Who are we?
Red Stick's founder, Sylvan Taylor, is a local mother and educator.
Sylvan has ten years of classroom teaching experience, holding a Master of Science degree in Elementary Education and NBPTS National Board Certification in Middle Childhood. Currently, Sylvan spends her time playing and learning with preschoolers in her small in-home playschool and family childcare here in Baton Rouge. She can also be found "popping up" with Red Stick Pop Up Play, of course, and speaking about the value of authentic play and child-led learning in a variety of settings.
Sylvan will be presenting at the upcoming Play Empowers conference in June 2017.
She also blogs about play-based learning. Check out her words on her Sprouts Playschool blog and in her guest posts for other educational and parenting blogs.
Sylvan was recently interviewed about her outreach through Red Stick Pop Up Play on the "Dirty Playologist" podcast through Explorations Early Learning's Upstairs Studio.
Red Stick's founder, Sylvan Taylor, is a local mother and educator.
Sylvan has ten years of classroom teaching experience, holding a Master of Science degree in Elementary Education and NBPTS National Board Certification in Middle Childhood. Currently, Sylvan spends her time playing and learning with preschoolers in her small in-home playschool and family childcare here in Baton Rouge. She can also be found "popping up" with Red Stick Pop Up Play, of course, and speaking about the value of authentic play and child-led learning in a variety of settings.
Sylvan will be presenting at the upcoming Play Empowers conference in June 2017.
She also blogs about play-based learning. Check out her words on her Sprouts Playschool blog and in her guest posts for other educational and parenting blogs.
Sylvan was recently interviewed about her outreach through Red Stick Pop Up Play on the "Dirty Playologist" podcast through Explorations Early Learning's Upstairs Studio.