurel Smith <<

"The Learn With Less® training program modules were extremely focused, & I could do them at my own pace, without the pressure of having to act on it right in that moment. And now that I've been leading classes, people are getting so much out of it. I was hoping that they would, but I also was like, okay, don’t get too hopeful. It’s still a still pandemic. It’ll be great, but maybe not that great... but it’s awesome!"

>> Listen to Allie Glazer <<

"I know my worth, and the value of my work. Now, as a licensed Learn With Less® facilitator, I can take my years of education & experience in a new direction. I can take my child development knowledge beyond the classroom - AND be confident about it!"

>> Listen to Lesley Mayson <<

We use the 4-pillar framework of the Learn With Less® Curriculum (play, talk, sing, and move)

To address 4 areas of development (cognitive, communicative, motor, & social/emotional)